How to get THIS synth sound?

Hi Guys,

I absolutely love the sound of the pad at the beginning of this track, but am having no luck creating it. I wondered if anyone could help me out? If anyone could help, I'd vastly appreciate it!

Céline Dion – If Walls Could Talk

I'm trying to recreate it using soft synths.

Particularly Reason's Subtractor, which I use. Though if there are any particular VSTi's that are going to be better suited, let me know, and let me know how I can achieve this totally ITB.

[Jomox]

You need spootify to play the track, personally won't install it so can't help.

Qualities a bit poorer.. but

‪if walls could talk celine dion with lyrics‬‏ - YouTube

[blackafgano]

Sounds like lush pad with tons of layers, try Alchemy or Albino 3

Originally Posted by blackafgano

Sounds like lush pad with tons of layers, try Alchemy or Albino 3

I'm not really big on synthesis, so how exactly could this be achieved?

[Jomox]

Sounds like a nice synth with some reverb and eq.

Where it's from who knows, but I usually find it easier to produce those sort of pad sounds on hardware synth keyboards and then add some reverb / delay / chorus etc.

[Dudley]

what synths do you have available?

it's a fairly generic pad, so won't be hard to get something close.

[Muser]

The thick under pad is likely a couple of prophet 5's spreading out the minimal elements of the pad left and right.. then spread out with something like a Roland dimension D and delay. but there are other embellishments. could be some fairlight and maybe D50. or maybe yamaha DX7/SY77/99.

it's hard to say really but I think the prophets in there. you have to listen a lot and map out what kind of sound comes in where. it's a subtle and dense arrangement.

might be Jeff Bova who did the keyboards on that.

[JEBEQ]

Sounds like a JD-800 or a JD-990

[GearOnTheGo]

Originally Posted by JEBEQ

Sounds like a JD-800 or a JD-990

and/or record multiple layers of pad patches and mix. A lot of times what you are hearing is not just a single synth/patch but a layered mix of several.


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[atma]

it does sound like layers, but it kind of makes me think of the wavestation or something similar

I'm trying to recreate it using soft synths.

Particularly Reason's Subtractor, which I use. Though if there are any particular VSTi's that are going to be better suited, let me know, and let me know how I can achieve this totally ITB.

[GearOnTheGo]

Originally Posted by jampottt

I'm trying to recreate it using soft synths.

Particularly Reason's Subtractor, which I use. Though if there are any particular VSTi's that are going to be better suited, let me know, and let me know how I can achieve this totally ITB.

Omnisphere on the high end, camel's. Alchemy can be had cheap they may even have a free demo w some pads and in the middle is the Korg Legacy Digital collection with the Wavestation and M1.




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Originally Posted by GearOnTheGo

Omnisphere on the high end, camel's. Alchemy can be had cheap they may even have a free demo w some pads and in the middle is the Korg Legacy Digital collection with the Wavestation and M1.




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Can you break it down for me a little more, I literally haven't the foggiest about Synths or layering them. I can novicely operate Reason and play keys. Just been too used to being Mr Preset :/