Sonicware CyDrums Full Tutorial - Wavetable Drum Synthesizer and Drum Machine

video upload by ChrisLody

"Full Disclosure: I occasionally take on freelance work at Sonicware on an hourly rate producing synth & sample sound design, beta testing, checking English text and videos like this.



0:00 Teaser
0:30 Intro
1:41 About this tutorial
2:15 Powering on, playing patterns, volume control, func button, system menu
3:13 Front panel overview, master volume, select tracks silently, menu buttons, external source
6:34 Common screen elements
7:21 Memory structure
8:11 Project 1, selecting and loading patterns, queuing patterns, switching patterns immediately
9:12 Performing preset patterns, mute button, global mute, mute modes, mixer, global mix, tempo menu, reload BPM, global BPM, reload pattern, stutter sequence mode, random sequence mode, dice function
13:48 Performance mode, varispeed, all release, all length, revert, all stutter
15:08 Projects, new project, saving project, loading projects
16:20 Pattern from scratch, load blank pattern, preview and load a kit, step recording kicks, editing velocity, clearing steps
18:24 Adding snare hits, playing rolls with D-pad, step recording rolls, changing gate length, editing roll type, editing micro timing, copying a step, copying a track
21:32 Adding hi-hats, choke group, tempo menu, change BPM, metronome, pre-count, real-time recording, quick delete recording, applying quantisation, track length, page buttons, extend and duplicate, track swing, global swing, tap tempo, fine adjust knob
26:08 Adding claps, note length value, poly-meters
27:08 Adding bass, pad mode, select a scale, root note, shift keyboard, octave control, glide, legato, pad mode step record, adding long notes, real-time pad mode record, editing overlapping notes
30:57 Recording aftertouch, editing aftertouch
32:18 Pattern level, saving patten, copy pattern, rename pattern, pattern menu editing, save project (again)
33:38 Building a kit, loading patches from SND tab, preset menu, previewing sounds, filtering presets by tags, loading patch browser from OSC tab, different tag types, greyed out sounds on first 5 tracks due to unison structures, saving a kit
38:00 Drum synthesis elements, transients, ‘body’ sound, ‘snare’ sound
39:10 Kick drum wavetable for ‘body’ element, muting OSC tab elements, changing wavetable, transient tick, reloading presets, adjusting drum pitch, velocity to volume
41:29 Snare drum noise for ‘snare’ element, AMP envelope for drum structures, amp curve, amp distortion
43:18 AMP envelope for synth structures (standard ADSR), wavetable scanning, wavetable start and end, scanning speed, scanning curve
45:01 Filter type, filter freq, resonance and gain, filter envelope depth and time, envelope looping, inverting filter envelope, copying parameter tabs
47:06 Setting up effects, applying reverb, EFX tab, editing reverb, reverb mute type, changing EFX configuration, sending snare to EFX 1 block, selecting effect type, adding delay to snare, adding overdrive to toms on EFX 2 block
51:34 Master FX block, compression, remix, sending kick direct to output, snip loop, side chain compression, master effect filter
54:39 Saving EFX configuration, EFX menu, saving kit (again), renaming a kit
55:36, Parameter locks, step recording automation, editing and deleting automation, real-time parameter recording, clearing all automation for a parameter
57:07 Drum sound design, selecting structures, extra structures for CH, OH, CY
58:09 BD Standard structure, detailed diagram, bass drum synthesis using a pitch sweep, time, depth, curve, tune, tick type, adjusting wavetable, retrigger
1:02:31 SD Standard structure, detailed diagram, snare drum synthesis, tail, level, ratio and tone, depth, time
1:05:37 BD FM structure, detailed diagram, bass drum synthesis using FM, decay, level
1:07:46 SY Standard structure, detailed diagram, balance, ratio, decay, mod type
1:09:20 Quick description of other structures, CH Standard, CH Metal, CY Ride, BD Metal, CP Standard, SY Bass, SD Tone
1:10:34 Adding velocity expression from MOD tab, velocity sensitive kick drum, velocity sensitivity, velocity threshold, velocity sensitive snare, negative velocity response, MOD targets
1:13:29 Adding aftertouch from MOD tab, aftertouch sensitive filter, aftertouch sensitivity, aftertouch speed, aftertouch sensitive drums with rolls, system pad sensitivity
1:15:13 Mod envelope from MOD tab, envelope to tune, looping envelope
1:16:00 Recreating a 303 acid sound, basic settings, 303 accent details
1:19:09 Saving sound patches, renaming patches, editing preset tags
1:20:08 Song mode, editing songs, playing songs
1:21:44 Misc system settings, import menu, clock menu, midi menu, note map, midi config, transpose feature, pattern select, card settings, battery type, auto power, reset, system info
1:24:23 Firmware update"