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Synthesising Percs

Wondering if anyone makes their own Perc, clicks and such.
What programs you recommend?

Beats by Dre

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Originally posted by dj_alfi Beats by Dre

Am i meant to smack them against the ground and record it?

waldorf attack is supposed to be able to simulate the classic 808 909 etc very well. it has a special osc just for open and closed hats like the 909

it also has adjustable envelopes concave/convex which is v useful

thers a section in the dance music manual that i worked thorugh recently and it details how to make pretty much every percussion from kicks to toms to hats.

i just used massive for this and was pleasantly suprised! i made a little beat and it didnt sound too bad

I highly recommend giving the FXpansion Tremor demo a go. It can be a CPU hog and the presets aren't getting much love from anyone (although they do give a good idea of the potential), but it's excellent for synthesizing drums/percs.

http://www.fxpansion.com/index.php?page=167

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Originally posted by Julz Am i meant to smack them against the ground and record it?

ok thanks guys

Oh, one other one to check out is Rob Papen's Punch. I've only tried the demo, but it seems decent.

I use FX Pansions DCAM synth squad, esp the synth called Cypher for percy sounds, which I can the automate through a track for example to add filter drive and fm filter modulation as it progresses.

I've been wondering whether to get Tremor, esp as it's on special offer just now. I think it would be ideal for the techno type grungy sounds I like in percs.

I find the Cubase reverence convolution room reverbs are decent on percy sounds such as electronique toms and blips.

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Originally posted by Richard Butler I've been wondering whether to get Tremor, esp as it's on special offer just now.

That offer ends today, so you'd better decide quickly! If you have the cash and want a killer drum synth, I'd say to go for it. It's based on DCAM's synth engines, but it's highly customized for drums and has a really cool polyrhythmic sequencer.

I make my own kick drums using sylenth. I can make them sound just as punchy as any Deadmau5/Arty track. It's actually pretty straight forward.

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Originally posted by jayxthekoolest I make my own kick drums using sylenth. I can make them sound just as punchy as any Deadmau5/Arty track. It's actually pretty straight forward.

Thats great. But i was asking about Percs.

Been playing with tremor, suprisingly good on cpu. But not really impressed, and this was based on a hour of tweeking.

Will have to give Cypher a go to.

Anyone use Logic's Sculpture? So far nothing has sounded as nice as this.

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Originally posted by Julz Anyone use Logic's Sculpture? So far nothing has sounded as nice as this.

Never used it, but I've seen it in action (e.g., youtube tuts) and it looks nice.

What about Sonic Charge �Tonic? That's an oldie, but goodie.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi Beats by Dre

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Originally posted by Julz Am i meant to smack them against the ground and record it?

You MUST do this!!!

Don't forget Adern KickMe. Free too.

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Originally posted by Julz Will have to give Cypher a go to.

It's taken me time to get used to this motha, it's pretty deep in that everything is tweakable and often multi faceted, it's easy to get a little lost and ruin a sound, so save as you go. That vid I posted up leaves some key details out. I find asigning the LFO's a mystery even now.

Spent a while making a perc sound on it tonight and it's great to have such tweakability in a synth.

I have Sylenth but didn't find perc / blips and blops sound as grungy and convincing as Cypher.
Have you thought about one of the small cheaper hardware devices, such as some of the small German boutique synths?

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Originally posted by cryophonik What about Sonic Charge �Tonic? That's an oldie, but goodie.

Oldie indeed! Will give it a go

Magnus its windows only.

And Richard, I'm trying really hard not to buy new hardware

I almost got the perc made that i had in mind, layered from Rapture and Sculpture. But we all know how hard it is to recreate whats in your head perfectly.

Julz - if you want to know what Ctpher can do check out the track I posted up - the Berlin one as I finnished it today. All of the percy things that evolve are Cypher.

You might want to check how the perc evolves in the main break as it does some interesting things (IMO of course) and then a differnt one in the main drop.

I'm mentioning this as it's pertinent to this thread - not to pimp a ride!

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