Have been delving deep into analysing the sub-end of kick synthesis, using Rob Papen’s Punch and your Kick plug-in.br
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When I started creating very shallow pitch-sweeps (ie with a starting pitch under 1K), I noticed that Kick continued to have higher frequency content than I would have expected - confirmed both by listening, and with a frequency analyser. (And, yes, drive was at 0, and click turned off.)br
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Eventually, I decided to see what would happen with a completely flat pitch curve - in this case 49 Hz. But with an entirely flat pitch, and no click, there is STILL a very noticeable sweep down from around 1 KHz - which, with longer envelope decay times, creates a highly audible tone.br
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This seems awfully like a bug - and one which renders Kick somewhat unusable if you’re trying to create sub-tones with it.br
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I’ve attached a screen-shot, showing the pitch analyser in the foreground, and the supposedly flat pitch envelope in Kick in the background. With higher ‘flat’ pitches - around 80 - the pitch sweep begins at more like 2 KHz. br
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I’m using Cubase 8, with a Windows 7 machine.br
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Any suggestions?br
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Owen
Okay, so I may have the answer to this. br
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I get very similar behaviour with Punch, and my best guess is that the higher noise is more ‘glitch’ than ‘pitch’ - probably caused by the fast attack time. br
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I likewise get a complete series of overtones when using sustained pitches and slower attack times, which I assume relates to the sine generator/sample used by the sub generator?br
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Would be nice to have this verified, though.
Yeah its the fast attack creating a momentary high frequencey. Ill have a look about the overtones… Could be the drive still interacting.
Blimey, talk about 24/7 tech support!br
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I’ll be firing up the studio again in an hour or so, and will double-check that all Drive, etc was turned off, and no other plug-ins were active. (Though I’m pretty sure, once the ‘anomaly’ was discovered, that I systematically switched off all the many filters, eqs, saturators etc.)br
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Owen