{"id":24297,"date":"2024-12-21T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T03:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonica.jp\/instruments\/?p=24297"},"modified":"2024-12-14T12:59:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T03:59:51","slug":"taikothunder_dev_blog5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonica.jp\/instruments\/en\/taikothunder_dev_blog5\/","title":{"rendered":"TAIKO THUNDER Development Blog \u2014 Part 5: Customizing Sounds with the Instrument Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In this fifth installment of our TAIKO THUNDER: The Ultimate Collection development journey, we examine the sound-customization parameters on the library\u2019s Instrument pane.<\/span><\/p>

Sonica Instrument\u2019s mission for the Virtuoso Japanese series is to create libraries that faithfully reproduce the instruments\u2019 real, authentic sounds. At the same time, we know sound creators want to explore new sonic possibilities, which is why we design functions to customize the sound of the instruments.<\/span><\/p>

For TAIKO THUNDER, we took our technology and know-how from previous libraries and further refined them to create even more flexible, natural-sounding controls over the instruments\u2019 physical characteristics and sonic signatures.<\/span><\/p>

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The 16 taiko instruments have controls for the stick, rim, and head that are independently adjustable for the left and right hands.<\/span><\/p>

Tuning is an important aspect of percussion instruments. This is why we sampled several common taiko sizes as separate instruments for TAIKO THUNDER. Nevertheless, sometimes you want to fine-tune an instrument to suit a particular piece of music.<\/span><\/p>

The most sample packs use pitch-shifting to adjust tunings or reproduce different tunings. The drawback with adjusting the tuning with this method is that it also alters the attack, making it sound more like a change in pitch than in tuning.<\/span><\/p>

To get around this problem in TAIKO THUNDER, we used our proprietary sound-generation mechanism developed for KABUKI & NOH PERCUSSION 96k MASTER EDITION. This mechanism makes it possible to adjust the tuning while preserving the instrument\u2019s attack component. Alternatively, you can leave the pitch unchanged and adjust only the timbre of the attack (the drum hit). In a time where transient control is more important than ever, this mechanism lets you bring out nuanced transients that are impossible to achieve with a compressor.<\/span><\/p>

To illustrate the difference between regular pitch-shifting and TAIKO THUNDER\u2019s Tune control, we created example phases with the Tsukeshime-daiko 1.22 and Ohdaiko 3.4 instruments. The tuning is changed by plus or minus two semitones from the original samples. The difference, particularly the attack, is quite clear.<\/span><\/p>

Tsukeshime-daiko 1.22<\/strong><\/p>