The Quilcom B-2 KICK: Yet another kick drum maker
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:18 pm
I know, I know… does the world really need another Kick drum synth? Probably not, but I wanted to make one anyway, so I did.
Back in October 2015 I shared my Quilcom Beater and it garnered exactly zero comments, so I’m probably on to a loser with this as well.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3763&p=20639&hilit=quilcom+beater#p20639
The Beater design idea was to have one plugin that could simulate all the sounds you might find in an analogue percussion synth/drum machine. That meant choosing a range of generators, modifiers and a topology that could achieve that end with a low CPU and relatively simple user interface. I guess I’m the only one in the world who thinks it’s actually quite good!
The Beater 2 (B-2) series will focus on creating better and more varied sounds with no respect given to simplicity or CPU overhead. Each plugin will therefore be dedicated to a type of percussion instrument, so as not to restrict what can be achieved by a more generalised synthesiser.
From what I’ve read recently, it seems a popular approach these days is to layer a sample with a synthesiser sound, so you can add as much or as little as you wish. The B-2 KICK can do this, should you so wish to mix it up. You can set the region of the sample you want to hear, so you can pick out a specific hit from a drum loop for example, or maybe just the initial thwack or body sound, and synthesise the rest.
When you have what you want, you can then export the total result as a WAV file, using the inbuilt audio recorder whose recording time is set automatically.
The presets are really just a small selection of starting points, since anyone who might want to delve deeper will probably not want a huge set of sounds that all sound fairly similar. The world doesn’t suffer from a shortage of pre-made kick sounds after all.
My YouTube video is here:
https://youtu.be/b4z-8MxjgiI
Download the zip to get the schematic, VSTi plugin, presets and the detailed User Guide here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7efvpgrch7gup ... 5.zip?dl=0
Cheers
Spogg
Back in October 2015 I shared my Quilcom Beater and it garnered exactly zero comments, so I’m probably on to a loser with this as well.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3763&p=20639&hilit=quilcom+beater#p20639
The Beater design idea was to have one plugin that could simulate all the sounds you might find in an analogue percussion synth/drum machine. That meant choosing a range of generators, modifiers and a topology that could achieve that end with a low CPU and relatively simple user interface. I guess I’m the only one in the world who thinks it’s actually quite good!
The Beater 2 (B-2) series will focus on creating better and more varied sounds with no respect given to simplicity or CPU overhead. Each plugin will therefore be dedicated to a type of percussion instrument, so as not to restrict what can be achieved by a more generalised synthesiser.
From what I’ve read recently, it seems a popular approach these days is to layer a sample with a synthesiser sound, so you can add as much or as little as you wish. The B-2 KICK can do this, should you so wish to mix it up. You can set the region of the sample you want to hear, so you can pick out a specific hit from a drum loop for example, or maybe just the initial thwack or body sound, and synthesise the rest.
When you have what you want, you can then export the total result as a WAV file, using the inbuilt audio recorder whose recording time is set automatically.
The presets are really just a small selection of starting points, since anyone who might want to delve deeper will probably not want a huge set of sounds that all sound fairly similar. The world doesn’t suffer from a shortage of pre-made kick sounds after all.
My YouTube video is here:
https://youtu.be/b4z-8MxjgiI
Download the zip to get the schematic, VSTi plugin, presets and the detailed User Guide here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7efvpgrch7gup ... 5.zip?dl=0
Cheers
Spogg