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Drum KICK via synthesis
Aken
MontrealPosts: 31
Hello!
I'm trying to make a satisfying loud and punchy drum kick with subtractive synthesis. So far I figured out that modulating the LPF with a negative LFO and also a bit the pitch of the oscillator could help, still I'm far from what I am looking for. Anyone has tips & tricks about what to do?
I also take advices for FM / ring synthesis although I'm a super noob with those kind of synthesis.
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I actually found something cool, just by modulating the pitch with a full negative LFO with a rate in the middle (between 25 and 30).
nothing special
init synth
env2 -> tranpose: full negative
env1: sustain 0 for a one shot sound
play with all env params, full overdrive works nice too
Pure FM Kick drum. I have no idea how much you can hack out of one of these patch files before it becomes invalid.
Hey! Thank you I was a bit busy, I'm going to try that very soon
Very good preset. If you have any for hihats and snares I take. It sounds definitely better with FM than with subtractive.
Thanks. I'm working on a whole kit. Getting a decent snare is proving harder.
@pbolger yeah I feel you on the difficulty of making a good snare with the synth engine.
Usually you can get quite nice kicks by simply applying a pitch envelope to a sinewave, but with the Deluge I can’t get it to sound nice and punchy. I think the envelopes are too course or something?
I did something similar (quick inverted LFO) but it doesnt sound as punchy as a kick made with FM (notably the one posted above)
I have save it but I don't hide I would love a video tutorial of that one
Check out my synth-only drum pack. It has about 35-40 different kicks (as well as over another 130 precussion sounds) using all the different types of synthesis available on the Deluge. Dive into the individual sounds to see how they were constructed.
https://neilbaldwin.gumroad.com/l/drumuge