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Elektik404 · Post by **Elektik404** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:18 am

I'm trying to get the best bell synth sound possible, any suggestions ?

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:21 am

FM synthesis is your friend.

Devon

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:33 am

+ some Physical Modeling instruments.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:35 am

yes

Zebra2 or FM8 would probably be good places to start your search..

mhemnarch · Post by **mhemnarch** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:14 am

I really like Helix's bells, but they're a bit synthetic-y. Really, anything with nice FM capabilities will do well; Crystal and Oatmeal also sound nice to me.

bwwd · Post by **bwwd** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:21 am

here are some bells , what kind of bells do you exactly need ?
http://bwwd2.diinoweb.com/files/synth-2.mp3

Asuyuka · Post by **Asuyuka** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:28 am

SoHa Sonata is a suggestion, and its free.

napalmbob · Post by **napalmbob** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:35 am

I use the freeware Ilosynth for bell sounds, they aren't super realistic, but they are very beautiful and sit nice in a mix.

aetmos · Post by **aetmos** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:20 am

You might try Carillon, by Tweakbench:

http://www.tweakbench.com/carillon

Elektik404 · Post by **Elektik404** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:29 am

bwwd wrote:here are some bells , what kind of bells do you exactly need ?
http://bwwd2.diinoweb.com/files/synth-2.mp3

I'm looking for a decent quality bell wich the sound would not last too long, so that it does not cut out at small notes placed one after the other, basicaly I'm looking for a bell to use as an actual instrument part of a song, not as a small sound effect.

eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:35 am

Not sure what you're looking for -- bells vary so much in character, but was a synth from Krakli called Bel, which I don't see on the site but was there last fall. You might ask Ian if he still makes it available.

JPQ · Post by **JPQ** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:42 am

Addive is maybe is also good bell like tones. I currently making simple? additive synth with synthedit. PS. i also make inharmonic version (but frequencies is fixed both releases) and limitations come too big front panel
is hard use and these made for me.

Madrayken · Post by **Madrayken** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:47 am

And just to add one more to the mix:

What kind of bells are you after? Church? Gamelan? Carillon? Sleigh? Glock (not bells, but often considered in the same category)?

If you want a realistic bell instrument rather than FM/Additive patchs (which I'm rapidly going off as my goto bell sound) I'd suggest Wusik and its Carillon bells sample set for quality and usability. It's pretty cheap at the moment, too.

Of course I'm sure there are plenty of sample sets out there which would do the same, and possibly even some decent soundfonts.

Again - it depends exactly what you want.

Chopper · Post by **Chopper** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:15 am

Tassman

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:16 am

Bella - dedicated free bell synth. by...Diverse, iirc.

Need a good bell synth!