Project info
Material: DAW, MOTU BPM (or other drum sampler), Geist Lite, Lokomotiv.
Time required: About 2 hours
Content: Build chillstep playback, convert mono to stereo track, scratch audio track, create custom drum kits.
Difficulty: Advanced
SPHERICAL PAD
1 Generally
Chillstep unites two distinctive characteristics: On the one hand there are spherical pads, which take over the melodic main role, while on the other hand heavy beats with mostly urban and experimental touch hammer against it. Common to both, however, is the tendency that you listen to it, because at a tempo around 70 bpm the danceability tends to zero.
2 Pad sound
The basis for the track is a pad that we create with the freeware Lokomotiv. The synth is perfectly suited with its excellent sound. Load the plug-in and lower the cutoff a little bit, so that the sound is a little less shrill. For the envelope, we set attack to 60%, to 80% and and to 70%. This way the pad moves a little.
