KVR Audio

PaulB23 · Post by **PaulB23** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 2:02 pm

I'm interested in reproducing the kind of eerie synth pad sounds that Jaz Coleman used to use in the 80's on"Night Time" era Killing Joke songs like "Love Like Blood". I've got Sonicprojects OP-X Pro II and OBXD Virtual synths and I understand that both could be used to produce this kind of sound.

For anyone unfamiliar here is a clip of Love Like Blood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnpwuRlXbhk&feature=kp

Has anybody got any tips on suitable patches that I could use as a starting point or what kind of settings I would need to tweak to get there? I'm a newbie when it comes to sound design!

Thanks very much

2DaT · Post by **2DaT** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 11:15 am

They used real ob-x for that song.Those old reconding are heavily processed with reverbs / compressors. So not exatcly the same but close.

Here is obxd patch:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/leq ... okePad.fxp

Turello · Post by **Turello** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 11:52 am

Oh thanks, love (like blood!) this band!!!

PaulB23 · Post by **PaulB23** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:22 am

Oh that's great thank you

- the closest I have heard to that sound. I will have a play around with the settings, compression and reverb as you've suggested

showmetheseafood · Post by **showmetheseafood** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:02 am

Can someone re-post that patch? DL link doesn't work anymore. I've been tinkering with it and can't get it close enough

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:08 am

showmetheseafood wrote:Can someone re-post that patch? DL link doesn't work anymore. I've been tinkering with it and can't get it close enough

Works here. On windows ... right click ... save as.

bibz1st · Post by **bibz1st** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:35 am

Ragnarok has a pretty good preset for that, it is even called killing joke for that reason

crimsonwarlock · Post by **crimsonwarlock** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 1:19 pm

bibz1st wrote:Ragnarok has a pretty good preset for that, it is even called killing joke for that reason

It took some time to get that close with Ragnarök, as it's architecture is pretty different from an Obie. But I am happy with the result myself

By the way, I did use some Youtube tutorial where they made that sound on a Oberheim, and translated that to Ragnarök

PAK · Post by **PAK** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:56 pm

I like that pad.. so here's a quicky attempt with Diva..

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/375 ... d_Diva.mp3

Usual path for "Obie style" results - Dual VCO HPF|Bite Uhbie Analogue Env..

fluffy_little_something · Fri Dec 19, 2014 8:53 pm

Sounds like a processed organ somehow

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 11:30 am

PaulB23 wrote:
Has anybody got any tips on suitable patches that I could use as a starting point or what kind of settings I would need to tweak to get there? I'm a newbie when it comes to sound design!

This may help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQzth1wRO9Y

bibz1st · Post by **bibz1st** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 2:41 pm

I think as long as the tone is anywhere near, putting a slow LFO vibrato on it will get you where you want to be, maybe even just putting the slow vibrato on one oscillator with a shallow depth.

fluffy_little_something · Sat Dec 20, 2014 4:15 pm

Examigan wrote:
PaulB23 wrote:
Has anybody got any tips on suitable patches that I could use as a starting point or what kind of settings I would need to tweak to get there? I'm a newbie when it comes to sound design!

This may help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQzth1wRO9Y

Isn't there anything that there is no YT video for? I had never even heard of Killing Joke

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 4:33 pm

fluffy_little_something wrote:
Examigan wrote:
PaulB23 wrote:
Has anybody got any tips on suitable patches that I could use as a starting point or what kind of settings I would need to tweak to get there? I'm a newbie when it comes to sound design!

This may help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQzth1wRO9Y

Isn't there anything that there is no YT video for? I had never even heard of Killing Joke

I guess you know that joke: "If it exists, it's on Google. If it happened, it's on YouTube"

crimsonwarlock · Post by **crimsonwarlock** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 4:35 pm

Examigan wrote:This may help

That's the one I used

OP-X PRO II - OBXD Patches to Emulate 80's Killing Joke Oberheim Sounds