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frykshun
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Atlanta
Bass drum trick........

Not sure if this is common knowledge around here but in my quest for the perfect bass drums I have found a way to craft the sound I am looking for.Once you have found a good bass drum sound that you like add a closed HH or shaker on top of it.Something like a closed 909 HH will work.But there really is no standard HH to use.I have found ones that have a sizzly kinda sound to them to be nice.Make sure the decay is the same as the kick drum so that they end at the same time.Of course you will need to tweak the tuning either up or down as well as tweak the volume to your liking.You can then merge these two sounds together and then compress them together.I have found that this really helps the bass drum to "cut" through a mix.It works really good on bass drums that are lacking in the attack range.Try it out and let me know if it works for you.

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itsamemario
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thanx, sounds cool... gonna try it when i get home... from school


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frykshun
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sounds good, lemme know how it works out.


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thecYrus
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i know and use it very often..

but i prefer a long soft cymbal. it fills more space and with reverb it brings a nice deepness into the track

so long
cYrus

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Sean Walsh
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Something else that is pretty commonly done is on top of that, throw a reverse HH or reverse Snare sound at slightly lower volume than it's forward counterpart. This gives the kick that "sticky" sound that you hear in a lot of tracks these days.

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Etherium
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throw a reverse HH or reverse Snare sound at slightly lower volume than it's forward counterpart.


Great tip. So, do you mean let the reverse HH, the HH counterpart and the kick hit all at once, or just the reverse HH and kick or what?

And when you say that it makes it sticky, do you mean snappy?


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frykshun
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I am not exactly sure if this is what dj sean is talking about but this can be done as well.Use the reverse sound(snare,HH,etc....)right before the kick+HH combo so it kinda swoops into the kick.It'll be just a split second before, maybe a 64th note before just depending on how long the reverse sound is.Right as the reverse sound is ending the kick should be starting.


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Sean Walsh
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Originally posted by Etherium
Great tip. So, do you mean let the reverse HH, the HH counterpart and the kick hit all at once, or just the reverse HH and kick or what?

And when you say that it makes it sticky, do you mean snappy?


It depends on the samples using. Sometimes you want the reverse snare to come in a little split second after the main snare/hh, and othertimes (like the above poster mentioned) you want it to whoosh into the main forward snare. Adjust to your taste.

The kick from Outback - Minds in Motion has a reverse snare in it. Run a highpass filter at around 800hz over one of the kicks and you'll see what I mean.

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