29th January 2010
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#1 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Nottingham, UK
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Thread Starter | Future Retro XS Drums & Percussion
Hi All,
Is anyone here using the FRXS for drums and percussion. sounds? I have been playing with the XS for a couple of hours and managed to get some really cool drum sounds!
I have built a drum kit which includes 29 samples. All sounds have been programmed from scratch on the XS. Signal chain is XS - Distressor (slight compression) - API pre-amp - Converters.
The sounds are attatched to this post for you to use in your productions - no strings attatched. I urge anyone whos considering buying a FRXS to check them out. This is only the tiniest fraction of whats possible with the XS drums wise - Its a really cool box.
I have also attatched a really rough small audio demo. Sorry for the bad mix - its just to showcase some of the sounds. Slight buss compression has been used on the demo.
Enjoy!
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29th January 2010
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#2 | | Lives for gear
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29th January 2010
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#3 | | Lives for gear
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Nice samples... thanks for sharing... esp liking the 'sweep bass'... pure evil!!!
Funky little demo too ;-)
edit: Ahhhh just recognised that you are Wave Alchemy! That explains the quality then ;-)
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30th January 2010
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#4 | | Lives for gear |
you guys never stop kicking ass
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30th January 2010
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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Thanks for these, going to go check them out on the DAW
Should take photos / patch sheets as tutorials  | |
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30th January 2010
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#6 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by Rusty_OHara  Should take photos / patch sheets as tutorials | I liked the samples, but its not the way I work -
I do everything either on the keyboard or via midi. Since I have
an FR XS, photos / patch sheets would be great . Either way though,
the samples do show what can be done with this fine machine.
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30th January 2010
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#7 | | Lives for gear
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really cool percussion sounds.
i ****ing love my future retro XS. definitely my favorite synth. partnered with an eventide eclipse... the sonic possibilities are astounding
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30th January 2010
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#8 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Nottingham, UK
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsarin really cool percussion sounds.
i ****ing love my future retro XS. definitely my favorite synth. partnered with an eventide eclipse... the sonic possibilities are astounding | Indeed thumbsup The XS is an awesome synth. Its also very well built and extremely well thought out.
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30th January 2010
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#9 | | Gear maniac
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by iksrazal I liked the samples, but its not the way I work -
I do everything either on the keyboard or via midi. Since I have
an FR XS, photos / patch sheets would be great . Either way though,
the samples do show what can be done with this fine machine. | I will be sure to give patch sheets if I do another free kit thumbsup
There are many processed XS sounds included in our Drum Tools library within the 'synth percussion' folder. They sound really nice!
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31st January 2010
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#10 | | Gear maniac
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Has anyone else had a chance to check these out?
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31st January 2010
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#11 | | Lives for gear
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I did! One of the reason's the XS is on my wantlist is the nice percussion sounds it can create, among other things of course. My intention is to create killer techno drumkits for my S950, just load a disk and jam with the sounds that'll probably will fit together very well, since they come from the same machine.
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31st January 2010
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#12 | | Gear Head
Joined: Nov 2009
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Thanks! These are great. They will function well in many styles of music, including minimal house, electroclash (what do they call that genre nowadays?), hip hop (The Neptunes or Timbaland could rock these sounds in a track), and others. Chip Tuners could probably bit-reduce them and use them to great effect as well, even though they didn't come from a Game Boy.
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1st February 2010
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#13 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Nottingham, UK
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by Barfunkel I did! One of the reason's the XS is on my wantlist is the nice percussion sounds it can create, among other things of course. My intention is to create killer techno drumkits for my S950, just load a disk and jam with the sounds that'll probably will fit together very well, since they come from the same machine. | Yes you would definately be able to make some great kits for use in your sampler. Synths are a great way to go to make less generic sounding drums and percussion.
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6th February 2010
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#14 | | Lives for gear
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These samples make me proud to own an XS Nice boys, Nice  | |
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7th February 2010
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#15 | | Gear maniac
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Glad eveyone is liking the sounds thumbsup
I might make a few more free XS drum kits once Drum Tools 01 is released (this thursday) as I will have more free time to spare then.
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8th February 2010
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#16 | | Banned
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Just for laughs after seeing this thread, I made a few drum samples using my XS. For some reason it never occurred to me to try it with the XS and I'm really happy with the results. The overdrive on kicks is NICE!  | |
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8th February 2010
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#17 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Derp Just for laughs after seeing this thread, I made a few drum samples using my XS. For some reason it never occurred to me to try it with the XS and I'm really happy with the results. The overdrive on kicks is NICE! | derp dude, try your pro1!
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8th February 2010
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#18 | | Banned
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Originally Posted by golden beers derp dude, try your pro1! | Man, you guys are just out to make me sell my drum machines, aren't you! XD
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8th February 2010
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#19 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Nottingham, UK
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Originally Posted by golden beers derp dude, try your pro1! | I think the Pro 1 is going to be one of my next purchases. Does anyone have one for sale in the Uk? | |
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8th February 2010
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#20 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by wave alchemy Glad eveyone is liking the sounds thumbsup
I might make a few more free XS drum kits once Drum Tools 01 is released (this thursday) as I will have more free time to spare then. | any tips or patch sheets for XS users making percussion sounds?
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27th August 2010
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#21 | | Gear interested
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bit late on this one but some great sounds here. ta very much
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27th August 2010
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#22 | | Lives for gear
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If anyone is interested i could make a nice andromeda and P08 kit  Or a kit for each or something.
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27th August 2010
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#23 | | Lives for gear
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Ok i've been busy a bit, and this is what i managed to get out of the P08 | |
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27th August 2010
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#24 | | Gear interested
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Originally Posted by payt Ok i've been busy a bit, and this is what i managed to get out of the P08 | nice work, thanks for sharing!
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28th August 2010
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#25 | | Lives for gear
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No problemo .. i hope you don't mind my using them in a tune myself though  | |
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