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    #15 Synthesising a kick drum from scratch

    Nov 03, 2021 3 minutes

    The simplest form of an analogue kick drum could be created with a single sine wave oscillator. All you need to do is modulate its pitch with a quick envelope. During this tutorial we’ll take it a few steps further and introduce a second oscillator. Its purpose will be to add a sharper transient which will lead to a more defined kick drum. Finally we reveal how to successfully incorporate white noise within the kick as well as using a filter to shape the timbre…

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