[sdiy] OT Thoughts on drum synth

[harry]

Well adam....

there's my x-wife...
but you have to get your own large pipe.

If you get a sample... don't send me a copy eh ???

H^) harry

adam at hoodmusic.net wrote:

> camp 5 - those of us who just really like lofi sounds and want to
> play a drum consisting of a whale farting in a large pipe, but since
> I will probably never have a gassy whale and a pipe large enough to
> put it in I will have to synth it.
>
> adam
>
> Tim Ressel wrote:
>
> > --- matti <matti at devo.com> wrote:
> > > The conversations has been had a million times
> > > before, and it will be mad
> > > a million times again. Don't use synthesizers to do
> > > a kickdrum's job. If
> > > you want a kickdrum, use a kickdrum.
> >
> > Well now, this gets to the basic question: Why do
> > synth at all?
> >
> > Okay, so there are at least four camps. One camp loves
> > synths for the 'synth sound'. The very worst of this
> > had to have been the 'disco synth drums'. Anybody
> > cringing out there?
> >
> > The second camp seeks to want to duplicate real sounds
> > with the synth. This begs for questions like Matti's:
> > Why bother? Wanna drum? Buy a drum. One obvious answer
> > is: Hey, I can't play a drum; I'm a keyboardist, so I
> > synth the drums I need and play 'em on my keyboard.
> >
> > Lets see: Camp #3: the DIYers. They do shit cause its
> > cool and neat and groovy and distracts them from
> > having to think about their pending divorce.
> >
> > Then there is camp #4: The folks who want to make all
> > new, yet naturally sounding, synth sounds. This is the
> > camp I belong in. I want to play a drum consisting of
> > woven butterfly wings stretched over a Saturn V
> > booster hull. This will probably not happen real life.
> >
> > But I bet I can synth it! But first I need to grok
> > drums in fullness. So I will try to make the most
> > realistic sounding Doumbek (or whatever) I can. When I
> > have achieved Oneness with the drum, i can then embark
> > on a journey of newness.
> >
> > Besides, its fun!
> >
> > --TR
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