I need some cheasy Italo style toms

[Jan Holm]

Hi There

I need some italo style really electronic toms.
Like these http://mesannees80c.free.fr/KB%20Caps%2 ... d%20Me.ogg
Solo thing from 00:02 - 00:04 sec

They all sound the same from that period in time, anyone
know what machine they used. Samples, synth sugenstions
are very welcome.

Anyone ?

[McLilith]

You should be able to make that style of electronic drum with almost any electronic drum synth. There's a bit of reverb on the drums, to keep them from being too dry and electronic, but this is a basic electronic drum sound.

I could create something like this on my classic Synare drums, probably even those cheap Matell toy drums. Computer Music magazine has a drum synth that should do this easily. (I'm not talking about their sample-based drum plugin, it's their actual synth drum plugin--I forgot the name of it.) You could even create some samples with "Stomper", if you needed some samples.

Many virtual analog synths will also make this sound, if you can control the pitch of the oscillators with an envelope. FM synths should work pretty well for this. Additive synths could also be used for this.

Just remember to apply a touch of reverb, if you want a sound like that audio clip had.


Take care,
McLilith

[LBN]

Those sounds like the standard Simmons toms to me with probably a Linn doing the kick-snare. Anyway, with a combination of Simmons and Linn samples you'll have everything you need to handle your Italo-disco drums. Those were the dominant machines used for that style of music. You can find samples everywhere on the net.

http://www.denhaku.com/r_box/r_box.htm

http://www.hollowsun.com/donations/index.html

http://www.hammersound.net/hs_sounds.html

The JM-1 VSTi can take care of most of your Linn needs:

http://www.aaa-int.or.jp/~jfactory/projects/VST/

[DuX]

Yamaha RX-5 and 7 rhythm machines, Roland TR-707/727 rhythm machines and Simmons SDS-5 have cheesy "italo" toms, so try finding samples of these. One of the links you should take a peek at is http://www.hollowsun.com/vintage/ .

Cheers.

[Jan Holm]

Thank you all - I now have like 70 classic drum synths sittin in my
sample lib, very very nice. And some of the machines mentioned
is indeed capable of doin some tom tom cheese....