Getting an 80s crash cymbal sound

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2016/07/06 12:05:05 (permalink)

Getting an 80s crash cymbal sound

I want to get an effect similar to a "thunderclap" cymbal sound you might hear in music for an 80s sci fi film, I'm trying to emulate the "cymbal" sound from 4.16-4.37 in this track
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL2CFOajz8E
 
I have GURU and Session Drummer 3 to play with, would there be any specific cymbal sounds I should be looking for with these? Are there any free plugins I should check out?
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    Re: Getting an 80s crash cymbal sound 2016/07/10 08:24:58 (permalink)
    IMO, that sounds like a China cymbal (as in style, not made in ), mixed low, compression applied, and lots of reverb.

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    Re: Getting an 80s crash cymbal sound 2016/07/10 09:17:51 (permalink)
    To me it doesn't sound like a cymbal at all, or any other acoustical instrument. It's a burst of white noise with gobs of reverb. To get this with a conventional drum sampler I'd start by stacking a snare with a handclap and then apply a high-pass filter and a plate reverb. For that spiky initial attack, a woodblock sample (there's a usable one in the TTS-1) should work with appropriate filtering.


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    Re: Getting an 80s crash cymbal sound 2016/07/13 17:24:56 (permalink)
    ^ Agreed that's not a cymbal.  You did hear alot of that sampled sound back in the 80's, which makes me think it may be and old Simmons SDS 5 drum synth.
     
    Listen to the tom hit at 2:32, it's lower pitch than what's in your clip but similar sample.
     
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    Re: Getting an 80s crash cymbal sound 2016/07/22 11:30:05 (permalink)
    Thanks guys, those suggestions worked.
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