example?

the entire set pretty much from his space opening party in ibiza there is this heavy beat that plays throughout the whole set that he probably had looping on a his laptop or cdj.

or in other words how to make a beat/groove sound heavier?

Is there something you don't understand about post a sample? And what do you mean by "heavy"? Confusing thread is confusing.

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Yes, post a sample if you want some input.

But, the answer is probably pretty obvious - use the right samples and mix them a little louder than you normally would. "Heavy" samples are usually ones that sound big to begin with. In other words, use kicks, snares/claps, and hihats that each cover a large frequency range and/or layer them. In other words, you aren't going to get a "heavy" hihat sound by starting out with a thin little 808 hihat.

You can also make your percussion sound heavier by mixing in additional percussion layers, sound fx, etc. Also, reverb and delay on some elements can really fill in the spaces and make your drums/percs sound heavy. Distortion, bit reduction, etc. can also make drums sound heavy.

But, as we said, post a sample and you'll get some more relevant input.

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Originally posted by cryophonik In other words, you aren't going to get a "heavy" hihat sound by starting out with a thin little 808 hihat.

You can, it just takes a bit of work.

http://jbj.raceriv.com/sounds/808dist.mp3

Not exactly sure what is meant by "heavy" so I just put some effects on it to make it fiercer-sounding.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles You can, it just takes a bit of work.

What I mean is that, you can't add lower frequencies that aren't already there. For example, if you're using a chintzy-sounding 808 hihat, you can't EQ it into a huge sounding "arena rock" hihat.

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Oh yeah, a synthetic drum sound will always sound pretty synthetic. The closest you can get are complex algorithms like this I think:

http://www.mcld.co.uk/cymbalsynthesis/