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electrogear ·
Hi all,
I've just started building a Drum VSTi using samples & synthesis. This is my first attempt at the kick-drum. I'd like to know what people think? The finished version will have a full kit with built-in sequencer and Drum Kit GUI.
http://www.box.net/shared/gjy75h5sg0
C2 triggers the Kick, and D2 triggers the double-kick. Have a play around with beater settings etc and see what you think I should change, what I should keep, what I should get rid of etc.
Cheers,
Mike
electrogear ·
An update to the GUI:
http://www.box.net/shared/1dfgqtakos
electrogear ·
Sorry, just one more thing (apologies for the 3 posts in a row!)
Do you think this looks enough like a kick-drum, or do I need to add the nuts & bolts & stand?
Cheers,
Mike
infuzion ·
electrogear wrote: Do you think this looks enough like a kick-drum, or do I need to add the nuts & bolts & stand?
The stand would help. I sometimes see drummers with out the front of the drum, so only the back where the kicker is be skinned. & sometimes they put a pillow in there.
Or you can put the drum sideways/angled, so you can see the pedal hit the drum...
electrogear ·
Hi,
I've been doing a little more work. Going to record some new samples on Monday. Hired a drummer for the afternoon (well not so much hired, but I might buy him a sandwich, hehe), got full use of the studio and some really good mics (C414's, D112, AKG drum kit mics) and had quite a bit of practice recording drums so should get some really nice samples (fingers crossed).
Got the synthesised snare sounding great - pretty realistic and when combined with the sample sounds really good, so when I have the new samples done it should sound even better 😀. I'd say I'm about 20% finished though - still a lot to do, and one of the hardest parts for me is the GUI. Not sure it looks right at all. Here's some screen shots:
I just don't know if it looks right having all of the bits of kit the same size, but then I think if they were different sizes it would look wrong too... 😕
Sorry I would share the osm, but I think I'm going to sell it if I can get it looking/sounding good enough,
Mike
infuzion ·
Looks cool to me, though I'd expect the middle instrument to do something, since it is so big!
I just now realized why the BD looks off to me; with the light highlight in the upper left, it makes the front of the drum look round, when I know it should be flat. Why not take pics of the drums you are sampling tomorrow? & mics while you're at it...
aliasant ·
Yeah. I agree with infuzion here. Take some pictures. And maybe that area should be click sensitive. You click and then hear the sound. The more to the center you click the louder .. or something like that?
NIce project =)
electrogear ·
Yeah I was planning on making a mouse area over the drum. I was thinking about have an XY pad type thing over the top of it (just a little round spot) that would alter the tone of the sound too.
electrogear ·
Oh, about the pictures. I don't want it looking too realistic if you see what I mean? I mean, it should look like a kit yeah, but it should also look like computer made graphics.... but I think you're right - if I get some pictures then maybe I can work over the top of those in photoshop.
Cheers,
Mike
tefa3twin ·
Hey, i just read your post. Its amazing ,,, im triying to do something similar and i wondered when i saw yours Could you send me your .oms? for cheking how did you do it?
Thanks 😀
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