Description

8 drum synth modules with randomizers and presets. a kick, snare, hihat, tom, clap, rim, cowbell, and a physical modelled metal thingy(mesh). as the title suggests, this is a port/interpretation (things certainly had to be simplified and changed transit) from the recent cycling 74 collab drums projects:

https://cycling74.com/articles/collaborative-drum-kit-in-max

https://cycling74.com/articles/collaborative-drum-kit-in-max-part-2

there's probability per drum module, randomizer per module(click the white circle), global randomize (the white circle above the presets), a presets section (shift click stores a preset), and a master overdrive section. i know the labeling is sparse(on purpose) so im leaning on the hinting system. just mouseover and wait a second for a little popup note to find out what dials do what.

note: you can manually trigger each drum module by clicking on the red number in the top left of each module.

v1.1 - replaced tom hall's kick w my own creation. i think it slaps a bit more akin to the 808 kick imho. added velocity sensitivity (you can get interest note chokes with varying velocities and longer decay's on some of the modules). fixed the rim envelop so we don't get those drones.

credits:

kick - jason corder

snare - ned rush

hihat - leslie garcía

tom - too_hands

clap - mjulev

rimshot - onokio

cowbell - melody loveless

mesh - babumamusic

i did: LOTS of cleanup, note in filters, swapping max dials/numbers w m4l ones, setting ranges, determining which ui elements to expose, adding preset system and overdrive, and of course the gui look which i based directly off the best looking one of the bunch, the clap by mjulev

i needed an excuse to study a bit about how synth percs are constructed in max; gleaning ideas for use in a bigger m4l tool/dream im having. the drum patches by the amazing above mentioned artist did not disappoint.

and i know there's already a ton of options for synth drums here at maxforlive.com but maybe this one gives you a different flavor? some new perspective? when in doubt, hit the rando button.

enjoy!