Pad sound libraries for Independence 32-bit?

Christopher-Burke wrote on 8/1/2022, 7:46 AM

Dear Anyone.

Before you read the following, bear in mind I royally suck at websites!

Just found Independence 32-bit - older DAW, sorree!! - it SAID it came with a 2gig library but I only got a 26.1 megabyte download so I'm not sure what I did wrong there. I'm after pad sounds - like Worship Pads on Mainstage on a Mac - but I've got a PC - or on any of the New Age tracks you hear on YouTube. Yellow Brick Cinema, Paul From Stoke, Karunesh, Yakuro, Stive Morgan, anyone like that. Those kinda pads/sounds.

I'm happy to pay for them, this isn't about finding freebies. I just have zero idea where to go to buy them, or what to buy when I get there. I've found the Chicken Systems converter page but I'm not sure if it works for 32-bit, I've E_mailed them asking. Please, could anyone rub my nose in a nice, large collection of New Agey/Relaxation/Spa Music (you get the idea!) sounds/libraries/whichever that would work in Independence 2 32-bit? ASSUMING the Chicken Systems Converter works with Independence 32-bit, I'm happy to go for any libraries I can convert with that and use, too.

Been after a nice collection of New Age Pad Sounds literally for YEARS and nobody tells you where to get them from. Kinda feel if this one comes together, the End of the Quest is in Sight!!

Yours hopefully

Chris.

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SP. wrote on 8/1/2022, 8:51 AM

@Christopher-Burke The best new age pads samples are probably in Nada https://www.bestservice.com/nada.html This product also uses a special version of Independence called "Engine 2" as a player. There is a free version available here https://www.bestservice.com/engine_artists_library.html It comes with some Nada samples and samples of many different other libraries.

The free library comes as a separate installer. See here https://www.magix.com/us/free-download/independence-free-sampler-software/

You don't need to buy anything. Independence Free can load up to 25 WAV samples if I remember it correctly. This should be enough to make interesting pad sounds yourself or load already made pad samples. For example, you could load simple sine WAVs into independence and then manipulate them, change the attack and release to something very long to make it sound like a pad.

 

Best Service also released Pad-Audio Sample CDs in the early 1990s like Best Service - XX Large - Pads. They can be probably found for very cheap online or as a download on archive.org (You would need something like CDXtract to open the ISO file). I'm not sure if they were ever re-released.You could also ask Best Service customer service if they can give you a digital copy to get it in a legally acceptable way. These samples were used by many different artists. You probably heard some of them in a composition made during this time.