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Sample Drum Synth

hello (again),

After working some time with the Minidrumplayer, i found out, that's not enough !
I started to design a new version with more voices and a couple of synthesis features,
filters and LFO's for example. And now after some time of experimenting it's finished.

The SDS

First the bad news :

• Pulsar version 1.2 is required. The device does not work with lower versions.
• no Stereo WAV support

And now the good ones :

• 12 Voices
• Every voice and most of the synthesis features are switchable. This means,
  if you switch off a single feature or a complete voice, the curcuit is kicked out
  of the DSP and doesn't use any Sync/Async-cycles. So there is no need to waste
  DSP Power for unused features. Use the numerous on/off buttons and watch the
  DSP-Load display !
• Enhanced timing ( in comparison to Minidrumplayer ), tested with Logic 4.02 and Cubase 2.81
• Lower DSP usage while providing more voices ( in comparison to Minidrumplayer )
• Exclusive (HiHat) Mode for the voices 7+9

Features (per voice):

• Full control of Amp-Envelope
• Switchable 12/24 DB Resonant Filters with envelope
• Filtersaturation
• LoFi curcuit ( Bitrate and Samplerate reduction )
• Clock-syncable LFO's for Pitch and Filter

I have tested the SDS with the following Configuration :

• AMD K6-2/333, 128 MB, TEKRAm Board(VIA), ASUS V3000, Scope Board
• Win 98 ( IE removed )
• Pulsar 1.2 (installed from scratch)
• Logic 4.02
• Cubase 2.81
• tripledat 3.03

The timing worked very fine. I've played 1/32th with raising tempo up to 180 Bpm. The result was as i had
expected. It morphed from a very stable rhythm to some kind of granular sound.
Also complete rhythm lines ( 6 voices used ) are very tight. So i hope you will have no problems to produce
a lot of cool killerloops ( Maybe you send me some MP3's or better a download-adress )

Many thanks to Joachim Soppe for testing and giving helpful hints.

Warning

To protect your speakers don't touch any on/off Switches while playing the sounds.
There may be some awful noises. Also don't use full resonance. The best way to kill
your boxes would be to raise resonance to full level, the same with saturation and just
playing a single sound ! Please test it first with lowered loudness !

The author will not take any response for any defects based on the usage of this device !

The download

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Click on the picture or download here : sds.zip

 

Have fun,

Volker

16.08.1999

Volker Dietz, Cologne, Germany
EMail : :vd-openbin@gmx.de

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Mini Drumplayer x8

For new projects better use the SDS (If you already have Pulsar Version 1.2).
More voices, lower DSP usage, tighter timing, synthesis features.

Here is my first Pulsar-/Scopedevice, the Minidrumplayer.

The Minidrumplayer can load up to 8 samples ( WAV or AKAI ), and assign them each to a unique notenumber.
Every sample has it's own output.

01.06.1999

Possible adjustments for each sample are : then notenumber, the tuning (+/- 48 semitones ) and the attack and decay
of the amp envelope. sustain is always zero. Release is allways equal to decay.

Here is the download : MDP_8_VD.zip

IMPORTANT : You can't load stereo WAV's. After this the drumplayer doesn't work any more !

Have fun,

Volker (vd-openbin@gmx.de)

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Links :

909-Samples : Music Machines: Roland TR-909
808-Samples : Music Machines: Roland TR-808

more free devices : Devices page on planetz

16.08.1999

Volker Dietz, Cologne, Germany
EMail : :vd-openbin@gmx.de