I think the UXS sounds are great and also provide a good source to learn how to do complex patches. I'd suggest to check out the "Atmospheres Vol. 1 - 3". The only problem with them is that many of those patches max out the Virus TI resources and you have to find out ways to make those patches less power hungry.
There are a couple of great libraries available from the Access website (yes, I know, you know) for free which may not be obvious to contain pad sounds and which may be a source of inspiration. Away from my Virus looking at the available downloads, I remember to have found interesting patches in:
- The Unfinished Chiaroscuro Signature Set
- Icon Of Coil Signature Bank 2011
- Numb - 0714 Sound Set
- Tarekith Elemental soundset
- Icon Of Coil Sound Set
Naturally, it depends on what you're looking for.
Another great resource to learn Virus TI sound design are the Virus TI Boot Camp videos by Ben Crosland you find on Youtube. He explains some nifty tricks using less obvious techniques to get movements in sounds.
My personal experience to create moving/evolving sounds is:
- modulate the modulators!
- set an LFO to random or a complex waveform at a low rate and use that to additionally modulate OSC wave index, other LFOs speeds, filter cutoff, effect parameters
- modulate an LFO by itself
- use multiple source to modulate the same destination
- use the mod wheel and poly pressure as an additional source
- use the arpeggiator as a mod source
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