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: 1 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
>