Your pad is fine. The chords keep letting go.
When every chord changes all of its notes at once, the ear hears a cut. Chord, cut, chord, cut. Add reverb and it becomes a slow cut, but it's still a cut, and after a minute the loop sounds like a loop.
Most tutorials teach which chords to pick. Almost none teach what stays when the chord changes. In ambient, what stays matters more than what changes.
From the channel behind 270,000+ plays.
Figures from the Aural Alchemy YouTube channel, re-checked on publish day.
Three rules. Every loop follows all three.
- One anchor note, on the same key, in every chord. Struck again on each change, so you hear it arrive again with a new job.
- Everything else moves softly around it. Mostly one or two semitones at a time, the bass close to the chord, every move soft.
- Only warm, colored chords from one scale. maj7, m7, 6, 6/9, add9, sus2. Every chord comes from inside the key, so nothing pulls the music toward an ending.
Voiced close and warm in the middle of the keyboard, the way an ambient pad wants them.
- 50 floating loops, every one built on the formula
- 2, 3, 4 and 5-chord loops in all 12 keys
- Royalty-free forever · 7-day money-back guarantee
2, 3, 4 or 5 chords. The formula holds.
The anchor works at any length. With two chords it's a gentle sway; with five it's a slow journey that still comes home without a seam.
50 floating loops. One rule under every one.
- 18 four-chord loopsincluding loop 23, the one in the picture above.
- 8 two-chord loopsfor the moments you want space and a slow sway.
- 14 three-chord loopsthat turn without ever landing.
- 10 five-chord journeysfor long tracks that need to travel and still loop without a seam.
- 12 of 12 keys coveredso the formula fits the track you already started.
Eternity Chords
- 50 chord loops built on the formula, 2 bars per chord
- 8 two-chord, 14 three-chord, 18 four-chord and 10 five-chord loops
- Every loop with its anchor note on the same key
- Royalty-free, yours forever, works in any DAW
The Hear It Yourself guarantee
Try the loops in your own tracks for 7 days. If the pack isn't for you, write to admin@alchemyaural.com and you get your money back.
Full previews
Six loops from the pack at 70 BPM, played twice so you hear the loop come back around. The MIDI plays at whatever tempo you set.
Do I need to know music theory?
No. The loops are already built and voiced. You drag a file onto a track and choose a sound. The theory on this page is there if you want it.
Does it work in my DAW?
Yes. Standard .mid files for Ableton, Logic, FL Studio, Cubase, Reaper, Bitwig, GarageBand and any DAW that reads MIDI.
Can I use them in tracks I release?
Yes. Everything is royalty-free and yours forever.
What if it's not for me?
Write to admin@alchemyaural.com within 7 days and you get your money back.
P.S. If you skimmed: change every note and a loop has no center; change nothing and it never moves. Hold one note steady on the same key, move the rest by small steps, and the loop keeps feeling new. 50 loops built exactly that way, royalty-free, 7-day money-back guarantee.