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Making Tracks: Locomotion

Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Jim Aikin



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SPICE UP YOUR PADS WITH MULTICHANNEL EFFECTS

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Step 1: Choose a pad-type patch for a soft synth and record some sustained chords.

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Step 2: Create three send channels. Choose a graphic EQ as the first insert effect for each.

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Step 3: Assign the first three sends from the pad channel to the three send channels, switch on the sends, and raise each to a suitable level. Switch the pad channel’s main output off.

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Step 4: Create frequency gates with the graphic EQs so that each send channel processes different frequencies from the pad.

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Step 5: Insert a Step Filter as the second insert in each of the send channels, and edit the patterns.

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Step 6: Add delay to taste.



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