Analysis of the Systematic Procedure to Generate Percussions Based on Synthesizers

The development of synthesizers is a huge leap in music production, enabling composers to generate varied sounds through non-natural means. During the evolution, the emergence of drum machines as unique synthesizers promotes the generation of percussions through synthesizers. This study mainly discusses the systematic procedure to generate percussions through synthesizers based on the outstanding features of percussions and the practical functions of synthesizers. It concludes two necessary components of percussions - attack transients and decays and emphasizes their features. In addition, it highlights that it is convenient to separate the synthesis of two components during the whole procedure. For both two parts, the combination of sinewave and noise is practical for mimicking their outstanding features and the difference is the use of effects, adjustments of envelopes, and the selection of layers. Lastly, the essay summarizes the limitations of existing methods, stating that future research should focus on raising signal processes efficiency and incorporating different models and these processes into synthesizers through an understandable means to ensure user experiences. These results provide a guide for composers to produce percussions through synthesizers and point out directions for further improvement of synthesizers.