Ambient Pads in Vital From Scratch

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

What's your favorite way to create pads in Vital? 🌌 ⮟⮟⮟ Timecodes: ⮟⮟⮟ 0:00 Intro 0:47 The Wavetable Editor 2:07 Custom Wavetable Shapes 4:37 Adding Modulation with LFOs 5:33 Oscillator Two 6:13 Wavetable/Spectral Warping Modes 7:35 Adding Random Modulation 8:14 Adjusting the Envelope 9:10 Unison Modes Explained 10:40 Adding Filters 12:00 Filter Envelopes 12:44 Sample Oscillator 14:10 Adding Effects 14:51 End Result 15:11 Final Thoughts 15:57 Bonus Tips 17:10 Outro

[@TimmyTheSnail]

How vital is free is honestly mad. It’s such a powerhouse

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Before he released it he mentioned on several forums Vital would have a "pricing that nobody will expect" and he was bang on. Vital is next level!

[@TimmyTheSnail]

@@s1gns0fl1fe it really is! And the sound you made was phenomenal. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us

[@mfThump]

Now it's even open source!

[@12371eric]

For real, I was apprehensive to pay for a synth but vital being free really makes me want to donate.

[@SunAndMirror]

I love that vital, along with many other important music software, is essentially free. Music production (and many other bu$ine$$...sports) seems like a constant battle of not getting ripped off.

[@CursedMuse]

I had NO IDEA that vital could MORPH between oscillators! In the basic oscillators I always thought it SOUNDED more like a category but I figured it was only the sine wave and maybe the table was just setup to easily draw in other basic waves and that's why it was plural? THIS BLEW MY MIND I can't believe I never figured that out!! I've only used vital for maybe 5 hours total and never read the manual like I did with the factory synths that in FL studio but I figured it'd basically be the same idea... So much more complex than it appears at first however Youve opened me up to an entire world of possibilities I never knew existed that easily!

[@ItsPomodoro]

I didn't "get" synthesizers until I started following Vital tutorials from S1gns Of L1fe. Now I use them on every track I make.

[@DavidRutterGuitarCrayzee]

Wow! Chris, you have outdone yourself. This is by far the best pad design tutorial I have ever seen. 'From scratch' opens the doors of sound design to beginners & then your more advanced tweaks takes it to the next level & beyond. Most illuminating & what a rich, gorgeous evolving pad you have created here. This is pure alchemy :)

[@Skizmo]

This is probably one of the best tutorials I've watched in music production period. Fantastic job!

[@KUPHSER]

😂

[@Normandy_Mike]

What a gateway to sound design. Can hardly believe what I'm hearing at my end, after trying this myself.

[@truperb3415]

NOW THIS PAD CREATION.I loved this video. I'm half way thorugh and this so very helpful. It's not to deep and gives you just enough to play around with. LOVE THIS

[@eqaeabiker3223]

as a beginner sound designer this is an amazing tutorial and i actually really like what i made

[@bmuxbeats]

Hey man , you made my day! 😃 I'm an ambient/chillout fan for years. I've ever asked my self, how to get souch sounds. Man, thank you so much for your helpful tutorial. Very awsome sound - love it. 😍

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!

[@bmuxbeats]

@@s1gns0fl1fe Hey Chris, thank you for your response. I enjoy it, really! You've inspired me to create a 2nd ambient pad. It took me round abount an hour and the result is very awsome. Well, I tasted blood and I will definitely continue.

[@vincentsky]

Very nice! Great pad, also great general wavetable/sound design tips too.

[@MrDenme0]

Wow, this is so typical and amazing! I have watched this vid a couple of moths ago. Visit it today again (saved it) and followed along. I came up with my own version and discovered how amazing this synth truly is....damn!!! Thanks S1gns, once again, for making an amazing tutorial. You are something of an ambient professor, lol! Really fun, intuitive and inspirational. Keep them comin'. 🖖

[@pupstudio]

I don’t always watch tutorial videos, But when I do…. I watch….S1gns of L1fe Another great “Chris Tute”

[@travesdymusic]

I’m loving the content!! So intuitive and easy to follow!!

[@vansweej]

I just discovered your channel (last week), since then I am binch watching your videos, so much information about sound design in them. Starting to apply it now.

[@vansweej]

thank you for all you are doing

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Mmmm delicious ambient pads...

[@salem1292]

jesus this was an insane tutorial, really helping me think outside of the box with stuff

[@luisrocha26]

I love your energy throughout the video, we can see you really love what you do! Thanks for all this information!

[@KoziahMusic]

Thanks for explaing the wave table editor. I'm definitely gonna use some of these tips in the future.

[@xNEONNINJA420x]

This is such a cool tutorial. Seriously can't thank you enough for these tips!

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

You are welcome!

[@soothingmeditationsmusic]

I absolutely love this video and the song!!

[@brattfjell09]

u got a new subscriber pal cause this one is gold

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Welcome to S1gns Of L1fe!

[@Syphusss]

This is amazing ! Hope more people know you in the future

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Cheers to you!

