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I started reading the article and creating the kick drum in my console, then skipped right to the playback on this page and was initially very excited by that h
by leviathant 11y ago
I started reading the article and creating the kick drum in my console, then skipped right to the playback on this page and was initially very excited by that hihat sound. It was a bit of a let down, although not much of a surprise, to find out the hihat was a sample.
Having made a JS/CSS drum machine (sample playback) emulator a few years ago @ http://bitrotten.com/dr110/ http://bitrotten.com/dr110/ and more recently spending time doing emulative sound design on a modern drum machine @ http://bitrotten.com/tempest/ http://bitrotten.com/tempest/ I'm still enthused by this demo and write-up. Next month I return to an hour-long commute by train, and now I've got a pretty good idea of how I'll be spending that time.
- chrislo 11y agoGlad you enjoyed it! Synthesizing cymbals is hard, but not impossible. I admit, I did "cheat" a little here, but at least it gave me a chance to talk about sampling. If you're interested in cymbal synthesis, this article is great: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Jun02/articles/synthsecrets0602.asp http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Jun02/articles/synthsecrets0.... Should keep you busy on your commute!