How To Cymbal (a discussion of cymbal synthesis)

[@dinogoldie9716]

Through my own noodlings, I came up with a fairly decent "Chinese" gong/cymbal sound by layering a saw pitch-bent in one direction over a hi-pass noise pitch-bent in the other. Slowing down lfo on HP noise can approximate a sorta shimmering effect. Anyway, back to the video....

[@OscillatorSink]

That's a great tip!

[@smicha1466]

This was great. Volca Drum is a remarkable device. One of my favorite tricks when I'm doing more ambient/soundscape projects is to turn the bpm all the way down to 10 and then max out the attack/release, slice, and send features. You get some wild sounds.

[@BackspinZX]

These How To Drum videos are great. They offer a lot of god insight into drum synthesis, and being honest I agree that I'd probably take a cymbal over a snare for the second percussion piece any day. Plus, cymbals are the thing I struggle to synthesize quite a lot from scratch, so this was a huge help.

[@dinogoldie9716]

Bam! Oscillator Sink nails it. Another superb video. Don't suppose you/anybody reading this can recommend the next step up in drum synths from the Volca Drum? Is there something in the £500 range with, say, additional layers, waveforms and modulation? Volcas are really good taster dishes but Korg has forgotten to put any main courses on their menu. There's a huge leap up in price from the £150 (approx.) Volcas and their £1200 "professional" big brothers. But anyway, I do love my little Volca Drum and I love the way you've explained it. So thanks and please keep em coming.

[@OscillatorSink]

This won't be a great surprise given my previous form, and it's not really a like for like... But have you considered a Digitone?

[@dinogoldie9716]

+Oscillator Sink Well I have considered moving from the Volca FM to the digitone (6 operators hurts my brain). I've heard good things about the Elektron Model Cycles as a drum machine/groovebox but I fear there's too much menu-diving for my accessibility needs. I've just got a Microfreak and once I've memorised the mod matrix, that'll be fun (hopefully).

[@domo2428]

Hey Dino Goldie, if you're ready for some DIY fun, you should look at the LXR from Sonic Potion. That's a 6 voices/4 engines drums synth: www.sonic-potions.com/lxr

[@sebastianshuster5229]

Dino Goldie - there is not a lot of menu diving at all. I aaaaalmost consider the Cycles the big brother of the Volca Drum. I kind of wished while the teasers were going on that it would be Elektron’s take on the Volca Drum / Nord Drum in Digi- format. Not that I dislike the Cycles, not at all, they are just “different” in that they go in way different directions when you start pushing, and I appreciate the way Elektron implemented the design and UX. I have a LOT to learn on the Cycles but the Drum is not going anywhere.

[@tomahawkANDscopZ]

you have alot of good points throughout your kick one, and very great explanations of what youre doing as you're doing it.

[@nielstriple]

I've restarted the intro 3 times. My head gets lost in the funky cymbals every time, and none of the words come through

[@ArtemiTV]

Yeah, I enjoy that kind of videos, it's been a while since I've tweaked my volca drum. Gonna try something with your editor

[@OscillatorSink]

Oh cool, hope you enjoy using it!

[@lolazam1497]

Wow, your videos on the Volca drum are so amazing, thank you so much, I stopped playing my volca drum in favor of the sample a lil while ago because of how lost I was at making "normal" percussion sounds, this video solved that for me, thanks alot! Is there a way to save the kits/parts made on the volca drum on a PC using your tool or else? Thanks.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thanks, I'm glad they have helped. I don't think anyone has worked out how to dump patches from the vdrum sadly - there's no midi out for a start, but even with a midi out mod, I don't believe anyone has worked out the sysex magic to get it done. That's part of the reason I made the editor - so that I could make patches that weren't locked inside the Volca.

[@lolazam1497]

@@OscillatorSink Oh ok thanks, i get it. I could instead just "copy" the knobs settings on my volca into your editor and it would do kind of the same, thanks!

[@slemvext]

Thanks a lot! But is it possible to do a crash cymbal or did I missed something? Just got my Volca Drum and try to decode how it works.

[@tohellandbacknoface4091]

loved this video. more like this if u find the time pls

[@OscillatorSink]

Well, there's a Kick episode already if you haven't watched it yet. You might enjoy this video too, if you're exploring drum synthesis: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6KWkGV6mL51bMk

[@tohellandbacknoface4091]

@@OscillatorSink im getting through ur videos. u have absolutly dope videos

[@gu_u.]

Thanks a lot Man

[@thomasprlic]

Push the Like-button, then watch it 😊

[@OscillatorSink]

Haha, cheers friend!

[@sebastianshuster5229]

Haha I do that for all OscillatorSink’s videos. Quality content baby!