synthesizer secrets: the donk

  Super lurker ultra V12 said:

  scones to die for said:

 

Donking in American Sign Language.

 

Looks like circling your finger in the air near your ear is the word "donk"?

lol why deaf people would need this thing?

Not sure, but the interpreter seems to love getting her donk on.

Donking synthesis via MAX/MSP and VST - http://little-scale.blogspot.com/2008/11/d...ch-and-vst.html

:O

invaluable

pd: mcbpete, yes, i am.

does this sound like a donk?

thats pretty donky. I think you need to open the LP filter a bit more combined with some resonance to get more of the upper harmonics of the donk.

also compress the fuck out of that bitch.

The blackout crew takes away my ability to be a happy human.

well apparently she's got the donking ability too.

i'm sorry, sting

(btw, the video doesn't load ^)

  qnio said:

i'm sorry, sting

good track + donk = great track

DONK DAT

alright this is the best i could do:

I made an instrument chain of 2 operators.

In the first there are 3 sine waves with short decay/no sustain (volume envelope) and an lp24 filter envelope. i played with the "coarse" parameter and the volume level of each sine wave until it sounded right.

In the second operator there are 4 independent waveforms (no FM): 2 square (sq6) waves, one slightly detuned, and 2 triangle waves, again, one slightly detuned. all of them 600ms decay, no sustain for the volume envelope. again, lp24 filter, no envelope this time.

The purpose of the 2nd operator is to add that kind of hollow/detuned sound to the donk, besides the hard metallic kick-ish sound that the 1st operator adds.

it lacks compression though... i don't know shit about that, and it's still too "dark" (i thought it was the filter at first).

c'mon! give it a try! then share the results! there are a lot of other synths (vst or not) to experiment!

with the donk machine.

donkit.mp3Fetching info...

  Super lurker ultra V12 said:

lol why deaf people would need this thing?

This music is made for deaf people.

Deaf people don't need to hear the donk.

The donk is something that's felt.

It's felt from the top of our heads to the tips of our toes and deep within our hearts.

  chris moss acid said:

with the donk machine.

 

donkit.mp3Fetching info...

donk + amen = bliss

  scones to die for said:

Deaf people don't need to hear the donk.

 

The donk is something that's felt.

 

It's felt from the top of our heads to the tips of our toes and deep within our hearts.

word... indeed!

we should make a DONK compilation. As many hours of donk as we can possibly compile. (originally made of course)

  qnio said:

i'm sorry, sting

 

 

 

(btw, the video doesn't load ^)

HAHAHAHAHA!

Goddamn this thread is hilarious.

qnio i would love to hear a full version of that track...

there never was a full version :\, just that bit, for a laugh. you can do it though!

tangentially related donking.

HOLY FUCK THERE IS A DONK DOCUMENTARY.

http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/vbs-tv-puts-...on-it/14548351/

This place has ruined the reputation of the donk

  slightlydrybeans said:

HOLY FUCK THERE IS A DONK DOCUMENTARY.

 

http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/vbs-tv-puts-...on-it/14548351/

MC Willy lol...

i really love threads like this. its sort of half an ethnomusicology lesson, half a production chops challenge.

best one i think

  qnio said:

alright this is the best i could do:

 

 

 

I made an instrument chain of 2 operators.

In the first there are 3 sine waves with short decay/no sustain (volume envelope) and an lp24 filter envelope. i played with the "coarse" parameter and the volume level of each sine wave until it sounded right.

In the second operator there are 4 independent waveforms (no FM): 2 square (sq6) waves, one slightly detuned, and 2 triangle waves, again, one slightly detuned. all of them 600ms decay, no sustain for the volume envelope. again, lp24 filter, no envelope this time.

The purpose of the 2nd operator is to add that kind of hollow/detuned sound to the donk, besides the hard metallic kick-ish sound that the 1st operator adds.

 

it lacks compression though... i don't know shit about that, and it's still too "dark" (i thought it was the filter at first).

 

c'mon! give it a try! then share the results! there are a lot of other synths (vst or not) to experiment!

spaceD i'd love to hear your donkin' skillzzzz

http://www.donkdj.com/

so cool if you upload breakcore or noise or something hard to analyze

the actual donks aren't that great though

check out steels by autechre

_Steels_DONK_REMIX_7213.mp3Fetching info...