Originally posted by Richard Butler
Wave Alchemy are my favorites.
I'd like to get hold of Metrum as Raphie suggests.
Something I've been on about for a while is where some good pros have these seemingly really small kicks, but that pack a masiive and effective punch. With the eq I have I have not been able to emulate this no matter which sample pack I start with. It's much more than just scooping out loads of mids, anyone can do that, with my EQ's this does not give the right sound (I have the SSL bundle btw).
Each time I mention this and give an example track, people claim the kick is nothing special, that you can easily get it, but I've not managed at all. Nothing in wave alchemy is as 'small' and yet pwoerful as I'm hearing in nsome pro tracks.
Here's one such kick - A/B this kick against your own productions;
thats a nice kick. Maybe my ears are f%$ked but it doesnt sound too small to me! Im listening on headphones and to me it sounds as if theres a fair bit of sub happening, and the kick sounds quite sustained, doesnt sound very short. Again, nice kick. Think I need to research how to make kicks from scratch, never tried, wanna give it a go.
