The first part in a two part tutorial giving an overview of different synthesis techniques for designing kick drums on the DSI Tempest. www.adamschneidermusic.com
I second this motion. Great stuff, Adam! I picked up a Tempest six months but haven't used it as much as I would have liked but your wonderful videos have helped spark my interest.
I've had mine since it came out and barely played with it. I kept it because I knew it was powerful but put off diving into synthesis with it. Now I'm really excited to jump back into it. Thank you!
Excellent. Thank you for the breadth and depth of information. Also your voice is very soothing and I appreciate being able to see the OLED screen. Please make more videos! :-)
These are great Adam!! My Tempest is on the way. I've heard it's a beast so your videos are very welcome PLUS! The display on the Tempest is so clear! Other videos do not really show it like you have. Awesome awesome work! I'm hooked ☺️
Hey Adam, This video is absolutely fascinating... I cannot tell you how good it is... its really blown my mind with the mulitple drum synthesis techniques you used, for someone like me who knows very little about drum synthesis this is pure gold. I just want to ask you, where did you learn such techniques? I hope you will do tons more temepst videos, keep them coming they are amazing and it would be awesome if you went on to other kinds of synthesis using all kinds of other synths as well. thanks a ton, cheers!
Thanks! Glad it's helping you out. Knowing how to design sounds on the Tempest is half the fun of using it. I went to school for music production and music synthesis, so that's where I got my start, and since then I've been working doing sound design and music just kind of honing my skills.
thats awesome! I have been learning all this stuff for a good few years now and I do watch a ton of stuff online, but I have never come across such in depth synthesis techniques... did u learn these drum synthesis techniques at school or from some other source directly or was it more like invented them on your own after honing your skills over time? if its the latter then where did u start applying them first.. on the the tempest or other drum instruments?
I didn't learn drum synthesis specifically at school really, but through reading about it on my own and experimenting. I started doing it with soft synths when that's all I had, which is more than sufficient. There's so many great resources online now, it just takes a little bit of digging and an understanding of subtractive synthesis.
good stuff... thanks! would you like to share some of your favorite resources?.. I like some of the stuff by point blank.. future music... sound on sound... pensado's place, to name a few!
Hadn't heard of point blank, but the others are all resources I've looked at from time to time. For drum synthesis I've usually just typed into google "808 Drum Synthesis" and similar things to find information. The only websites I check regularly for synth news are Synthtopia and Create Digital Music for the most part.
Great to get started but if you are using more than one oscillator you probably want to use an AUX ENV to do the pitch ENV so that it only applies to the oscillator in isolation allowing you to use another layer that is not pitch enveloped.
Thanks! I definitely still have the Tempest, I can't imagine selling it at this point. I'd like to do more videos, I just need to find the time and the right topic!
AdamSchneiderMusic I just got mine 2 days ago, I’m definitely sold on it! I’ve been working on getting some natural plucked string sounds today using the (broken) sample waves. It’s a real shame they all buzz but it’s just an extra challenge lol Please continue your good work!
That's awesome! When I started designing sounds I would look at classic 808/909 kicks and compare the Tempest's Peak times to try an approximate what the Roland samples were doing with amplitude, and 36-38 is what fit the bill.
@@lawr.h I found out how to customize your initialized settings. You have to hold both Shifts then press System. First create a template with the way you want your initialized settings to be, then this command will allow you to save the template as the initialized settings.
a dozen preset kick will suffice, if not too much for you. that I will be able to return with midi ox in the machine for example. if it's easier for you :) thanks
Depends on your workflow and how quick you are with sound design. Tempest definitely benefits from sound design sessions where you're just creating new presets to use later, but I also frequently dial in new sounds to fit a song on the fly. Once you get used to the layout it's no different than synthesizing drums on a Moog or any other synth really!
