Switching patches in a smooth, cohesive way

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  1. Triple

    Triple Member

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    Hi!
    Let's say I have a synthpop song lasting 4 minutes which has harmonic content from the beginning to the end.
    I find that I tend to use the same pads or the same keyboard sound which plays the harmonic content throughout the whole song (the synth pad/keys patch plays for 4 minutes, which can be boring). A solution seems to be creating a few different pad sounds so that they exchange the duty of playing the chords.
    HOWEVER, I often have trouble to make the song sound cohesive when I change synth sounds throughout the song...

    What are your tips and tricks for switching between different sounds during a song? (I mean, these sounds are gonna play the same or similar chords)
    How do you achieve cohesion and a feel that the switch of the sounds/patches feels smooth and natural?


    Thanks in advance for sharing your experience and thoughts
    Cheers!
     
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  3. Triple

    Triple Member

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    Any thoughts?
     
  4. spyfx

    spyfx Guest

    hi my friend,sound morhing,stack mode,Spectrasonics Omnisphere comes to mind,but that is if you have the library/synth
    have a look at this vid from 6.24 in :



    also have a look at Apple MainStage 3 :

    https://www.apple.com/mainstage/

    if you have Ableton have a look at the instrument racks,
    https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/instrument-drum-and-effect-racks/

    Making Preset Banks Using Chain Select

    If you have Reason have a look at the combinator device

    Hope this info helps you :wink:
     
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  5. Tod Slaughter

    Tod Slaughter Ultrasonic

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    Most people use transition effects?
     
  6. Tod Slaughter

    Tod Slaughter Ultrasonic

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    This lady is very talented imo, Watch how she builds this track.

     
  7. Magic Mango

    Magic Mango Producer

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    Eisenberg Einklang
    Zynaptiq Morph
     
  8. elegyproduction

    elegyproduction Newbie

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    Transition one into the other with Lowpass Filtering, one closing the other opening
    Volume Automation
    Use Noise or Cymbal transitions to mask the changing of sounds
    Introduce it in a dropdown section as a new sound
    Send them to the same compressor so that they stay at a similar dynamic range

    Lot's of stuff you can do
     
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