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Sound Samples March 2009 Please be careful with your volume setting. I think I recorded a little too "hot." Snare Minimum Decay, low Tone, varying Impact. snl_56.mp3 The same, but with high Tone. snh_56.mp3 Tom-1 Sweep High pitched with normal sweep, then gradually reducing, then reversing. t1swh_56.mp3 The same, but starting at a lower pitch. t1swl_56.mp3 Tom-2 Medium pitch and Decay and varying Impact. t2_56.mp3 Hi-Hat/Cymbal Varying bass-treble. cymt_56.mp3 Please note that, after the so-called Bass, I consider the cymbal the least satisfactory of the Synsonic's voices, and will be replacing it with d.i.y. circuits. Earlier Samples These mostly demonstrate variable Decay, which is omitted in the March, 2009 Samples. Each sample begins with 8 beats of more or less unmodified sound, followed by knob twiddling as noted. Snare: long to short decay, low to high tone, then more Impact added. (Barely audible.) Tom-1: medium pitch and decay, then (new) lowest pitch, longest decay, shortest decay, then more Impact. Note that in the March 2009 mods Impact control for Tom-1 has been eliminated. Tom-2: pretty much the same as Tom-1 but with a lower frequency range and less severe pitch sweep. This will be my Bass drum. Snare and Tom-1: combined at various settings. Cymbal: open decay, adding low tones, then depressing the pedal. I can get only three distinct decays -- open, short and really short. Start Overview Update Samples Construction Documents Speculations NEW PLAN