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Hello everyone,
it’s more a general question on sound design, but in particular I want to achieve this with my MODX*+, so I hope it fits here:
I want to recreate some sounds that remind me to rather resonant water drops, to be heard in some Depeche Mode songs:
“My Secret Garden”, sound coming in at 0:21: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt_orM2MdAw
“Nothing”, from the beginning, five 8th notes in the second half of each measure: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x2V2yY2KXfk
How would you tackle this sound? The second example is certainly more metallic, but probably the principle is the same?
a) With AWM2: some percussion element as base?
b) Any idea for an FM-X approach?
Extra question: It feels like the pitch doesn’t change for the single notes, but rather the filter cutoff. But could there be nevertheless a design method so that one can play the different sounding notes via keyboard only, without tweaking knobs (e.g. using Pitch/Key and Cutoff/Key adjustments)?
Thanks for any considerations!
Posted : 29/08/2023 8:53 am
Use a lot of reverb on a wood block or pick your favorite percussive starting point. Use LFO to ramp up a filter. Maybe LFO for amplitude as well although I think filter will cause this effect. The highest note isn't filtered the same so that's a "different" sound (maybe the same sound but without any modulation - it just "snaps" right from the start). I would probably use a different Part for this although you could sample a sound you create or a clip from the recording and then use this sample on a drum kit with different pitches along the keys and the highest note would already be different without the modulation using a different sample. Then you could use just one Part.
"Nothing" would be a little more straight forward since all of the sounds are related in a way. Here you would do a slower filter sweep and not reset on every key pressed. So the filter is pretty closed for the 1st 8th note and then opens up for the next 4.
Current Yamaha Synthesizers: Montage Classic 7, Motif XF6, S90XS, MO6, EX5R
Posted : 29/08/2023 5:05 pm
