Karplus Strong Drum Voice
This is an adaptation of my previous karplus strong synth voice which was more tailored to plucky sounds. This version is all about making IDM style percussion sounds, and the available parameters have been adjusted accordingly.
I/O
Input |
Signal Range |
Notes |
gate input |
gate or trigger |
Sustain doesn’t matter for this module. |
Output |
Signal Range |
Notes |
out |
-1 to 1 |
Audio signal |
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Controls
Knobs |
Function |
Notes |
decay |
length of amplitude decay |
because of the delay feedback in Karplus-Strong patches, this parameter interacts with pitch. |
p dcy |
pitch decay time |
This envelope controls the pitch envelope that creates the impression of percussion. |
tone |
amount of upper harmonics |
This is a simple trim for high frequencies. |
span |
determines the sweep of the pitch envelope |
Pitch will span between .1 and 3 octaves. |
pitch |
pitch the envelope decays to |
Ranges 3 octaves between A0 and A3. |
Version History
Demos
Revision |
File |
Date |
Notes |
IDM zip drums |
k-s drum demo.audulus (427.0 KB) |
12/11/2019 |
Three karplus-strong drums being sequenced in different ways. |
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