[sdiy] samplers & pitch shifting

[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

Agreed. … with both Gordon and Paula.

Besides, if you’re aiming anywhere near “vintage” drum machine technology, then you certainly should avoid the kind of sample manipulation that pitch shifting performs. k.i.s.s.

Brian


On May 17, 2018, at 1:37 AM, paula at synth.net wrote:
> Have to agree, consider the tom tom, the lower one has a longer decay than the higher ones, naturally.
> 
> On 2018-05-16 22:12, Gordonjcp wrote:
>> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 01:54:33PM -0700, Tim Ressel wrote:
>>> I was told things like drum samples would be worthless without pitch
>>> shifting. Not sure if that is true, but if I can pull it off then
>>> why not?
>> For my 2p worth, I have *never* come across a drum machine that used
>> actual pitch shifting to retune drum sounds.  They all just speed up or
>> slow down the sample, so lower pitched sounds play out for a little
>> longer.
>> Pitch shifting to tune the drums would make the envelope sound weird for
>> the pitch of the drum, and would give an un-natural and
>> profoundly-sounding effect.