Pads for a chillout track
Pads for a chillout track Posted on: 12.03.2010 by Makkins Clifton I'm in the means of creating a chillout track. What I have so far are some carribean drums. Drum samples done with a MPC. Of course some beach-atmosphere-synth and a warm sounding guitar. It builds up slowly then I make a short break and want a passage which sounds a bit heavier. Therefore I tried to introduce some pads, but it just doesn't sound. Any ideas what I could do ? Btw. I use Ableton 8 Suite. | |
| Makkins Clifton 12.03.2010 | I'm in the means of creating a chillout track. What I have so far are some carribean drums. Drum samples done with a MPC. Of course some beach-atmosphere-synth and a warm sounding guitar. It builds up slowly then I make a short break and want a passage which sounds a bit heavier. Therefore I tried to introduce some pads, but it just doesn't sound. Any ideas what I could do ? Btw. I use Ableton 8 Suite. |
| Harold Jaras 18.03.2010 | trying going up/down an octave? i find it can totally change the feel of the chords. |
| Twanda Reimche 12.03.2010 | Maybe a dirty feel to the pads with a slight distortion and a lot of resonance on the filter? Or simply use the pads as a background and add another synth with a more gritty feel. Or use some heavy filtered drum loops on top of everything and modulate those. |
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