How To Synthesize Analog Drum Sounds

In this video from Youtuber Alex Ball, we learn several techniques for synthesizing analog drum sounds using, in this particular demo, the Roland System 100 semi-modular synthesizer.

From the video’s description:

I’ve briefly got a 1978 Roland System 100m modular synthesizer in my studio, so thought I’d utilize the window of opportunity to do a little tutorial with it. This week we’re looking at making analogue drum sounds from scratch.

If you’re experienced with modular then this is very, very basic stuff, but if not, you can experiment with these techniques with hardware or within software, so hopefully they’ll give you some broad tips.

Drum sounds are probably some of the most meticulous sounds to synthesize, and this video was certainly helpful in explaining how this can be done. You can visit his Youtube channel for more helpful synthesizer videos.

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