Doepfer

From:   "klamb000" <lamb@c...> 
Date:  Wed Jun 4, 2003  11:57 pm
Subject:  Re: synth pics


Hi Kevin,

I must have been living on another planet!
So old, I had no idea. Interesting, maybe it
became in swing when the modular virus start
spreading the 60s.

cheers,

Roel

Kevin wrote:

The term "pad" as a name for washes of chords has been around WAY 
longer than the late 1980's. At least 10 years prior to that, it was 
a very common expression in the LA studios.

Regards,
Kevin

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "Roel Steverink" 
<r.steverink@w...> wrote:
> From: davevosh@a...
> Date: Wed Jun 4, 2003 12:08 am
> Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] Re: synth pics
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> I believe that pads as name came into swing, when the generation of 
D-50
> synths
> brought in a new way of sound source. To me they are kind of 
floating layers
> of sound, could be drones aswell, when they are not static, but 
move about.
> 
> I would call that certainly a pad, when I read your description, 
better a
> complex
> pad!!! Layer, upon layer, upon layer..
> 
> Am I right to say, that your a kind of "sound-freak" guy, who get's 
wild
> when he hears strange noises!? I am certainly a sound-freak, not a 
good

> player, and a bit talented when it comes
> to improvisation.
> 
> Roel
>