As a long time listener of Skinny Puppy/Ohgr I often find myself wondering how they accomplished certain sounds and end up trying to re-create it for fun and practice. One thing that I cannot quite figure out though are the drums. I know they are big on layering, but take a song like Worlock, are the drums in that Synthetic, Acoustic or both. Do they come from a specific machine or are they the outcome of monster sampling and layering sessions.
Anyone with some insight on how to accomplish those drum sounds would be appreciated to chime in.
Thanks
Drum Sounds Of Skinny Puppy
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- KVRian
- 882 posts since 23 Apr, 2004
I am not sure about the specifics of that song in particular, but in general the drums on Skinny Puppy releases were the result of Cevin Key's "Drumosaurs" - which were strange combinations of acoustic drums, barrels and misc stuff, and electronic percussion modules. They were often played live and layered along with the sequenced parts. At least that is what I have gathered from various interviews and such archived online.
Try layering your sounds - combining an acoustic kick with a 909 / 808 type kick, or an acoustic snare (with lots of gated verb) and a garbage can lid / barrel.
Have fun
Try layering your sounds - combining an acoustic kick with a 909 / 808 type kick, or an acoustic snare (with lots of gated verb) and a garbage can lid / barrel.
Have fun
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- KVRAF
- 4822 posts since 14 Mar, 2002 from Somewhere else, on principle
http://remixmag.com/artists/remix_dark_arts/
When asked to describe his songwriting process, Key explains that most of his ideas come from actually working with the synthesizers themselves. "I'm more of a keyboardist," he says. "It's always coming from either messing around with arpeggios or sequences. Or [it may start] with an old-school thing like the 909, where it's a pattern-based sequencer that's tempo-based, and it sets the tempo for everything else, and that becomes the frame that I build up from. I'm also a drummer. I have a drum room where I have a couple of what I call 'drumosaurs' because they're combinations of acoustic and electronic stuff. A lot of it is just a mixture over the years of all kinds of stuff, everything from the Simmons to Roland and SynDrums. I can come in and build rhythms and stuff like that. And then I can record that and cut it up to tempo. sync that up with the old-school gear and see what I can match and make work with the new-school technology."