Pads - Elektron Monomachine SFX-6 Using Manual

something like the synthetic drums in some early digital home organs, like casio VL-1, SK-1
and the like. So I use the classic model of a short tuned spike attack followd by a noise burst
with longer decay
If you use an exponential decayed LFO in on-shot mode to modulate the wave of the SID you
get a sound that could go from the triangle wave to the noise one very quicly, so this makes a
really close aproximation of the model I described...
Try move the speed and depth of the LFO to get more "membrane" or more "snare"...you can
further process them with both filters to make a more restricted band of noise.

PADS

Despite being regarded by some as a 'cold' machine, the mono is capable of some nice pads.
For string pads you have the Superwave ensemble, which enables triggering 4 notes
simultaneously (or playing the chord from a midi keyboard by playing one note). The MK2
wave machines are also suitable for a variety of pad or drone sounds.
A short "lesson" in how to get there:
1. Use a minor chord (both ensemble machines are good for this, but the
superwave ensemble machine have more modulation possibilities)
2. Add some distortion
3. Tweak the sound itself, narrow pulse width usually sounds better when
distorted
4. Cut some frequency using the build in eq for the sound
5. Low pass filtering, just a little resonance
Now you should have something that sound quite nice. The next step is to
use the LFO to modulate parameters in the sound; eq frequency, pulsewidth,
et.c.
Some nice slow LFO's routed to the EQ and Filter section parameters can really at some nice
atmospheric pads. Also, with the slow attack and long release tip, add some delay to make a
mono sound a bit 'bigger'.
Ensemble Wave is your friend for classic Roland-ish pads:
Check the sysex file of Emnine's Eva W Was track in the sandbox section of the forum:
Nothing but Ensemble Wave and two reverb tracks (apart from the drums of course).
Don't forget
-the chorus paramter or add a chorus track.
-parameter locking the suboscillators for adding 9tths-7ths-sus4's etc.
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