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A warm pad

PadDSP CTL · DSP MOD · AMP ENV · LFO+ · OUTPUT

A pad is a held chord that breathes. Two saws a few cents apart beat against each other, the filter takes their edge off, a slow envelope lets each chord swell and fade, and a slow LFO keeps the filter moving. Each saw is a layer of its own: DUP LYR makes the second, and a layer's change is made on both.

SEE IT MOVE

THE SOUND · THE PHRASE
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Computed in your browser with KINSPIRATION's engine, sample by sample, from each step's whole program: its oscillators, filters, envelopes, LFOs and effects. It is close to the K2700, not the K2700 itself.

WHAT TO KNOW

DETUNE

A few cents apart, two saws beat slowly: +8 ct is a gentle chorus, 20 ct and more a sour one.

ONE CHANGE, TWO LAYERS

After DUP LYR every page shows one layer at a time: CHANNEL/LAYER goes to the other, to make the same change there.

IN THE FACTORY PROGRAMS

The 114 Pad programs: their layers' User AMPENV attacks (Att1) have a median of 0.04 s; 142 take half a second or more.

THE PADS' ATT1

under 10 ms204
10-100 ms55
0.1-0.5 s62
0.5-1 s49
1-2 s52
2 s or more41

LAYERS PER PAD

14
23
3-452
5-848
9 or more7

FIND THEM ON YOUR K2700

1224 Released Tensionplays above
468 Shimmer Padplays above
1222 Waiting For Herplays above

HOW TO ON YOUR K2700 · your start

Build the pad on your start: a second saw, a darker filter, a slow envelope, a moving filter and two sides.

  1. In Program mode choose your start, saved at the end of lesson 1 (My Sound, on its USER ID).

    Program mode with My Warm Pad

  2. Press EDIT, then MORE until DUP LYR shows, and press it: layer 2 copies layer 1. Go to layer 2 (CHANNEL/LAYER ▲), press DSP CTL, and on the Saw Pch row set Fine to 8 ct.

    The DSP CTL page of My Warm Pad, layer 2, the cursor on Tune (8 ct)

  3. On the Amp row of each layer set the value to 0 dB: two layers together are 6 dB louder.

    The DSP CTL page of My Warm Pad, layer 2, the cursor on Amp (0 dB)

  4. On both layers, LP Frq to F 5 698 Hz.

    The DSP CTL page of My Warm Pad, layer 1, the cursor on LP Frq (F 5 698 Hz)

  5. And LP Res to 3.0 dB.

    The DSP CTL page of My Warm Pad, layer 1, the cursor on LP Res (3.0 dB)

  6. Press AMP ENV: on both layers Att1 1.2 s and Rel1 2 s.

    The AMP ENV page of My Warm Pad, layer 1, the cursor on Attack1's time (1.200)

  7. Press LFO+: on layer 1 LFO2 a Sine at 0.20 Hz.

    The LFO+ page of My Warm Pad, layer 1, the cursor on MnRate (0.20H)

  8. Press DSP MOD: on the LP Frq row Source 2 LFO2, Depth Ctl ON, Max Depth 700 ct. The same on layer 2.

    The DSP MOD page of My Warm Pad, layer 1, the cursor on Source 2 (LFO2)

  9. On layer 2, LFO2 at 0.25 Hz: the two filters drift apart.

    The LFO+ page of My Warm Pad, layer 2, the cursor on MnRate (0.25H)

  10. Press OUTPUT: layer 1's Pan -40, layer 2's 40.

    The OUTPUT page of My Warm Pad, layer 1, the cursor on Pan (-40)

  11. Press SAVE, RENAME it, and SAVE it on a USER ID of its own.