Synthesize SNARES that sound REAL using the power of FEEDBACK
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Publicado 2024-01-06
I'm not sure if another tutorial like this exists, but these are some of the most realistic sounding snare drums I've ever synthesized (or heard synthesized, in fact). And the bulk of the sound is catalyzed from a single transient lasting only a few milliseconds.
There is probably an easier way of doing this in another DAW (like Ableton). Feel free to take the principles shown and improve on them.
This is my first tutorial video like this. It was recorded over multiple days in multiple sessions. It may be a bit scatterbrained, so I apologize. If you have questions, feel free to ask in the comments.
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EDIT 07/16/24: Um...wow. This video is blew up out of nowhere. Thank you all for watching and commenting! I'll answer a couple FAQs here:
Q: So, this is basically modeling synthesis?
A: Yes. Although I discovered this method of drum design on my own, I'm probably NOT the first one to use modeling (or feedback) synthesis to make snares.
Q: Does this work for Toms or Kicks?
A: Kinda... But not really. As some people mentioned below, loose head drums behave slightly differently. I believe this method would work better for toms if you can use the VOLUME of the feedback to modulate the DELAY TIME (so it's kinda complex). Logic's routing is not capable of this (but Ableton or Bitwig probably is!)
Q: Video on Hats, Cymbals, Kicks, etc?
A: For Cymbals, I recommend Au5's tutorial. It's brilliant. As for Kicks, The standard method of using a rapidly falling Sine wave works pretty well if you set short envelope times... However, I did come up with a cool method for making unique kick drums, so I'll think about making a video for it...
Q: wtf this is your only video
A: I originally made this video for fun, and because I couldn't find any other videos on Youtube that explains this method for making snares. I wanted to share new knowledge, basically. Other creators have already covered a lot of ground in the realm of sound design, So I'll make more videos if I discover something new or 'not-talked-about' in the audio sphere.
Q: I WANT THE EXAMPLE SNARES
A: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EzYJH2FOoaFNuNF0JE… (NOTE: These are raw. No reverb or clipping. So you can apply your own processing)
Todos los comentarios (21)
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This suddenly appearing in the recommended of all the producers
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Sounds like a VERY accurate representation of someone tapping on a snare drum with their fingers.
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The garbage can snare in the examples at the end is so metal
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this is the only tutorial that actually created a snare from a synth, I could cry because I am happy to find this. Thanks for sharing
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WHERE ARE YOU ALL COMING FROM? This is literally my first audio tutorial video!? 🤯
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For my FL Studio homies, this is basically possible with Delay 3 by messing with the feedback amount, feedback cutoff, and delay time. Using a limiter is still required to prevent harsh feedback noise. Got a model of this running in Patcher, not quite the same result but still can produce convincing sounding snares with some work. 4.5ms was a nice sweet spot for me.
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This gotta be one of the best tutorials on physical modelling
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For anyone interested, this is karplus-strong synthesis. In ableton, you can use the Corpus plugin for the drum head tone.
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Best video ever thanks please make the same for kick and hats
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Holy shit, what I wouldn't give to be able to have seen this ten years ago...
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Can probably go a step further by having the batter head layer send to a reso head layer besides itself. Those are often tuned differently and as a result of that create more complex overtones. Can then send the reso head to the batter head to complete the feedback loop - since that feedback will be phase shifted by varying amounts, you'll get a lot of cancellation, that will account for a large part of the dampening needed for the system. The output of the reso head can also be used to modulate the noise layer for the snares, as it is the motion of the reso head that excites the snares.
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This is the kind of tutorial I've been looking for, synthesizing realistic drums (in this case snare). I've seen so many where people claim to make something that sounds like a kick or a snare or cymbals or whatever, but just end up making the same plastic sounds again and again.
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I just want to say this type of thinking is so important. We got so many cool vintage drum machines because of people tinkering with the technology of their time. Those machines in the end were revered for their idiosyncrasies and their unique sound. I was just wondering the other day if anybody was trying to synthesize drums in a modern way but I wasn't even sure what to look for. Wonderful video.
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it’s been a long time since i found a music production video that truly just entertained me and made me want to go to my computer to try it out
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It's interesting that steps 1 and 2 are basically Karplus-Strong synthesis.
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Massive X is fantastic for this, you can use the exciter envelopes with the modulation out device to get your impulse, the noise oscillators for the noise, there's a feedback loop, sample delay (keytracked, even), and tons of useful tone shaping tools like EQ, frequency shifting, distortion, etc built right in. Got a full snare working just inside it, sounds great. Also managed to get some darbuka like tones out of it with higher tuning, can be really fun for fake middle eastern orientalist hollywood music too
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for snare wires, you could use waves - snare bus. it's literally a plug that emulates snare drum buzz, reacting to any sound you put through it. really niche, but when you find a use for it, it's really nice to have. pretty sure it's still free
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this taught me the best sample to start making a snare from is a pvc pipe hit
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I UPDATED THE DESCRIPTION with FAQ and DL for the EXAMPLE SNARE SAMPLES... luckily, I still had that project file from months ago lol
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This is absolutely fantastic. I was completely speechless at around 7:57 when you started to eq the feedback chain and it COMPLETELY Changed the tone of the sound.
