You can download dmihammer at http://dmi.deep-ice.com

thanks to noodells for the great GUI

looks great , fingers ....
dare i ask .... the MAC question?

simon
(big dmiflute fan)

not as yet. But if anyone is interested in porting then let me know.

OK you northern hemisphere porting specialists WAKE UP
hehe

That's really nice!
Thanks,
Brittnell

Looks superbe! Let's see what it can do...

cheers

OMG! I've been waiting for this - I love chromatic percussion sounds. Thanks mr. Dev and mr. Noodells.

Nice try, but it sounds more like a music box than the real thing.

Lotuz wrote:

Nice try, but it sounds more like a music box than the real thing.

music boxes usually are chromatic percussion instruments so I guess that qualifies them as the "real thing". Try playing with the knobs a bit and I'm sure you will find some usefull sounds. I like turning the tuning right down,the resonance right up and playing notes down the bottom of the keyboard for some nice bass sounds.

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Try playing with the knobs a bit and I'm sure you will find some usefull sounds.

I'm not saying these sounds are useless, but I doubt this VSTi can produce realistic vibraphone sounds.


Lionel Hampton RIP

Lotuz wrote:

I'm not saying these sounds are useless, but I doubt this VSTi can produce realistic vibraphone sounds

It must be this kind of enthusiastic response that keeps all the freeware developers motivated...

So if it's freeware it should get positive response only? Oh, I didn't know that. Can this be read somewhere in the FAQ?

Lotuz wrote:

So if it's freeware it should get positive response only? Oh, I didn't know that. Can this be read somewhere in the FAQ?

It just seems like a strange reaction to me.

It's a free instrument, and a small download, and a couple of people worked hard on it.

If you're not impressed by it, that's fair enough. Don't use it. Or maybe try to suggest some constructive criticism.

I don't know. I've got these funny ideas about good manners and stuff...my problem, I'm sure...

Okay, one thing that can be categorised as constructive criticism.

The attack sounds too much like a short noise burst to me. It would be a major improvement if you could make it sound like you're actually hitting the instrument with a soft or hard mallet.

And on a positive vibe, with a bit of reverb and the Cubase Phaser as insert (Pad Vibe preset) the sustaining presets of the dmiHammer sound a lot nicer.

BTW, the gui looks okay, why don't the knobs change position when you switch from one preset to another?

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BTW, the gui looks okay

Or maybe not...

Nice loooking, nice sounding, but if the clicky noise sound at the start of the notes is supposed to be there, then it kind of spoils the sound. Shame, because it sounds otherwise good, and seems quite versatile. Unless it's not supposed to be there and it's a weird Fruity compatibility thing....
If it is supposed to be there, is there anyway a user could turn it off? Otherwise I'll have to filter it out, which would be a shame.

try turning down the hammer gain knob all the way

nope...still there, which suggests it must be a weird glitch in my setup anyone else tried it in fruity?

I've noticed this noise type sound in the attack as well, and have tried quite a few things to silence it.
Even when the gain is completely down, the noise comes back in with any change of the "Mat." knob.

I do see serious potential in this instrument, but have to agree that the hammer section still needs a bit of work.
It's as if it needs a "dull" parameter or something (perhaps a simple LP filter?)...
Mainly, I'd like to be able to get more of a "thunk" out of it, rather than a "tschk", if that makes sense...

Best of luck to you, and thanks again (I really do still like it!).

Brittnell

I would love to hear an mp3 sample of this in use. Any takers?
I won't have a chance to play with it myself for a few days.

Speaking of chromatic percussion instruments:
I've always lusted for that particular Martin Denny mallet sound.
Samples have always disappointed me in this aspect.
A big part of that sound is the era it was recorded (late 50's-60's).
I hope someday programmers will be able to add that kind of vintage sound as well as a "real" sound option in instruments. That way you could get that "sampled" sound without having to sample old music. I know there are plugins that "dirty" up sound, but it's just like film/tv effects used to make it look like old grain-it just doesn't fool me.......yet.
Is there a sample collection that might appease this? Likewise, I hear the M-Tron has a great vibraphone with that vintage 60's sound.

