Just wanted to use steel drums but the majority of steel presets were more synth like and not actually steel drums. How would I go about this if I wanted to make my own steel drums/preset in audiotool?
Or is there a way to map audiotracks(mp3/wav) to piano notes, or even better use an sf2(soundfont)?
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I wouldn't upload steel drums samples or soundfonts unless you've recorded them yourself since they might have usage licenses attached. The other option is to synthesise them. I'd use the Heisenberg. Here's an interesting discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/8dwtz8/steel_drumlike_patch_on_a_subtractive_synth/
You can make metallic sounds using the Heisenberg.
All you need to do is modulate a sine wave with either a square wave or a "Max Planck" wave. You also have to increase the ratio of the operator you modulate the sine wave with.
You can make your sounds more percussive by lowering the cutoff frequency and increasing the envelope filter modulation.
A tiny bit of noise can add some percussiveness as well. Sadly the Heisenberg doesn't have a noise generator like the Pulverisateur, but you can generate some noise with it by modulating an operator with itself. Different waves will produce different sounding noise. Increasing the ratio will make your sound noisier.
I hope this helps!
how do you modulate a waveform with another specific waveform?
ring modulator, the carrier being the audio you want the modulator audio to modulate
what is ring modulator?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_modulation
thanks guys! i can't believe how much variety this opened up!
i agree ratio mode is awesome. you can get really metallic sounds with the berg.