Phonetic descriptions of drum machine sounds

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kick - doomp (with resonance: gonk or quonk)

snare - plaff

closed hat - tick

open hat - bssht

ride - darng

clap - cplack

rim - tock

toms - dtong

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 04:57 (twenty-one years ago)

darng?

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 04:57 (twenty-one years ago)

live kick is more of a "booph"

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

hence the term

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

cowbell - coenk

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

OOM-tish-OOM-tish-OOM-tish-OOM-tish

I could do phonetic drum machine sounds all the doo dah day.

I like the brushed snare on Reason - shhhhkkka-chhhhkkka-shhhkkka-chhhhcka

― Danger Whore (kate), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 07:30 (twenty-one years ago)

kick - thoompf
snare - KAAAAH
stick - tOk
clap - chlawk
closed hat - tssss
open hat - shaw
tom 1 - bihm
tom 2 - bohm
tom 3 - buhm
ride - KEENG
crash - swuhFWOOSH

― nickalicious' dr. rhythm (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

someone do the sounds off of those early 80's cocteaus records.
aw go on, just for a laugh like.

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

BWAFFF-fft-fft-ffttt-ftttttt

― Danger Whore (kate), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Some of these phonetic sounds could even be Cocteau lyrics, if you string them together.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm sure the clap needs a bit more of a 'ch' element to it somewhere. That one's tricky.

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

my life is absurd

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I use to have one that had a roll/flange button. It would turn a "thwuhp" into a "thkthkthkthkthkthkthkthwwwwwwkaaaaaaaaaaaaangng". Which was totally fucking awesome.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

When I first heard the drum machine clap sound, ooh, must've been in 1982 on Thomas Dolby's 'The Golden Age of Wireless' (first song, 'Flying North'), I thought - 'my God, what's that? An exploding walnut?'

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 23:34 (twenty-one years ago)

pedal hi-hat = "chick," obv. for anyone who's ever been on a drumline or taken drum lessons

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)

prooomp pum-KAK, Prooomp Poom poom poom poo pum KAK

monica, tortoise

I don't know the names of drum sounds

― tremendoid, Thursday, 16 September 2004 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I use to have one that had a roll/flange button. It would turn a "thwuhp" into a "thkthkthkthkthkthkthkthwwwwwwkaaaaaaaaaaaaangng". Which was totally fucking awesome.

-- nickalicious (nickaliciou...), September 15th, 2004 5:30 PM. (later)

is pretty good... I actually know what you mean.

― ex-jeremy (x Jeremy), Thursday, 16 September 2004 04:54 (twenty-one years ago)

twenty years pass...

ʧ ʧ ʧ ʧ ʧ ʧ ch ch ch ch ch

― | (Latham Green), Tuesday, 26 November 2024 16:13 (eleven months ago)

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