KVR Audio

Hanz Meyzer · Post by **Hanz Meyzer** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:08 pm

Hm, v0.86 still distorted sound with formant effect. Also the synth crashes if I replace an helm instrument slot with another helm, so there must be kind of memory leak that crashes the daw if instance is quickly destroyed and created again.

ssj71 · Post by **ssj71** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:03 pm

+1 for mousewheel to adjust modulation. Makes it easy to get just enough.

re: LFOs, I thought the Poly lfo retriggers with each note and the other lfos are free running.

Oopfoo · Post by **Oopfoo** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:17 pm

My entry for the month; arp-heavy and ambient, but most repeating patterns recorded--at least in part--by hand. Funny how things keep running 'round and 'round in my head.

EDIT: Whoops! 17 tracks and 15 instances of Helm AU, effects from Helm, excepting built-in Delay, Reverb, Compressor, and Glue Compressor from Ableton Live.

https://soundcloud.com/therobotwholooke ... concentric

aluode · Post by **aluode** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:08 am

https://soundcloud.com/antti-luode/aluo ... kvr-osc-90

My OSC 90 entry "Unts Unts in E minor"

I used only 5 instances. Any more and my computer would crash.

The FLP file is at: (76 Unts Unts in E Minor.zip)

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id= ... sp=sharing

Else the project uses few instances of flstudio limiter and effector as reverb.

Antti

Darksynth FX · Post by **Darksynth FX** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 3:42 pm

Some tips for a decent kick drum? The presets are meh and I have difficulties designing my own!

new kids on the block · Thu Aug 04, 2016 3:47 pm

My OSC 90 entry

13 instances of HELM
FL STUDIO 12

https://soundcloud.com/user-811348424/n ... k-la-pluie

Oopfoo · Post by **Oopfoo** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:06 pm

Darksynth FX wrote:Some tips for a decent kick drum? The presets are meh and I have difficulties designing my own!

Most of us layer kick sounds, thus using multiple tracks to get a single kick. Personally, I have at least two tracks dedicated to most any kick I do, sometimes three or four, depending on the circumstance.

In the case of Helm, I have a track with a single square wave oscillator, a sharp, short-delay envelope with no sustain and a bit of release, a low-pass filter with a bit of resonance at around 50Hz, and a sharp, short Mod-envelope that raises the pitch of the OSC just a bit on attack. This track generates the "boom" and ring of the kick.

For a bit of snap, I have another track with similar settings, but with a narrow (high Q) bandpass filter set to pick up the initial attack "snap."

You can fool around with this basic setup to get everything from a subsonic ring to a sharp report, and mix and match as you see fit.

Darksynth FX · Post by **Darksynth FX** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:25 pm

Oopfoo wrote:
Darksynth FX wrote:Some tips for a decent kick drum? The presets are meh and I have difficulties designing my own!
Most of us layer kick sounds, thus using multiple tracks to get a single kick. Personally, I have at least two tracks dedicated to most any kick I do, sometimes three or four, depending on the circumstance.

In the case of Helm, I have a track with a single square wave oscillator, a sharp, short-delay envelope with no sustain and a bit of release, a low-pass filter with a bit of resonance at around 50Hz, and a sharp, short Mod-envelope that raises the pitch of the OSC just a bit on attack. This track generates the "boom" and ring of the kick.

For a bit of snap, I have another track with similar settings, but with a narrow (high Q) bandpass filter set to pick up the initial attack "snap."

You can fool around with this basic setup to get everything from a subsonic ring to a sharp report, and mix and match as you see fit.

Thx a lot for the nice instruction, will give it a shot!

sfiks · Post by **sfiks** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:13 pm

Darksynth FX wrote:Some tips for a decent kick drum? The presets are meh and I have difficulties designing my own!

Here is a kick to start with.

SF_Kick_2.helm.zip

I also cannot not share a unique preset that was possible to create for this incredible VST.

Piano_Tremolo_Arp.helm.zip

LFO2 is assigned to CC02 - Breath controller.
Sounds best in the middle register

doctorbob · Post by **doctorbob** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 9:47 pm

sfiks wrote: I also cannot not share a unique preset that was possible to create for this incredible VST.
Piano_Tremolo_Arp.helm.zip
LFO2 is assigned to CC02 - Breath controller.
Sounds best in the middle register

Thanks.

I just might dig out my ancient Casio Digital Horn and see what that does with this preset!!!

dB

sawsq · Post by **sawsq** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:34 pm

Guenon wrote: A quick question: the LFOs are free running even when their cycles are tempo synced, is there a way to retrigger/sync them per note (or sync them to song position) ?

Tried left clicking the letter left above "FREQUENCY" ?

Guenon · Post by **Guenon** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:49 pm

sawsq wrote:
Guenon wrote: A quick question: the LFOs are free running even when their cycles are tempo synced, is there a way to retrigger/sync them per note (or sync them to song position) ?
Tried left clicking the letter left above "FREQUENCY" ?

oh poopers!

Thanks a lot, how could I have missed that one!

rghvdberg · Post by **rghvdberg** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 6:36 am

it took me two days to notice the volume slider on the right ..

rghvdberg · Post by **rghvdberg** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 7:27 am

Darksynth FX wrote:Some tips for a decent kick drum? The presets are meh and I have difficulties designing my own!

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First and foremost: this is a must read: Synth Secrets
No more available on soundonsound.com but it's here -> https://github.com/micjamking/synth-sec ... /README.md
Also in epub https://github.com/Nioub/synth-secrets/ ... crets.epub
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Here's my 'recipe', which I actually stole from this kick drum synth.
https://www.hintonandfairchild.co.uk/pr ... ynth-v1-2/

I make 3 layers:
A sub, that's the one you should feel in your stomach
I use a sine wave with a quick pitch envelope high to low.
A body, that's the one you hits you in your chest.
I use a noise wave with a quick filter sweep high to low.
Play with resonance and envelope depth.
EQ of all the high end you don't want.
A transient, that's the smack from the beater to the head to the drum.
Just a small noise chirp, keep this low.

Mix them in a bus.
Apply compression and EQ.

Some nice 'recipes' on EQ and compression
http://www.benvesco.com/blog/mixing/200 ... mpression/

eraze the borders · Post by **eraze the borders** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 10:13 am

rghvdberg wrote:it took me two days to notice the volume slider on the right ..

Amen! Me too!

One Synth Challenge #90: Helm by Matt Tytel (Jasinski Wins!)