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A DEEP DIVE INTO DNB DRUMS 2: SNARE SYNTHESIS (Patreon)

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2022-05-12 17:56:16

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There we go, this one became quite the episode!

In this second episode of the new DEEP DIVE INTO DNB DRUMS series we have a look at synthesizing snare drums from scratch using Xfer Records Serum. I'll show you how to setup a full snare patch that will work in modern Drum & Bass (think people like Noisia, Imanu, Mefjus, and so forth). We will go over designing the fundamental parts, plus I'll show you how to work on creating resonances in the snare tail without using any samples.

Now I'm going to work on episode 3!

If you have any ideas or requests for future episodes in this series then leave them in a comment below.

Cheers,
— ARTFX

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A DEEP DIVE INTO DNB DRUMS 2: SNARE SYNTHESIS

The second episode in a series of videos going in-depth into making Drum & Bass drums. In the first 3 videos we will break down making a modern Drum & Bass drum section with synthesis using Xfer Serum. In this second video we break down making snare drums! 🧐 Part one about kick drums can be found here: In the future I will keep adding more videos to this series so that eventually we will have a gigantic playlist of videos for people to watch if they want to learn everything about making drums for Drum and Bass. If you have any specific things you struggle with and you would like to see me do a video about the topic breaking it down, then leave a comment below and I'll add it to the list of ideas. If you liked this video, please take some time to leave a like (or dislike of course if you hated the video). Also if you have some extra time to spare, it would mean a lot if you could share this video with your producer friends to help me reach more people. Thanks for all the help! 0:00 - Intro 0:52 - Fundamental 3:40 - Fundamental pitch 5:40 - Fundamental volume envelope 8:00 - Noise volume envelope 11:13 - Transient pitch envelope 13:30 - Analyzing the waveform 14:26 - Tweaking the patch 16:57 - Splitting up the patch 17:50 - Snare resonance 25:00 - Snare resonance volume 'envelope' 26:13 - Finding the right resonance 27:00 - Testing the snare 29:20 - Snare splash 35:00 - Finding the right pitch 39:00 - Reverb 43:30 - Group saturation 44:25 - Outro ============================== 💊💊 HOW TO SUPPORT ME 💊💊 ⏩ BECOME A YOUTUBE MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyhqYh-bLkx1hFzG5uyLdIA/join ⏩ SUPPORT ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ARTFX ⏩ BUY MY SAMPLES: https://blackoctopus-sound.com/?s=artfx&post_type=product ============================== 💊💊 JOIN THE DISCORD COMMUNITY 💊💊 You can join my Discord community using the invite link below: ⏩ INVITE LINK: https://discord.gg/SVcFX73A3b