Hello everyone. This board was recommended by the wonderful Gearsluts :) So thought I'd come check it out and ask a question about classic techno/house pad sounds.

After a bit of research and messing around, I've found that the sound I'm after was achieved by sampling string/pad chords, and then playing them on a keyboard with a bit of portamento. What I'm trying to find out though is some of the sources for the sounds themselves, most likely presets on classic synths.

Here's a few examples of the kind of sounds I'm talking about:

http://soundcloud.com/dariussyrossian/days-without-you The pads at the beginning with the phasing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAs39tBehZ0 Low-Pass Filtered pad with Portamento from about 5:07

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brTZ4a1reBY The pad with the piano from 2:52 (Actually, now I think about it, this could be one of those 'piano/strings combos from something like a Korg M1)

Any thoughts?

Cheers