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tdwctdwc Full Member
Joined: 31 Mar 2012 Posts: 217
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:57 pm Post subject: Nothing beats those Kronos pads |
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So after getting an ipad couple months ago, i started digging into iOS music making, bought me half-dozen of "must-have" iOS synths. I was pretty impressed with the sounds and capabilities, especially if you control them with the Kronos. iOS instruments really have come a long way.
But then today, i decided to boot up the Kronos and explore the "Slowsynths" bank and there was goosebumps all over again. Phat, rich, thick and satisfying swirling pads.
6 years and the Kronos never fails to satisfy me. Best investment i ever made. _________________ A preview of my upcoming solo piano album: https://youtu.be/Cj9a_xATx-g |
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geoelectro Platinum Member
Joined: 14 Sep 2012 Posts: 1038 Location: Texas
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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I too love the pads. I play in church and use them a lot. I sampled several from Omnisphere and mix with Kronos pads. Using the Tone Control I've learned how to make the pads more "alive" by adding small, slow filter sweeps and Karma pad enhancers. Detuning always sounds great.
We have two keyboards at church and the other player said man, your pads always sound so good! Yep, it's a Kronos!
Geo _________________ Kronos 61 : 3GB RAM 120GB 2nd Drv.
Kronos 2 61
Synthesizers.com Custom Modular
N.I. Komplete 11, Omnisphere 2, VB-3.
HP i7 8GB Win 10
Yamaha P-80 Weighted Keyboard. NanoPad2 |
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runningman67 Platinum Member
Joined: 06 Aug 2011 Posts: 1663 Location: Manchester UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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I agree. I've been messing about with the 'Drive" setting with some of the pads. Even though it adds some lovely controlled distortion, the over all sound still sound lush and warm.
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apex Platinum Member
Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 2340
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geoelectro Platinum Member
Joined: 14 Sep 2012 Posts: 1038 Location: Texas
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Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 3:23 am Post subject: |
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apex wrote: | At Geo. What do you mean by karma pad enhancers?? Lol.
Also. What songs did you all do at church this most recent Sunday? |
There is a video about using Karma in pads. Some of the Karma patterns work well with slow sounds like pads. I have a base pad, then another more airy pad with Karma playing a pattern. This adds motion to the overall pad. I believe some of the patterns are actually called pad helpers or something like that.
Last week we played,
Praise the King
King of my Heart
Do It Again
Peace be Still
Geo _________________ Kronos 61 : 3GB RAM 120GB 2nd Drv.
Kronos 2 61
Synthesizers.com Custom Modular
N.I. Komplete 11, Omnisphere 2, VB-3.
HP i7 8GB Win 10
Yamaha P-80 Weighted Keyboard. NanoPad2 |
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StephenKay KARMA Developer Approved Merchant
Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 2979 Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:07 am Post subject: |
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Yes, some KARMA GEs are actually named "Pad Helpers" - the idea being that if you have a pad with slow attacks and long releases, you can apply a KARMA GE to them and you don't necessarily hear actual notes being played - what you hear is a constant motion with different notes fading in and out. They can "animate" a pad - provided the right marriage between the two. _________________ Stephen Kay - KARMA Developer • Karma-Lab - karma-lab.com
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Luciano
Joined: 05 Apr 2015 Posts: 6 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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Geoelectro, please, could you tell us which pads (numbers) do you use to play this songs?
geoelectro wrote: | apex wrote: | At Geo. What do you mean by karma pad enhancers?? Lol.
Also. What songs did you all do at church this most recent Sunday? |
There is a video about using Karma in pads. Some of the Karma patterns work well with slow sounds like pads. I have a base pad, then another more airy pad with Karma playing a pattern. This adds motion to the overall pad. I believe some of the patterns are actually called pad helpers or something like that.
Last week we played,
Praise the King
King of my Heart
Do It Again
Peace be Still
Geo |
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geoelectro Platinum Member
Joined: 14 Sep 2012 Posts: 1038 Location: Texas
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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My pads are almost always layered. Most are sampled from Omnisphere. In fact, I layered two Omnisphere pads before sampling them and named it Omnipad. It's a combination of Atmosphere Strings and PPG Wave.
I approach it as starting with a base pad, like Omnipad and add something that has some movement in the background or, that is just brighter and add some animation like small filter sweeps etc.
I'm not at the keyboard now but I'll try to mention some stock pads I use.
Geo _________________ Kronos 61 : 3GB RAM 120GB 2nd Drv.
Kronos 2 61
Synthesizers.com Custom Modular
N.I. Komplete 11, Omnisphere 2, VB-3.
HP i7 8GB Win 10
Yamaha P-80 Weighted Keyboard. NanoPad2 |
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