[sdiy] Steel drum synth

[Stefano Costa]

Tim Ressel wrote:

> Yo,
>
> Golly I wish I had a working synth. I was listening to
> some steel drums played slowly, and wondered once
> again what the patch would look like. It sounded
> distorted, maybe saw + square mix? Then some filter
> action like someone saying the first part of "ouch".
> Perhaps two sig paths: one BP and one LP??

By far the best synthetic steel drum sound is
from Yamaha DX series. My DX7II has a preset
which has a very natural sound. I don't
have at hand the patch setting, but if you are
interested I'll provide you.

Stefano