How do synth pads work? How are their sounds generated? I would like to design acoustic synth pads. Where do I start? I would like to design them so that they have a frequency response approximately from 800 Hz to 90,000 Hz and a dynamic range of about 210 dB. I would like to make 8 pads: 1. New Age 2. Warm 3. Polysynth 4. Choir 5. Bowed 6. Metallic 7. Halo 8. Sweep These instruments are already on keyboards. I would like to make their acoustic equivalents.
I haven't a clue what you mean! A synth pad is... a synth pad! How can you try to make an 'acoustic' version - hire an orchestra, or a brass band maybe?! The pads you're naming below are simply from the GM soundset. You need to give us more to go on! P. "Radium" <> wrote in message news:... > How do synth pads work? > > How are their sounds generated? > > I would like to design acoustic synth pads. Where do I start? > > I would like to design them so that they have a frequency response > approximately from 800 Hz to 90,000 Hz and a dynamic range of about > 210 dB. > > I would like to make 8 pads: > > 1. New Age > 2. Warm > 3. Polysynth > 4. Choir > 5. Bowed > 6. Metallic > 7. Halo > 8. Sweep > > These instruments are already on keyboards. I would like to make their > acoustic equivalents.
In addition to what the previous responder said, your dynamic range doesn't exist in any form in nature... The frequency response is beyond the abilities of any synth currently being built also. Sorry to rain on your parade, but you might just get yourself a decent synth (as opposed to a simple sample-playback keyboard) and start tweaking sounds to get a feel for what you're asking. I think that will be more enlightening than anything you could possibly read here... On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 18:14:52 +0100, "Paul Ward" <> wrote: >I haven't a clue what you mean! A synth pad is... a synth pad! How can you >try to make an 'acoustic' version - hire an orchestra, or a brass band >maybe?! > >The pads you're naming below are simply from the GM soundset. > >You need to give us more to go on! > >P. > >"Radium" <> wrote in message >news:... >> How do synth pads work? >> >> How are their sounds generated? >> >> I would like to design acoustic synth pads. Where do I start? >> >> I would like to design them so that they have a frequency response >> approximately from 800 Hz to 90,000 Hz and a dynamic range of about >> 210 dB. >> >> I would like to make 8 pads: >> >> 1. New Age >> 2. Warm >> 3. Polysynth >> 4. Choir >> 5. Bowed >> 6. Metallic >> 7. Halo >> 8. Sweep >> >> These instruments are already on keyboards. I would like to make their >> acoustic equivalents. > > Michael Houston mhouston at onemain dott com (you know what to do)
