Soft pad
Slow, wide chords to sit behind a song.
Lesson 2 of 3
A pad is a soft, sustained sound that fills the background. This one is two detuned saws playing long chords.
Soft pad
Long chords; change the swell and the color.
Drag the squares on the envelope, or turn the knobs: they move together.
Attack600 ms
Release1.20 s
Cutoff1.80 kHz
Detune+12 ct
The recipe: a slow Attack so chords swell in, a long Release so they blur into each other, a lowered Cutoff for warmth, Detune for width, and a slow LFO gently moving the filter.
Shorten the attack for a brighter, more direct pad. Push Cutoff up for a shiny one. Set Detune to zero and hear how much narrower it gets.