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Get an ultra-realistic modeled cymbal plug-in for free: CHAIR EXC!TE CYMBAL
Chair Audio quietly launched a new plug-in, and it’s both free and wonderful. EXC!TE CYMBAL is, no exaggeration, realistic enough that you’ll do a double-take knowing this is a physical model and not in any way sampled.
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Make a DIY velocity-sensitive e-drum kit with Brian Bamanya aka Afrorack
No budget for an electronic drum kit? No problem. Brian Bamanya reports from Uganda on how to DIY the whole kit with readily sourced parts – and even adds velocity.
Peter Kirn - July 26, 2021
DIY + Unusual Gear Music tech Stories Tech
CHAIR made an amazingly realistic snare plug-in – get a CDM discount, then play it on a table
The Center for Haptic Audio Interaction Research have been busy – and they’ve made a snare model unlike any you’ve heard in software. CDM exclusive discount for you, and – table drumming. Really.
Peter Kirn - July 26, 2021
Music tech Software Tech
A marvelous sound machine inspired by a Soviet deep drilling project
Peter Kirn - September 25, 2018
DIY + Unusual Music Music tech Stories Tech
Watch a VU meter turn into percussion, control voltage
Peter Kirn - March 16, 2018
DIY + Unusual Modular-Analog Stories Tech
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