A Question About Thom Yorke style (?) drums

[Mardi Gras]

Originally Posted by radyokafa

Hey there. Yesterday I was listening to The Eraser(Thom Yorke's solo album) and i was wondering how did he do those snare sounds on his song "The Eraser". Is he layering his snares with white noise? Or is it all sampling? Am I able to create snares like his using Reason? Btw, I'm referring to this song.



Thanks in advance.

fixed for you

edit: sounds like white noise with a snappy env to me

[radyokafa]

Thank you! So how do I create this kind of drums in Reason? Sounds like i have to make a noise osc using Thor and making it play with my snare at the same time?

Is this even possible?

[symmetricalSound]

do you have the latest reason?

if you do should take 2mins to get it using kong's snare synth, i've attached a quick go i had at it. realised after when listening back to the eraser that i've pitched it too high, but it's got the white noise bit going so you should be able to replicate it easy enough.

[radyokafa]

Originally Posted by symmetricalSound

do you have the latest reason?

if you do should take 2mins to get it using kong's snare synth, i've attached a quick go i had at it. realised after when listening back to the eraser that i've pitched it too high, but it's got the white noise bit going so you should be able to replicate it easy enough.

Thank you so much! I dont have the latest Reason but I'm looking forward to buying it.

Thanks again!

[zone7shawty]

Originally Posted by radyokafa

thank you so much! I dont have the latest reason but i'm looking forward to buying it.

Thanks again!

no problem.

[symmetricalSound]

Originally Posted by radyokafa

Thank you so much! I dont have the latest Reason but I'm looking forward to buying it.

Thanks again!

i'm actually an ableton user, but i recently downloaded the reason5 demo to have a play with kong, definitely worth the upgrade if you're already a reason user. kong is very cool, makes it very quick to synth your drum hits using it aswell as all the other functions it has.

Originally Posted by zone7shawty

no problem.

spambot???

[Llitsor]

Originally Posted by symmetricalSound

spambot???

Just another troll. See his other posts. They are equally stupid.

[chrisrnps]

Originally Posted by symmetricalSound

spambot???

[symmetricalSound]

Originally Posted by Llitsor

Just another troll. See his other posts. They are equally stupid.

indeed, i've just looked. seen a few other spambots on other forums recently though that are getting that good they are almost indistinguishable from trolls.

Thom Yorke didn't produce the album btw. He only composed the songs and did piano, guitar and vocals. All the electronic stuff was done by Nigel Godrich, a Radiohead long time collaborator.

[radyokafa]

Originally Posted by symmetricalSound

i'm actually an ableton user, but i recently downloaded the reason5 demo to have a play with kong, definitely worth the upgrade if you're already a reason user. kong is very cool, makes it very quick to synth your drum hits using it aswell as all the other functions it has.



spambot???

Yeah, I used to have Ableton too but I got bored with it and its use of VSTs. Reason is much better.

Originally Posted by Pier

Thom Yorke didn't produce the album btw. He only composed the songs and did piano, guitar and vocals. All the electronic stuff was done by Nigel Godrich, a Radiohead long time collaborator.

Yup, Nigel is totally awesome.

[mekohler]

bump for Nigel's drum production on The Eraser, Thom's new stuff and SiSiBakBak remix...how does he make them so punchy and in your face without sounding clubby?

[DougD]

On the most recent Radiohead tour they were using modular drum voices sequenced in a Eurorack setup for some songs - like:

Tiptop Audio - BD808: Analog Bass Drum
Tiptop Audio - SD808: Analog Snare Drum
Tiptop Audio - HATS808: Analog Hi-Hats

You could run those through modular filters and processors to get sounds like on The Eraser.

[mekohler]

AFAIK, thom said everything on The Eraser was ITB.

[SlutButtMcNabb]

My GF uses the 'Impulse' drum synth from Ableton and one of the drum machines in Reaktor (can't remember the name, sorry) and her drums sound a LOT like the Thom Yorke stuff.

[mekohler]

Originally Posted by SlutButtMcNabb

My GF uses the 'Impulse' drum synth from Ableton and one of the drum machines in Reaktor (can't remember the name, sorry) and her drums sound a LOT like the Thom Yorke stuff.

can you find out?

[ksandvik]

I would use Microtonic to get something similar myself.

[SlutButtMcNabb]

Originally Posted by mekohler

can you find out?

OK - she says she uses Sinebeats & Aerobic (both from Reaktor), Impulse (from Ableton) and also NI Battery.

And as ksandvik said, Microtonic is a bit good at these styles too.

Hardware wise, I'd recommend a Korg Electribe ER-1.