[sdiy] Thoughts on drum synth

[adam at hoodmusic.net]

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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