i'm working on synthesizing my own trance drum kit in ableton with the help of some tutorials and DMM. So far i've made a nice meaty kick, a snare, and hi hats but i can't seem to figure out how to make a crash cymbal. anyone got ideas?

I would be interested to know if anyone has some good tips as well. I love synthesizing my own drum kits.

(Or at least trying to, anyway...)

I think I'll try to make some cymbals today.

What synth(s) are you using to do this?

Hmm, this is an interesting tutorial on how to synthesize one using SuperCollider:

http://www.mcld.co.uk/cymbalsynthesis/

I have SuperCollider, so I'll try this later.

I'm just using Operator on Ableton 7.

for the kick and snare i used the DJ Airwave tutorials and some experimenting:
http://www.djairwave.com/Production...uctiontips.html

I got some really nice sounds using SuperCollider, but I can't figure out how the heck to export them.

Maybe I'll just try doing some stuff in FM7...

Try Microtonic VST. It's the best IMO for synthesized percussion sounds. That's what this VST focuses on.

http://www.soniccharge.com/mtonic


I'll be honest though, it's kinda hard to make a convincing crash sound. It'll definitely sound fake and digital, but maybe that's what you want though.

I made one in Thor, just with some messing around with noise oscillators and a vocoder...I'll make a sample cut later

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Originally posted by Brownsound i'm working on synthesizing my own trance drum kit in ableton with the help of some tutorials and DMM. So far i've made a nice meaty kick, a snare, and hi hats but i can't seem to figure out how to make a crash cymbal. anyone got ideas?

a moog, resonators, filters, and a recorder.