Tympo Explained

Tired of stale, flat drum tracks? In this video course, VI guru Larry Holcombe will teach you all about the perfect remedy: Tympo from Teletone Audio. This plugin makes it easy to perform and create fresh drum tracks that can then be mutated, bent, and twisted into something completely unique and captivating in no time. You'll learn how to design sounds from scratch, select different kit sounds or beats, input your own beats, customize the sounds, and much more. These Tympo video tutorials are designed for new Tympo users.

Videos

• Introduction & Interface (07:34) - This video introduces the series on the Tympo plugin and outlines the different areas of its interface. We also discuss the ethos of the plugin and a basic workflow.

• Sound Design Pt. 1 (10:54) - We discuss the sound design options next, concentrating firstly on how we can use the mod and pitch wheels to mangle programmed and Beatmaker-sequenced drum parts.

• Sound Design Pt. 2 (08:26) - Next up, we investigate the Distress control for some clipping distortion, the Decade control to transport the beat back or forwar d in time, the room reverb, and also the three different noise samples that can be added and blended. We demonstrate ducking the noise to the kick drum and also the sound of the various different effects modules that can be added.

• Kit Selection & Drum Detail (07:07) - Learn how to select kits and swap out individual kit pieces for custom kits. We also investigate the Drum Detail section, which allows us to fine tune the individual drums hit?s quality and character.

• Beat Selection (03:21) - Next up, we cover the Beat Selection folders, favoriting beats and also saving your own Beatmaker sequences.

• Beatmaker Functions (12:00) - This video covers the features of Beatmaker, including inputting drum hits, defining the subdivision for each instrument, and also varying drum articulations for added realism. We also adjust step values and additional characteristics we can change for each step.

• Multi-Outputs & MIDI Import/Export (09:52) - Discover how to set up Tympo as a multi-output instrument so different drums can be routed to separate outputs for mixing within your DAW. You'll also learn how to import and export MIDI with Tympo.