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Djembe Drums...

Yellow Warrior
IsraTrance Junior Member

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Posted : Apr 15, 2005 13:36

Hello All,

This is an awesome instrument and am going to learn how to play but its going to take me some time coz of other commitments.

Now, for the time being, i was wondering if someone can help me get this sound using a VST instrument. I don't want to use loops or pre made samples. It'll be cool if i could make this sound myself.

I hope this is possible, if not please can you suggest any alternatives?

Thank You for your help.

Peace.

Rather than feeling that you're about to have the rug pulled from under you, let me teach you how to dance on a flying carpet

PsyMex

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Posted : Apr 15, 2005 13:59

This might help

http://www.wizoo.com/index.php?id=121&no_cache=1&L=2&tx_qcomwizooproduct_pi1[mode]=Features

http://www.wizoo.com/index.php?id=122&no_cache=1&L=2&tx_qcomwizooproduct_pi1[mode]=Features

Peace

illusions
Erebus
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Posted : Apr 15, 2005 17:14

http://www.e-phonic.com/vstplugins/drumatic_3.html
Thats a percussive synth that someone just posted in the Kickdrum thread. Hav'nt tried it, but give it a shot.

I doubt you are going to find a synth that manages to mimic the sounds of the proper tribal drums. What PsyMex suggested seems like just a sampler with a whole lot of drum samples that you can modulate slightly.

You don't have to use complete drum loops, but with a decent sampler, you could take different bongo hits and make your own loops. That way your keeping things original ;-)

Hope that helped

fuzzikitten
Annunaki

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Posted : Apr 15, 2005 17:29

Bharath,

The closest I've been able to come up with is loading some samples of african drums into redrum in Reason.

Each redrum I treat as one drum.

There are basically six hits on a djembe:

Bass - right hand
Bass - left hand
Tone - right hand
Tone - left hand
Slap - right hand
Slap - left hand

So I'll have six samples loaded into redrum, and program my rhythms as I would play my drum.

Unfortunately you don't get any ghost hits or some of the quirkier hits, but it sounds pretty good when you have two or three of these digital 'djembes' playing.

illusions
Erebus
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Posted : Apr 15, 2005 17:57

Fuzzi - ghost hits ?

Remember to play around with your velocity a lot as well to make it sound less "robotic".

Yellow Warrior
IsraTrance Junior Member

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Posted : Apr 15, 2005 18:15

@illusions:
Dude, that looks pretty good but i want the Djembe sounds man. I want it to be a big part of the track. I mean, it will have the same prominence(?) as say the lead. Also, i WANT THAT sound!!!!!

I love the instrument man!

Cheers for the tip Bro! i'll try it sometime this weekend. maybe we'll do some music this weekend. I'll give you a call later. take Care bro!

@Fuzzikitten:
Yeah, i know about those three sounds Alex but i don't know how to make them using a Synth. :-( I wish i could. The other day i was fucking around with Synth1 and i got the tone sound by accident!

I was well pleased with myself but like an idiot i didn't save it! hehehe...

but Thanks for your help Alex! Much Appreciated!

so looks like till i can play the Djembe's properly samples are the way to go.

Anyone else Please?

Peace.

Rather than feeling that you're about to have the rug pulled from under you, let me teach you how to dance on a flying carpet

Yellow Warrior
IsraTrance Junior Member

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Posted : Apr 15, 2005 18:17

Quote:

On 2005-04-15 17:57, illusions wrote:
Fuzzi - ghost hits ?

Remember to play around with your velocity a lot as well to make it sound less "robotic".

Yeah, have been doing that a bit lately. It can be quite cool!

Rather than feeling that you're about to have the rug pulled from under you, let me teach you how to dance on a flying carpet

fuzzikitten
Annunaki

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Posted : Apr 15, 2005 18:17

Bharath,

If you have a decent mic you can do what I did - sample the 6 hits (or more, for realistic drums) and load them into a sampler.

Wish I knew how to synthesize those sounds though, that would be cool.

Yellow Warrior
IsraTrance Junior Member

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Posted : Apr 15, 2005 19:35

Thats a good Idea Alex but i don't have a mic.

I might borrow one from someone.

Thanks!

Rather than feeling that you're about to have the rug pulled from under you, let me teach you how to dance on a flying carpet

fuzzikitten
Annunaki

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Posted : Apr 15, 2005 19:39

Quote:

On 2005-04-15 17:57, illusions wrote:
Fuzzi - ghost hits ?

Remember to play around with your velocity a lot as well to make it sound less "robotic".

When a drummer gets going into the rhythm they will make a lot of 'false' hits which are barely audible. Listen to some good live hand drumming and you'll hear lots of soft hits, called ghost hits. There's not much in the way of pattern to them, they're sporadic, but they really give a groove life.

billy ambulance
IsraTrance Junior Member

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Posted : Apr 17, 2005 13:11

my tips on creating djembe sequence:
get an akai cd of percussions, load a few samples into a vst sampler.
try to move a few hits from the grid/quantize to make a more "live" feeling.
try to open wave`s "doubler" vst - it make the effect that more than one player is druming.

martyn
IsraTrance Junior Member