[@jerechrist]

Incredible tutorial!!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. I really like the way you explain things, I just subscribed to your channel as well.

[@clarkflavor]

Sooooo, ViTAL is pretty much the greatest soft synth of all time!? IT SOUNDS SO FREAKING GOOD

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Right?!

[@clarkflavor]

@@s1gns0fl1fe haven't heard anything quite like it really.. I wonder what the developer's inspiration was.

[@Keroser1983]

@@clarkflavor Matt Tytel is the developer and he is actually a veteran in this field. His previous free synth was HELM and it has its place in the industry. Of course this was long time ago. For the last couple of years he did his best to check up the music production and audio technology, and his chance was to work with great programmers and audio engineers. Of course the UI reminds as kind of Serum but I think it has more to do with marketing, as a free product, soemtimes it is a wise practice to copy the industry leader :)))

[@darrencurtis4277]

Wow the sampler added - great idea ! That’s the missing link !!! Yes more of this love it !! Will buy you a coffee ☕️

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Thanks bro! Appreciate you.

[@JilanoAlhuine]

absolut masterpiece

[@Primitive_mx]

Awesome dude! keep em comming 😀

[@aevanelstprojects8926]

Thank you for the inspiration.....I'm sure it somehow finds it's way into our music! 🤗

[@simonepola6223]

Great! For me as well one of the best and most useful video tutorial! :)

[@ArdropMusic]

Just found this and man you really inspired me. Thank you and hope you have a great day!

[@AndyAffleck]

Excellent. I learned so much! Thank you!

[@merseyviking]

I followed along, tweaking things to my liking and it sounds amazing! Thanks so much.

[@synkrotron]

I was messing with a new "from scratch" pad yesterday and for some reason it just wasn't happening, so this morning, having slept on it, I thought I'd check out a S1gns Of L1fe video on pads, of which there are a few... now off to have a go myself :-) thanks, Chris :-D

[@supersednus]

This is brilliant Chris, thank you so much. Really in depth and noob friendly :)

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

You are so welcome!

[@Jess-p8j]

thank u so much! you are awesome - such a great teacher :)

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Awe! Thank you so much.

[@eduardomunoz2915]

This is so good, thanks a lot!

[@clebs1261]

That's just so good, keep it coming man

[@theunconciousmind7314]

As if you read my mind. This was exactly what i was looking for 😅

[@zom440able]

Thanks for sharing,Chris. Very beautiful pad!

[@TeddyLeppard]

Solid tips here.

[@heyliian]

This was awesome---thanks so much for this!

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@berserker2551]

Sounds absolutely awesome 🙃 Thanks so much for show made it

[@soundstothecore3714]

Great video!

[@cyberfly8452]

awesome! thanks for this video !

[@lf5523]

Beautiful sound!

[@Totoleguitariste]

just fantastic !

[@fcfc]

beautiful

[@cryptout]

Awesome pad

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

good tutorial, its exactly what I need to know

[@alexdrumm1457]

love this

[@stephenedwards7455]

That was soooo cool. Thanks

[@CUAUHTEMOCVEGATORRES]

Thanks!!!❤

[@KrisAkaVenno]

Amazing!! 15:00 Powerful pad Bought coffey

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Thank you so much!

[@trillwaveisnotdead]

Thank you

[@omnione7894]

Thank’s !!

[@shinezacharias3118]

Thanks chris

[@valerii_kovtun_sound6246]

Nice!

[@crhkrebs]

Chris, I am a few years late and just went through this tutorial. These are the best on Vital, a VST I had largely forgotten. But I seem to have an issue. When new voices are triggered on my USB keyboard, I get a small click at every note trigger, regardless of how my envelopes are set. I don't get this with the factory presets, so it must be something I have done. Any ideas?

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

If your attack envelopes are set to 0.0ms, you will get a click. They need to have at least a bit of attack or else they'll do that. Start a new patch, play around with the attack time, and hopefully that solves the issue.

[@lorien6678]

No words to say.

[@SAYENINHO]

I'm sorry I don't understand why my frames in the wave shape are moving step by step and not morphing ? Can you tell ? thanks by the way

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

There are different "morphing" modes in the wavetable editor. If it's set to "none" they will just step between frames. I'd go with Spectral Blend. Hope that helps!

[@SAYENINHO]

@@s1gns0fl1fe It is just that when I move my bar in between the key frame points it is just changing from that point to the other without morphing from a form of a wave to another, wherever I am in the Spectral bend mode or the others...

[@Data-Rebel]

tiz a beauty :)

[@jibberizzm]

anyway we can just download this straight to vital?

[@eyalkomorovsky4565]

Wow!!!!

[@karmaindustrie]

twoo awesolatorz

[@aqua3418]

What skin is that?

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Candy cave. It's from the subscriber pack!

[@CRUASSANFAN]

Idk man, mine got really shitty, I guess I just not made for this stuff..

[@MP84Official]

why r u dragging the harmonies instead of using keyboard and play like a human being ? it's easier to generate harmonies through the keyboard. Weird...

[@akunakii3782]

lol...your voice dont sound like any ambientsound at all :D im littl confused about it