Crash Cymbal Synthesis Patch?

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Does anyone know of any patches out there that model the sound of a crash cymbal?

Similar to the way a snare or hat can be made with a burst of white noise...

Luke Hall's icon
Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

Here's a max patch that creates cymbal sounds, they're not particularly realistic, but the source is just sine waves and noise. They were ported from some great Pure Data examples you can find here: http://obiwannabe.co.uk/html/music/music.html

srs's icon

thanks luke - have you seen any good example of snares?

your patch is great and was really helpful in understanding how to shape the envelope - but i must be going blind as i can't find the puredata drum design examples on that site..

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The link is here! There's a whole drum kit for you to explore. There are some great explanations in these synth secrets articles too.