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Apps for soft pads

mptrinmptrin
in General App Discussion

Curious as to what you all are using for ambient synth pads. So far Sampletank has been fairly useful for me... Please share.

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  • pierrepierre

    For soft pads mitosynth is spot on, but you could use anything ( sunrizer,nave,animoog,Magellan, ipolysix....for example )

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    Yep, Mitosynth can create the most airy and glassy pads in the iOS world i think! You also can add your own samples here too.

  • mptrinmptrin

    Sweet! Mitosynth sounds like a pretty clear choice, I will definitely give it a listen. Have to explore Magellan some more. I'm using it for synth leads now, haven't fiddled with the pads in there in a while. Thanks guys!

  • mschenkel.itmschenkel.it

    iDensity, Sparkle, Stria, iPulsaret and ivcs3 being patriotic.
    Then borderlands, Soundscaper and fieldscaper and Animoog.
    Then any synth with a few sources for everything actually.

  • PhilWPhilW

    Addictive Synth is also worth considering for this. Also Kiev in Gadget.

  • mschenkel.itmschenkel.it

    Forgot to mention Auria Pro and time stretching.

  • WillWill

    @mschenkel.it said:
    Forgot to mention Auria Pro and time stretching.

    Nice one. Samplr would fit in with this type of soft pad as well.

    As for synths, +1 for Mito. I'd add iSem and Cassini. Cassini has a soft sound to me generally, modulation for days and the amazing delay2. You kinda have to work for it though. Oh, Strng and String Ensemble might be worth checking out too.

    -1 for Magellan, Addictive Synth, iPolysix. :) I guess "soft pad" is pretty vague and any synth with a LPF can make some version of a soft pad but those three synths are all on the "tough" end of the spectrum to me. Mind, I love the first two—they'd just be down my list when looking to make soft pads.

  • u0421793u0421793
    edited February 2016

    Surely anything that is capable of varying the attack time of the amplitude envelope, and optionally, is polyphonic, would fit the requirement? That’s pretty much almost any sound generating app other than drum machines. Oh, and not Hexaglyphics.

  • PhilWPhilW
    edited February 2016

    Good point - you can get some nice textures by having a slow attack on samples that wouldn't normally have that, like piano, guitar or harp.

  • mister_rzmister_rz

    For synth's and sound generators I'd say tc-11 and nodebeat are worth a look, also mixtikl is good for long evolving textures. For fx apps a nice eq followed by a nice long reverb on a send bus so you can shape the verb so it's not over powering, unless of course that's what your looking for, delay based fx are also useful, echo, chorus, flange etc.

    Along with the suggestions mentioned above this is how I create soundscapes, time stretching especially can be very useful. One last thing, it might be worth checking out the apps by brian eno and peter chilvers like bloom hd for inspiration, they keep things nice, simple and very soothing.

  • oat_phippsoat_phipps

    @mister_rz said:
    For synth's and sound generators I'd say tc-11 and nodebeat are worth a look, also mixtikl is good for long evolving textures. For fx apps a nice eq followed by a nice long reverb on a send bus so you can shape the verb so it's not over powering, unless of course that's what your looking for, delay based fx are also useful, echo, chorus, flange etc.

    Along with the suggestions mentioned above this is how I create soundscapes, time stretching especially can be very useful. One last thing, it might be worth checking out the apps by brian eno and peter chilvers like bloom hd for inspiration, they keep things nice, simple and very soothing.

    I just have to recommend Scape if you're gonna check out the Eno apps. I'm still impressed by it and put it on sometimes when I just want something in background.

  • TarekithTarekith

    Alchemy Mobile here, amazing pads. Sunrizer does nice warm pads too.

  • CassetteurCassetteur

    Caustic has a nice pad synth I use a lot and Alina can do nice ol school stringish pads... Also use the bus and add some long delay and verb to everything...

  • mptrinmptrin

    Thanks for the wealth of suggestions. I've checked out several of these and they look great. Particularly mitosynth and sunrizer. Gotta make some decisions and not go broke ;)

  • BvsMVBvsMV

    I'm with @Tarekith on this one. Alchemy, Sunrizer. As others have said, the intermorphic apps and nodebeat. I use Audiostretch and Crystaline quite a bit too. GarageBand had some nice ones if your ok with busing into that.

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