How to make Pad sounds, specifically, for Saw tooth sounding Lead?

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Hi there, SA fellow music aficionados. :slight_smile:



I am posting this as a General Go-to Quick help for people to figure out, how they can make Pads/Chords for their Background atmosphere to capture the right mood of their track…which has a Saw tooth Lead that is aggressive in nature. I know a lot of people generally have a hard time in trying to create Pad sounds.



:exclamation: Please HELP! :exclamation:

I am not asking anyone to make it for me or for others. Just asking for advise to work in the right direction! :slight_smile:



:exclamationmark: The Lead sound is here : http://bit.ly/cMfMvG



Please listen and advise how to make a Pad sound fit for it. (I have given in a lot of hours trying to figure out what sounds good, but I am only coming up with something mediocre, and I am not pleased with it until now. I am ready to work hard as hell, Just need direction.)



Cheers!

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have you got the midi part?



I would just use very similar sound playing the same chords but held and with a low pass filter.

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Hi Phil-



Yes, I have the midi part. (attaching it to the post so anyone can check it out!)



Also, I am attaching 2 snapshots of Sylenth used to create this Riff sound.

Part A - http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5213/leadscreen1.jpg

Part B - http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7981/leadscreen2.jpg



For some reason, I am ending up with pad sounds that sound somewhat ok, but nothing great…as in the atmosphere doesn’t bring that wow, or rush factor!



Phil - If I play something similar sounding, then wouldn’t it take the Impact away from the Lead? I want the listener to stay focussed on the Riff, but just want the atmospheric pad to help elevate that moment, if you will. Please advise.



Cheers!

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Any Ideas/help…anyone? :crying:

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still struggling :frowning:



Please, Can anyone give it a shot?

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dude the best way would be Eqing and  cutting the frequencies that sits close to the lead frequencies . try to use the same presets of the synth that u used for the lead . then EQ  . experiment high pass filters and low pass filters too .  . sorry i cant help u out with the midi since i am at my work computer :(.

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Yo! Thanks for the reply mate. I’m gonna experiment a bit, like you mentioned, and we’ll see what I come up with. Guess I’m on the right track now…but Just want to nail it right, don’t care if it takes me some time to learn/n experiment. :smiley:



Cheers everyone!