Weird drums for fun and profit, by The Fishermen & the Priestess

Weird drums for fun and profit

by The Fishermen & the Priestess

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1.	Tap tap tap 00:24	buy track
2.	Crossing hyperspace 00:36	buy track
3.	Scratched vinyl 00:24	buy track
4.	One-two-three 00:12	buy track
5.	Turn the tape 00:12	buy track
6.	Leaky kick 00:24	buy track
7.	Robot v8 00:12	buy track
8.	Waltzing in the rain 00:24	buy track
9.	Alien waltz 00:12	buy track
10.	Space bubbles 00:12	buy track
11.	You're going to damage the speakers 00:12	buy track
12.	Crazy clock 00:12	buy track
13.	Belly laugh 00:12	buy track
14.	Happy bongo 00:12	buy track
15.	Conga 00:12	buy track
16.	Robot space force 00:24	buy track
17.	Drum roll 00:12	buy track
18.	Alien whistle 00:12	buy track
19.	Tuning the radio 00:24	buy track

about

I was reading an amazing collection of interviews with music producers by Martin Yam Møller. One of the questions that he asks all producers is "[what is the] most surprising tip/trick/technique that you’ve discovered about a bit of kit?"

In the interview with Hainbach he answers by linking to a video where he teaches how to use a phaser to generate drums sounds. Hainbach uses the click from a Korg SQ-1 to generate fantastic sounds by cranking up the resonance in his phaser.

I decided to give it a try at home, using the Empress ZOIA as a phaser and delay. Since the ZOIA has two inputs I decided to use a Korg Volca instead of the SQ-1, so I could have drums and melody from a single machine! I decided to give the Volca FM a try, since I hadn't used it for a while.

I wasn't really happy with the FM sounds, but the drums sounds from processing the sync out on the ZOIA turned out to be super fun! So much that I decided to record 19 loops and make them available for free in a little sample pack. The loops were all recorded by running the Volca FM at 40 BPM, so they are in 80 BPM because the sync runs twice as fast.

I've released the whole collection as public domain, so you can use them commercially, resell them, use them as your ringtone, or whatever! Just have fun!

All proceeds from sales will go to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance (www.ccalliance.org).

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released July 30, 2022

Photo by Romain HUNEAU on Unsplash

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The Fishermen & the Priestess Bodega Bay, California

The Fishermen & the Priestess is the solo project of Beto Dealmeida, a musician interested in nature, vintage sounds and electronics.

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