Back on topic:
The gui looks great. Right up my alley in what I prefer visually.
Thank you for your hard work. There is a market and need for this kind of dedicated instrument - well I know I've been waiting for one!

Yeah the noise is making this pretty unusable for me (you can lower the volume of it better it never goes away or becomes even a bit unnoticeable), but otherwise it would be a fantastic instrument. If the DMI Guy can get rid of the noise it would probably see a lot of use from me, as I love chromatic sounds. Right now I'm gonna stick to the samples in SS for those sounds, but with some refinement DMI Hammer could become a new favorite of mine.

you should make the dmi flute look more like this... the gui is quite nice

Finally came around to trying it, but have the same isue: to many noise that's not part of the actual instrument's sound. Besides that it looks promissing.

Lotuz wrote:

So if it's freeware it should get positive response only?

Didn't your mama tell you "If you can say something nice, better say nothing at all"?

Victor.

Yep, there certainly is potential in this instrument, but I tried it for a few minutes and was also bothered by the noise attack. It simply doesn't sound realistic. I was much more impressed by DMI's flute. But I think the main sounds of dmihammer is the good way to go. It's still a uncovered section in vsti's.

Anyway thanks DMI for this generous gifts..

Eijkhout wrote:

Lotuz wrote: So if it's freeware it should get positive response only? Didn't your mama tell you "If you can say something nice, better say nothing at all"? Victor.

Okay, anyone else? Let get that over with and then concentrate on the VSTi again.

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TristezaOrange wrote: OMG! I've been waiting for this - I love chromatic percussion sounds. Thanks mr. Dev and mr. Noodells.

Thanks Orange

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Okay, anyone else? Let get that over with and then concentrate on the VSTi again.

LOL, hey Lotuz thats a cool smiley!

I think the dmi Hammer has got a great potential as it is quite origional. Physical modelled instruments, IMO, are probably the hardest type to get right, so well done DMI for making it so cool on its first release,

regards

Hey all,

I've been experimenting with the hammer section and have found a way of getting rid of the clicking sound. The next release will include a more comprehensive hammer section with a range of excitation functions and perhaps midi cc support. In the mean time I have to hunt down this weird bug when setting certain preset sounds that screws up the GUI, like Lotuz noticed.

Also I've been working on a polyphonic version of dmiFlute. If anyone has any feature requests post them on my site and I'll see about including them.

Thanks a lot!
I'm really looking forward to your next release...

Cheers,
Brittnell

Great, if the clicking noise goes I'll use this a lot. Not looking for perfect vibes emulation, but for something that will make a whole family of sounds

Ditto on what choochcat said. My system's down right now, I haven't even heard the demo, but I am VERY excited about this instrument and appreciate your effort. I think the GUI looks great. I look forward to playing with this when I get my DAW up again, and especially when you get the glitches out. Thank you so much for your work on this. Great idea!!

So far so good ... and thanks so much for this instrument.
Also, can't wait for the new DMI Flute.

Cheers!!

Doug

I have the start of a tune with this baby. I'd like to send it to the chaps at DMI, but email doesn't seem to be functional.


Doug

shortyedwards wrote:

I have the start of a tune with this baby. I'd like to send it to the chaps at DMI, but email doesn't seem to be functional. Doug

Post it up here if you have a storage space.

Who TF is shortyedwards???

BTW, thx for this cool VSTi!

this is a pretty cool VSTi. might not sound like the real thing, but i can make it sound any other way i want, which is what matters in the first place (for me anyway).

Thank You Very Much, DMI!!!

Lotuz

you are to negative

the dmi flute got attacked here as well

man ... these are free plug ins

i happen to like them.

if you don`t like them, don`t use them.

Guys, I know I came a bit too negative. Don't think I don't appreciate the hard work of freeware developers. I guess I my expectations were too high since someone finally made the kind of VSTi I had been waiting for for a long time. Who knows how great this VSTi will become? It's still version 1.0...

