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Subject: Re: [korg_mono-poly] cymbal synthesis

From: Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@consol.de>
Date: 2007-07-30

Hi

> does anyone know any good ways to get a good crisp cymbal sound out of
> my mono/poly? ive been trying and filtering then eq'ing white noise
> just isnt cutting it.

The the MonoPoly lacks a hipass filter, which is most relevant part for
a synthesized cymbal. Cymbal produce more low frequencies, than you
would expect, but these frequencies have a low level. So what you need
is a 12 dB (or even 6dB) hipass filter in the output of the synth.

Florian