KVR Audio

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:09 pm

I use guitar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PDootaiwmI

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:20 pm

Pads is such a broad area... there are the usual super synths as all around great pad synths

but then there are various niche areas

Phonem for vocal type sounds - can do lots of stuff you could not do in something like Omnisphere or Zebra

Bazille with its unique modulation sources and flexible audio rate modulations and feedback loops can create particular sorts of noisy, natural, mechanical or ambient tones that also could not be done in the commonly listed super pad synths.

Vospi · Post by **Vospi** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:33 pm

And if we're talking mechanical, you've gotta check out Aalto.

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:49 pm

For pad sounds, my first choice right now is probably Bazille. Next up would be A.c.e then Diva.

Reaktor has some great stuff as well which I like to use from time to time.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:03 pm

Sunrizer is amazing for pads, and because it's so CPU efficient you can afford to run it at 96khz which really improves the sound.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:17 pm

V0RT3X wrote:For pad sounds, my first choice right now is probably Bazille.

There is so much unusual expressive character there...

Ridan · Post by **Ridan** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:51 pm

aMUSEd wrote:Sunrizer is amazing for pads, and because it's so CPU efficient you can afford to run it at 96khz which really improves the sound.

That's basically all i use Sunrizer for. It's perfect for huge pads that would otherwise annihilate CPU compared to most. An overlooked synth in my opinion.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:11 pm

Yeah, I also love how each patch has 2 morphable poles within it. Makes for a very expressive synth. You should make a bank for it.

Ridan · Post by **Ridan** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:26 pm

Yep. A very capable synth for sure. I will definitely be making a bank for it at some point.

liquidsound · Post by **liquidsound** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 12:50 am

I'm experimenting with Arcsyn.
But Imposcar is where I go first.

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Sat Mar 12, 2016 5:05 am

MegaMagicPads by PlugInGuru, for Omnisphere2, Kontakt, EXS24, Reason, Serum.

Vospi · Post by **Vospi** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:06 am

If you use an FM synth and convolute it with volume-shaped white noise, you'll get slightly uncontrollable, but absolutely stunning results.

NerdMcBoon · Post by **NerdMcBoon** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:14 am

Mostly Zebra and sometimes Diva.

I just love the complex layered pads Zebra can do:
https://soundcloud.com/nerdmcboon/inverted-light

bftucker · Post by **bftucker** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 4:34 am

Ridan wrote:Yep. A very capable synth for sure. I will definitely be making a bank for it at some point.

Ridan,

I enjoy what you did and are doing for Dune 2 and look forward to what you will do with Sunrizer, another of my favorites. I hope this is still in your plans.

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:39 am

MogwaiBoy wrote:I use guitar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PDootaiwmI

Very beautiful <3

I use Zebralette a lot for pads. Just one oscillator makes it easy to mix, the MSEGs are great and I love the wavetable scanning sound. Athmospheres and soundscapes I extract from my Reaktor (blocks) ensembles.

Pads: your first choice?