Probably nothing new although I wanted to share. If you have any variations thereof please share.
To make on-going percussion such as hihats more alive, I extract the hihat audio from MDrummer and assign it on its own track. On that track I add MTransientMB. The actual settings are matter of context and taste. The idea is to modulate MTransientMB parameters. I use for instance the pumping preset and modulate the pumping and saturation parameters. MTransientMB makes these parameters available to the DAW and since I'm using Bitwig, I can use a Bitwig modulator to add variations. MCCGenerator could also be used I presume.
These transient variations would reflect the fact tat no two hihat hit is the same when a person plays, even if the difference is minimal. A modulation takes care of that. Then at the song level a broader transient variation can be added with automation. For instance during a chorus there would be more 'enthusiast' hihat hits. What's important here is that the lower level modulations are not getting out of proportion as the automation modifies a higher level parameter.
This is for continuous percussion in the vein of hihats. It can be applied to snares, bass drums, etc. It could be interesting to have an envelope follower modulator that would modify transients as the velocity of the instrument is changed.
To make on-going percussion such as hihats more alive, I extract the hihat audio from MDrummer and assign it on its own track. On that track I add MTransientMB. The actual settings are matter of context and taste. The idea is to modulate MTransientMB parameters. I use for instance the pumping preset and modulate the pumping and saturation parameters. MTransientMB makes these parameters available to the DAW and since I'm using Bitwig, I can use a Bitwig modulator to add variations. MCCGenerator could also be used I presume.
These transient variations would reflect the fact tat no two hihat hit is the same when a person plays, even if the difference is minimal. A modulation takes care of that. Then at the song level a broader transient variation can be added with automation. For instance during a chorus there would be more 'enthusiast' hihat hits. What's important here is that the lower level modulations are not getting out of proportion as the automation modifies a higher level parameter.
This is for continuous percussion in the vein of hihats. It can be applied to snares, bass drums, etc. It could be interesting to have an envelope follower modulator that would modify transients as the velocity of the instrument is changed.
Statistics: Posted by mevla — Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:23 am — Replies 0 — Views 38