Drum Sound Experiment - Dynamic Granular Synthesis

Other vid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvNZyc3ATXU

Please listen to in HD - the sound is much higher quality even if the video isn't much to look at!

Non-Geeks: This is me playing on some drums and pads fed through a computer. When I hit the drums they get sampled instantly and repeated really fast to make VSnares / Aphex type granulised rolls.

Geeks: The drum signal (SM57 sits on snare, 602 sits in kick) is fed through a granular synth which takes snapshots of the incoming signal if it exceeds a threshold level, samples its frequency, waveform and amplitude, then repeats those grains until it is triggered again. That granular sound is then mixed with the signal from the camera to get some natural drum sound. The pads just trigger a monophonic synth along a given scale (each pad is a note) and there's a drone synth as well to give it some depth. FLStudio 9 is the host.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• music
• drums
• granular synthesis
• drum sound
• electronica
• live
• aphex
• vsnares
• FLstudio
• fruity loops

[jjjeremy]

This is one of the coolest set ups/performances i've ever seen. Totally awesome! What software are you using to process the audio?

[brokebust]

@jjjeremy Wow thank you :) - the host is FL Studio 9 (and most of my other vids use Synthmaker which is bundled with FL8+ I think)

[davedagreat69]

This is great stuff, a really exciting sound. I'm a keyboardist/guitarist looking for someone to work with in electronica/industrial genres. Would you be interested in meeting up for a chat? Or, are you playing any upcoming gigs I could get to and check out Hotbone? Cheers

[brokebust]

@davedagreat69 Thank you. Have you got any links to your stuff? Where are you based? Sadly I don't have any gigs lined up at the moment as my band's on hiatus! :(

[DaManSniper]

THIS IS THE BEST DRUMMER IW EVER SEEN!!! YOUR VIDS ARE EPIC!!!

[brokebust]

@DaManSniper Haha thanks! ;)

[XTradeB]

gets really interesting at about 2:08. Great stuff.

[DmitriMironov]

:+))) Gaga cool! Very creative

[futumama1]

Whau i love experiment music...good job. Nice music for movie etc.

[gordorodo]

did u use fruity granulizer or another granular synth plugin??

Awsome video, awsome sound, awsome feeling!

[joeyverbeke]

this is really creative. people like you are awesome!

[spiraltune]

um how?

[Mephidross91]

Simply, you are my hero.

[metabog]

Mindblowing. 

[ObscureBeast]

How and what do you use to get the granular sound