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Posted by Evolve140 on Jul-14-2010 18:06:

Layering kicks

Working on layer my kicks, mostly focosing on getting a good punch and a good sub feel. Here is the result of my first concerted effort.

55433363 by tilda140

Posted by jayxthekoolest on Jul-14-2010 18:23:

I really like the sound of the attack of the kick, but there doesn't seem to be much lower end. That is to say, your kick doesn't sound like it's kicking to me - which really helps the track. If I were you, I would try to find a good sample of a nice bottom end of a kick and put it in there. Again, I like the sound of the attack, so definitely try not to change that much.

Posted by Evolve140 on Jul-14-2010 18:54:

That is precisely what I did.
http://i32.tinypic.com/fyihvr.jpg

Maybe I can try a different, more subby sample.

Posted by DJ_Rafnel on Jul-16-2010 02:03:

Nice and punchy...

Can you provide a sample without the bass...maybe just kick and loop?

Maybe thats where your losing the low end on the kick.

Posted by Stephen Wiley on Jul-16-2010 05:04:

Watch out for phasing issues. If you want to get old school, put some sine waves at very low frequencies to give it some boom, and just cut certain parts of kicks you want to form something desirable, but WATCH the phasing. You can get a lot of cancellation with those lower frequencies. Most of the time you can't hear it, but as anal as I've become, I won't even start to EQ something until the phase problems are fixed. It sounds dumb, but in the long run when you add up every single track and sound it makes for a cleaner, more professional sound.

Posted by Lunar Phase 7 on Jul-16-2010 23:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Stephen Wiley
Watch out for phasing issues. If you want to get old school, put some sine waves at very low frequencies to give it some boom, and just cut certain parts of kicks you want to form something desirable, but WATCH the phasing. You can get a lot of cancellation with those lower frequencies. Most of the time you can't hear it, but as anal as I've become, I won't even start to EQ something until the phase problems are fixed. It sounds dumb, but in the long run when you add up every single track and sound it makes for a cleaner, more professional sound.

Mind explaining how?

Posted by Stevemarble on Jul-16-2010 23:15:

How do you go about fixing the phasing issues Stephen if you add sine waves at the sub regions (ie 40-60hz)?

It is simply making each mono and cutting off the kick where you want the sub to come in?