Synth and Pad - City of Angels , 30 seconds to Mars

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In the first 20 seconds of this song , there’s this Gently burbling synth (I think it’s close to 80s something) with a pad .br
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If anyone can help please , I need this ASAP . br
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Song Name : City of Angelsbr
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Artist : 30 Seconds to Marsbr
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here’s the link :br
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtk8ro_eJZEbr
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Regards,

You could try some of the Pluck Presets in your synth and use a lowpass filter to get there. If you wanted to start from scratch, I´d use a mix of square/pulse and tiny bit of saw wave with a short attack (if you like that click - put it as short as possible) and decay/sustain with a tad bit longer release. Then use the lowpass filter with an envelope to cut the highs. If you want to keep the click in, use the envelope to delay the attack of the filter just enough to let that click through then drop down quickly to fully filtered for the sound to become plucky. Then move on to FX and drown it in reverb and lift some of the left over highs back up to make the sound appear fresh again. The Quality of the Result will depend on the Software / Hardware you are using.br
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Hope it helps…

Hey thank you so much , that really helped. br
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If you may please give me the recipe as well for the Pad.br
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Thanks ,

Glad I could help …br
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The pad is a filtered SAW pad. My approach would be to layer some saws (unison helps) and detune them slighty (not too much). Filter them and have the filter open slowly with an envelope (play with the attack of filter env and amp). The result will rely not only on the SW/HW you have available but also the chords you are playing. Make sure you play around with key follow as low sounds may simply disappear behind the filter if you don´t. If you play your chords, spread them out and play at least on note of that chord in the lower region, otherwise you may end up with something sounding too bright and lacking warmth. If available, use a sub osc to get more lows. I would also try some analog style saturation (on the lows only) if you don´t have an analog synth available.br
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Oh and one more thing, pads need to be alive - so play around with LFOs to have the filter, the detune or saturation modified just enough so you can notice it (again - not too much as that will change the feel of the pad).br
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Hope this helps as well :smiley: