You know those thick luscious pads synonymous with early Drum and Bass records?
examples:
Goldie - Inner City Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8u7MNG-ug8
What synth did they use to make them? Korg Wavestation?
Also how can I re-create that sound with digital? Ideas appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
Luke.
90's Drum n Bass Strings/Pads
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The pads on that track were played via an Akai sampler and were already chords. You'd have to look at the digital synths around at the time to get that type of sound I reckon.
Here's some that may have provided that sound:
Korg 01/wfd
Korg Wavestation
Yamaha SY-99
Roland JD-990
There's actually a pad preset in the JD called 'Look Into The Abyss', which sounds reasonably close and would be pretty much there with a bit of a tweak.
If you go to synth mania you can check out a lot of the sounds from synths in their preset forms. I know a few DnB guys were using the SY-99 a lot btw.
Here's some that may have provided that sound:
Korg 01/wfd
Korg Wavestation
Yamaha SY-99
Roland JD-990
There's actually a pad preset in the JD called 'Look Into The Abyss', which sounds reasonably close and would be pretty much there with a bit of a tweak.
If you go to synth mania you can check out a lot of the sounds from synths in their preset forms. I know a few DnB guys were using the SY-99 a lot btw.
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http://www.korg.com/product.aspx?pd=443
Is this something that can equal the hardware? Routing it out of the box to a hardware mixer with preamps and stuff. I've read something about Dennis Ferrer going digital and using preamps to make it 'analog'.
I better go buy a Prophet 08 now, so in 10 years they want sounds of the zeroes Assuming that a prophet 08 now is what a Jupiter, sh-101, M1 was then.
Is this something that can equal the hardware? Routing it out of the box to a hardware mixer with preamps and stuff. I've read something about Dennis Ferrer going digital and using preamps to make it 'analog'.
I better go buy a Prophet 08 now, so in 10 years they want sounds of the zeroes Assuming that a prophet 08 now is what a Jupiter, sh-101, M1 was then.
i would say the software sounds better but it's all subjective.N - Jay wrote:http://www.korg.com/product.aspx?pd=443
Is this something that can equal the hardware? Routing it out of the box to a hardware mixer with preamps and stuff. I've read something about Dennis Ferrer going digital and using preamps to make it 'analog'.
I better go buy a Prophet 08 now, so in 10 years they want sounds of the zeroes Assuming that a prophet 08 now is what a Jupiter, sh-101, M1 was then.
i don't see the prophet 08 becoming a synth classic. lots of people hate them.
korg m1 can be had for £100.
The sort of sounds mentioned here are from digital synths anyway so in theory, there's absolutely no reason whatsoever that a software version of a digital hardware synth can't sound identical.
Weird thing is, they are so cheap nowadays, it's of no interest to make the software equivalents because in all probability, they'd have to price them below the 2nd hand price of the hardware they were emulating. Which aint gonna be a lot so it aint worth the workload.
Some of those that were considered, hi end back then are peanuts now compared to their original prices and some are awesome for those ambient, atmospheric pads. They most definitely shone in the digital sense.
Weird thing is, they are so cheap nowadays, it's of no interest to make the software equivalents because in all probability, they'd have to price them below the 2nd hand price of the hardware they were emulating. Which aint gonna be a lot so it aint worth the workload.
Some of those that were considered, hi end back then are peanuts now compared to their original prices and some are awesome for those ambient, atmospheric pads. They most definitely shone in the digital sense.
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I reckon you can get these strings with a decent polyphonic synth (analoue or digital) and the right settings.
You could probably get away with using a regular subtractive synth, or maybe a synth with more complex oscillators, like a wavetable type synth. Will need hipass and lopass filtering. Maybe some modulation of pitch. Possibly use a chorous or phaser.
Not sure how in depth you wanna go. I always enjoy fiddling with synth programming. Bur some people get better results from using a smaple from a peice of music.
You could probably get away with using a regular subtractive synth, or maybe a synth with more complex oscillators, like a wavetable type synth. Will need hipass and lopass filtering. Maybe some modulation of pitch. Possibly use a chorous or phaser.
Not sure how in depth you wanna go. I always enjoy fiddling with synth programming. Bur some people get better results from using a smaple from a peice of music.