cut some lows from your kick with a shelf eq or you can always layer it with something else and balance both layers the way you want it to sound

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Originally posted by Dreyth I've been creating my own [electronic] kick drums for quite some time now. The one problem that I have, however, is getting my kicks to sound as high in volume as those that I find in sample packs. Every time I raise the volume on my kick, the low end begins to distort and it isn't still as high in volume as the kicks from the sample packs. What can I do to raise volume without having the low end distort? I know its not my headphones and/or speakers because that's where I am hearing the kicks from. Also, I lose transients when raising the volume. Can anyone offer any help?

Are you normalizing to increase volume?

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compression?

Try compressing the kick to remove the bite.

Then add a very short hi hat sample to sound at the same time as the kick to give it that extra something to make your kick standout more in the mix and not sound drowned out

eq imo

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