learning to make synthesized drum hits appreciation...

provaznik · Post by **provaznik** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:10 am

i just started this today and so far i am getting results that i could only wish to get from samples. it is allowing me to have a lot of room to get creative and let me get exactly the sound i want instead of trying to get a sampled one shot to conform to what i am looking for.

i just thought i would spread the joy.

oh yeah and if you all have any pointers in this area then please feel free to drop some ideas.

kujoma · Post by **kujoma** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:32 am

What Synths do you use?

I <3 drumatic and waldorf for drumsynthesizing actions. But also even "simple" synths like Reasons subtractor are good for snares and highhatz.

provaznik · Post by **provaznik** » Fri May 26, 2006 11:59 am

actually the demo of operator has been doing wonders for me. i have been able to get a lot of sounds out of it. kicks were easy, rim shot esque snares were kind of tough but i got em down to a point where i am happy with them for now, but in a week who knows. i am about to go off and experiment using a saw wave modulating a straight sine wave for some biting high hats. if that doesn't work then i will just keep experimenting until i find something i like. i will keep you posted on my advances in this new and fucking addictive side of production that i just started in on.

provaznik · Post by **provaznik** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:05 pm

i took some desktop pics to show you the exact settings i have things on if that interests you.
oh wait i don't know how to get the pics off of my desktop to the net, any ideas? i am on a mac by the way...

kevin h · Post by **kevin h** » Fri May 26, 2006 4:38 pm

i've mentioned it before, but i think this is a pretty sweet vsti dm

http://odosynths.panicnow.net/Rhythmsv3.6.zip

all synth, no samples

sorgenkind · Post by **sorgenkind** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:48 pm

FM syntesis is great to create drum sounds, and the ease of use of operators is unbeatable. maybe not *the* best sounding around but you can your job done so quickly... and then you can always treat the samples you did with some serious comp/eqs in an audio editor for example.
Doing it's own drum sounds is imho crucial to avoid sounding too standard, I like when hearing a track I don't spot the classic sounds, like the 909 kick 808 snare and so on.
I mean those are great drum machines (I have a 909 I thought I would sell but I changed my mind) but sometimes some new juice is more tasty

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:48 pm

kujoma wrote:I <3 drumatic and waldorf for drumsynthesizing actions.

right on!

provaznik · Post by **provaznik** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:23 am

i found this on de bug's website.

http://www.teragon.org/products/KickMaker/index.html

looks pretty sweet, cheap too...