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Special Effects

32 Machine Gun Drums

Emulator X / Proteus X - Advanced Applications Guide 105

32 Machine Gun Drums

Some people don’t consider sampling instruments to be a true synthesizers

because the sound source is a recording rather than a generated waveform. This

may be partially true, but when a sampler has the ability to modify the sampled

waveform in real-time, as the Emulator X2 does, it definitely qualifies as a real

synthesizer. Sampling is still around because it offers what no other synthesis

method can, the ability to play ANY sound as a musical instrument.

In this programming trick we’ll use several types of waveform modification to

twist a snare drum sample into an effect more suggestive of granular synthesis

than of a drum. By creating several loops and then switching through them in

real-time, the waveform dynamically changes.

 To Make a Machine Gun Drum:

Pick a Drum

1. Find a drum sample for your source material.

The Proteus X Composer bank contains many good

snare drum samples, or you could select a snare drum

from a “beat analyzed” drum track.

2. When you find the snare you want, Copy it to the clipboard (Ctrl+C).

3. Let’s start with a clean slate by creating a new bank.Choose New from the

file menu or press Ctrl+N. A pop-up dialog box will ask if you want to save

your changes. Choose No.

4. Click on the Samples folder in the Tree and select Paste from

the Edit menu (or press Ctrl+V). Press OK when the paste

dialog box appears. The sample is now part of your new bank.

The display probably looks similar to the one shown below.

Loop Enable

Button

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