Atmospheric DnB Pads Deconstructed

In this video I look at how atmospheric drum ‘n’ bass pads are made. First I make a generic pad in Xfer Records Serum, then I deconstruct some pad presets used in some of my favourite atmospheric DnB tunes including sounds from the Roland D-50, Korg M1, and Roland JV-1080.

Please check out my sample pack Atmospheric Pads published by Polyned, featuring 100 fresh pad sounds for $10:
https://polyend.com/product/atmospher...

There’s an accompanying video where I make an atmospheric DnB tune on Polyend’s Tracker+ hardware, you can check that out here:
   • Making Atmospheric DnB with Polyend T...  

00:00 Intro

00:49 Making a pad in Serum

05:42 The Blade Runner Blue Pad

06:30 Roland D-50 - Soundtrack

10:31 Roland D-50 - Glass Voices

12:09 Korg M1 - Universe

13:52 Roland JV-1080 - Spaced Voxx

16:14 Roland JV-1080 - Pure Tibet

16:58 Conclusions

17:58 Where to get pad sounds

19:34 Plugs and outro

Here’s the playlist featuring all the tunes mentioned in the video:
   • Atmospheric DnB Pads Deconstructed  

Roland D-50 Celebration Moments with Eric Persing:
   • Roland D-50 Celebration Moments with ...  

Software mentioned in the video:

Xfer Records Serum:
https://xferrecords.com/products/serum/

XILS V+:
https://www.xils-lab.com/store/xils-vp/

Roland D-50:
https://www.roland.com/global/product...

Korg M1:
https://www.korg.com/uk/products/soft...

Roland JV-1080:
https://www.roland.com/global/product...

Roland JD-800:
https://www.roland.com/global/product...

Roland XV-5080:
https://www.roland.com/us/products/rc...

Korg Wavestation:
https://www.korg.com/uk/products/soft...

Korg Triton:
https://www.korg.com/uk/products/soft...

Meat Beats Orbhits:
https://meatbeats.gumroad.com/l/orbhits

Nils’ K1v
https://www.nilsschneider.de/wp/nils-...

Gospel Musicians TGX-85:
https://gospelmusicians.com/products/...

Gospel Musicians TGX-99:
https://gospelmusicians.com/products/...

Gospel Musicians BlueBeast:
https://gospelmusicians.com/products/...

UVI Synth Anthology 4:
https://www.uvi.net/synth-anthology-4

Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2:
https://www.spectrasonics.net/product...

Vengeance Producer Suite Avenger 2:
https://www.vengeance-sound.com/plugi...


Chronicle - Outer Rings vinyl forthcoming on Okbron, check it out in this mix:
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Greekboy & Tim Cant - Transcendental Mantra vinyl out now on Soul Deep:
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Vibena - Camden Style/Uplifting Ecstasy forthcoming on Remix Records

Vibena - Raveheart EP forthcoming on Endor Recordings

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