how do I make my Musicman do a synth pad?

[shakinbacon]

Is there an effect out there that I can use to do long sustained synth pad tones with.

Stuff for intros of songs... nothing fancy, just simple filler stuff.


Thanks

 

[strummer]

A looper would do the trick nicely, hit a note, hit record and loop.
Or you could use an ebow

 

[shakinbacon]

A looper would do the trick nicely, hit a note, hit record and loop.
Or you could use an ebow

Not exactly the tone I'm looking for. I'd like to mimic a synth pad that sounds more like long sustained strings.

Something like the pad at the intro to "Welcome to the Boomtown", "No Quarter" or "Where the Streets Have no Name"

 

[strummer]

moog taurus pedals!

 

[strummer]

or, you know, the boomtown intro, treble rolled off, hit the note, roll up the volume, loop it.
What an album, btw!

edit: won't work, tried it lol, I think you'll need some kind of filter to make that happen...

 

[shakinbacon]

or, you know, the boomtown intro, treble rolled off, hit the note, roll up the volume, loop it.
What an album, btw!

edit: won't work, tried it lol, I think you'll need some kind of filter to make that happen...

Yes, a fantastic album and a big influence on my bass playing

Thanks for trying it btw

 

[lovechick]

Try a delay pedal, then volume swell into the note or notes.

 

[Sting]

Not exactly the tone I'm looking for. I'd like to mimic a synth pad that sounds more like long sustained strings.

Something like the pad at the intro to "Welcome to the Boomtown", "No Quarter" or "Where the Streets Have no Name"

I have a Boss ME-50B and I have used it for synth sounds like you're describing. It has a sound hold feature where you can play a note and it will record and loop it so it sounds like one long sustained note. The note sustain continuously until you pull the volume pedal down. Use the Drive/Synth section to get the synthy tone with the sound hold and you got it. I've done this several times with more than satisfactory results.