Modern drum production project : creating a virtual multi-layered drum sample library & conducting an AB-test against the played version of the same drum kit
Vuopala, Joona (2018)
Vuopala, Joona
Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018052810627
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018052810627
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Recording drums can be very challenging, expensive and time consuming. It is required to have the player, drums, space, recording equipment & money, in order to capture a high quality recording. In this day & age, the most common reason for people to go to a commercial recording studio, is to record acoustic drums.
The aim of this thesis was to find out if it is possible to achieve similar results by sampling a drum kit in high detail and programming the samples in MIDI, as by physically playing the drum kit. As the practical part for this thesis, a virtual multi-instrument library was created, containing 764 individual drum samples.
To reinforce the statement of the thesis, an AB-test in comparison to live drums was conducted with 41 respondents coming from different musical and non-musical backgrounds. Analyzing the results of the blind test, it can be concluded that it truly is possible to achieve great results with carefully sampled and programmed instrument libraries that are on par with real, live drums.
The aim of this thesis was to find out if it is possible to achieve similar results by sampling a drum kit in high detail and programming the samples in MIDI, as by physically playing the drum kit. As the practical part for this thesis, a virtual multi-instrument library was created, containing 764 individual drum samples.
To reinforce the statement of the thesis, an AB-test in comparison to live drums was conducted with 41 respondents coming from different musical and non-musical backgrounds. Analyzing the results of the blind test, it can be concluded that it truly is possible to achieve great results with carefully sampled and programmed instrument libraries that are on par with real, live drums.