Improve my Bagpipe Synth (Voltage Modular)

Discussion in 'Working with Sound' started by Polomo, Dec 26, 2020.

  1. Polomo

    Polomo Guest

    Hi,

    I want to improve my bagpipe synth sound :



    Do you guys have any advice how to make it sound more natural .

    (or can you share a better bagpipe synth sound in any synth ?)

    Thanks
     

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  3. Willum

    Willum Rock Star

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    As if 2020 hasn't been bad enough already.

    Now we get a bagpipe synth, lol.
     
  4. No Avenger

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    I think the low sound has less harmonics, more like a triangle wave or lower lowpass.
     
  5. Smoove Grooves

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    That's a good harmonium sound.
     
  6. angie

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    Have you tried Music developments Syne? It's a kind of additive synth, very effective in imitating reed(ish) sounds. However the bagpipe is a very complex instrument and sampling is perhaps a better route.
     
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  7. Kluster

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    Just for some comic relief (this IS a bagpipe thread, afterall):
    25 years ago I was working an evening shift as a janitor in a high school to support my music/substance habits.
    Each night I had a supper break at 6pm.
    I would sneak down to the boiler room and smoke hash.
    Then I would sneak up to the empty band room where there was a Roland keyboard synth that had a distortion effect.
    I programmed a killer metal guitar sound and hid it at the back of the user presets.
    I would wail on that preset loudly through an amp, stoned out of my skull.
    One night, the music room door opened while I was playing and it was the school constable dressed in a kilt and wearing bagpipes.
    In that condition you might expect me to freak and sh1t my pants.
    Being a professional and having dealt with unexpected scenarios over the years, I looked at him and said let's do it.
    He started droning while I soloed over top and then I played sustained chords and arpeggios while he soloed over top.
    We got along quite well after that and had a number of jams.
    Haven't done a bagpipe duet since, though :mates:
     
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  8. Polomo

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    Sound like an interesting idea.
    (Sampling would be better for sure, and easier as well, but I want to challenge my self a bit, only this way I can get better at sound design)
     
  9. realitybytez

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    try blowing on it.
     
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