Any tips on creating lush pads on E2?

Jimboeh · Post by **Jimboeh** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:50 am

Hey guys!
Had the Electribe 2 for a couple of months and havn't dived into it until recently, I'm having some trouble getting that "lush/sweeping" pads when playing on it and I hope there's some tips on settings/presets/sounds that could turn me into the right direction!

Everything is greatly appreciated!

krakapow · Post by **krakapow** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:19 pm

I wanna know this also

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:36 am

Long slow Tri LFO's, lots of delay and reverb, turn the amp envelope attack and release up all the way, motion sequencing to add more movement.

Padevil · Post by **Padevil** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:24 am

Tarekith wrote:Long slow Tri LFO's, lots of delay and reverb, turn the amp envelope attack and release up all the way, motion sequencing to add more movement.

Good one Tarekith...

On voicing i'd suggest any of the saw or square slightly detuned to create a coarsing effect, adding more movement (on edit knob slightly off 12:00 o'clock) and lp filter (or bp)... Hall reverb and Wet are very cool for the effect you are looking for. I find the IFX Chorus very very useful also, but do not overpower it... Consider layering parts also!

immon · Post by **immon** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:51 pm

Yeah the master fx reverbs really shine on pads. That's where my lushness comes from

jpeg · Post by **jpeg** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:51 pm

immon wrote:Yeah the master fx reverbs really shine on pads. That's where my lushness comes from

From the author (on reddit) on how this piece was made: I have the master effect set to wet reverb, maybe a little over 50%. The first higher pitched sound you hear is a saw waveform. It has delay on it and a very slow and very subtle triangle LFO modulating pitch. I have a LPF on it, cutoff at around 80.

The 4th part is the drone that comes in. That's a clav, and it's looping a chord. I have distortion on it, applied to the max. I keep the volume down low and bring the sound in with the LPF. There's a sweet spot, where it's distorted/clear and not too bass-y. I really liked how warm it sounded. I have a random modulation on the OSC knob to give it that rhythmic effect.

The 5th/6th parts that play the brassy lead have one of the sine wavs on them. I can't remember what I used exactly, I'll check once I get home from work. I had a slow attack and long release on these. I was going for a "mountain horn" feeling haha. There's some delay on these, as well as a very very slow/moderate triangle pitch LFO. Another LPF on this as well (used the MS-20 on most of these btw), around 60.