Peace

Re: DMI Hammer

I really like this VSTi. The bottom line is it's free and very musical!
The Stavinsky and Varese presets are superb and sit in my percusion mixes beautifully. There is even a preset called Zappa that work in FZ-type lines. The only downside is that the Marimba has only a narrow range of useable pitches that sound good to my ears. I'm sure this is fixable.

Kudos to dmi for some a great sounding VST.

Enjoy it.

"Music is the best" FZ

no problemo ... i guess there will me more marimba`s and xylophones etcetera available in the future ... and yeah ... a harp would be cool
buy the way ... nice emoticon

I decided to make a small example on the sound for the people who haven`t used it. ok just a couple of secs
i placed dmi hammer a bit louder in the mix so it can be heard

vivaldi / dmi hammer / rumpelrouse tips zr3 / fruity


http://www.clubs.nl/community/docfolder_display.asp?club=the+boom&doc= 65124783-5CF7-4D3A-8CE5-10C3F48BC36A

ahem!

Poweruser wrote:

Lotuz you are to negative the dmi flute got attacked here as well man ... these are free plug ins i happen to like them. if you don`t like them, don`t use them.

I love the DMI flute. It has a certain something I have only
been able to achieve using tape delays and analogue sound sources.
It's such a sweet and dirty sound at the same time.....



rachel

i have used the dmi flute often as well
it has artificial by sounds and it isn`t clean ...
but hey .. i have enough clean flutes in my kurzweil

nope ... dmi keep on keeping on

Okay folks, this VSTi inspired me to write this teeny minimal-esque style piece.
I used 3 instances of DMIHammer and a little reverb.

http://www.artistcollaboration.com/users/shortyedwards/DMIninmal.mp3

Please let me know what you think. Cheers.

Doug

great demo!
very steve reichy ...
i'm on a mac so i can't get this plug-in, but the sustained notes sound cool

THANKS! Any reference to Steve Reich is a compliment to me.

Doug

Hey great demo! I'll link to it on my site as a demo tune if you don't mind

There is a new version of dmiHammer out now. The hammer section has been changed. It now only uses two knobs, one for the material ( soft to hard ) and one to scale the hammer according to pitch ( harder hammer for higher notes). There is now a master volume knob and the plug is a little louder. Let me know what you think

The update is very nice.
Thanks for putting in the extra effort!
I'm going to try my hand at a demo tune as well... wish me luck.

Cheers,

B

good luck

Dougall,
Thanks for using my demo on the site!

BTW- feel free to change my name on the site to Doug Horning (instead of shortyEdwards) . Its really just my handle here at KVR.

Cheers,
Doug

OT: name looks familiar...Orion???

btw doug . . . you can do it yourself now . . . go to your profile and change your username / display name to whatever you want there . . .

. . . cheers rob

nice VSTi!

but one thing - i'm glad i saved version 1.0 as a separate plug-in - it makes some noises that version 1.1 doesn't. v1.0 is noisier, but i think that might be what i'm looking for sometimes.

so anyway, both versions are great, and i think i will use them. they can be a great inspiration piece.

perhaps a future version could make the noises of both version 1.0 and 1.1? i think i would use both types (v.1.0 and v.1.1) of sounds.

Bjork's last album had a lot of music-box type sounds (which, i believe, were recorded from actual music boxes), and i thought they worked great with all the other instrumentation. i wouldn't be surprised if these types of sounds became popular.

thanks dmi for the plug-in - i LOVE freeware. it's great to be able to make music on such a shoestring budget.

Krim -
Yeah, I post at Orion too with that handle - ShortyEdwards. Don't ask me why.

Rob - Regarding changing my name here, naw. I meant that for Dougall, as he used my handle for my name on HIS site. But thanks for the help anyway.

Doug

If anyone is interested, the "melody" in my KVR Comp Tune uses the dmi hammer. I am really impressed by this vsti as it is really useable and inspires me to make Paul Simon Rhythm of the Saints type music. (The bass gong is the FM7 running through Clone Ensemble and not dmihammer)

Michael

thanks fro the Mac version...appreciate it(will test tomorrow)

cheers