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house/trance kicks (pg. 2)
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| DJ Robby Rox |
Its about as self explanatory as the word "gunshot". You want a gunshot noise? Shoot a gun.
You want a kick drum noise? Kick a drum.
The most important thing I can tell you is if you want a loud/deep/trancy type kick like tiesto you must wear boots and not sneakers. Golf cleets sometimes tear the drum open so don't do that or you will have to buy a new drum like me... although cleets are usually good for hard trance. Hard trance usually requires thicker/harder drum membranes, hence "hard" trance. Like my cock.. but music. |
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| theterran |
Apparantly you can make neat fx using your ass too.
I bet this could be applied to the most epic bass kick. jump into the air and land on your ass. I bet it would come out soft and round, with lots of air moving through it, like any good kick.
BS aside,recording tech books illustrate how to record a proper kick sample using a treated studio and proper mic placement. Picking one of these up, if you plan on making your own, would be a good first step.
If you aren't doing that, then search the internet for samples. Google and youtube are you friends. |
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| dj_alfi |
Samples are for cheaters! Come on guys, stop trolling him.
All you need is a kick drum, a mic (pref condenser) and something to record it onto, but i guess you have that sorted out already. |
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| mathieu |
| You could try a nice little plugin called ''Adern kick me'', its free. |
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| Nick Cenik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mad for Brad
[J]ust use a sample. There are so many around[.] |
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| Atlantis-AR |
| quote: | Originally posted by mathieu
You could try a nice little plugin called ''Adern kick me'', its free. |
Does that come in a plug-in now? I always thought you needed a DSP card...
dissonance8, I got some great replies to a similar question here: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...1&forumid=48&s= |
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| mathieu |
It's not exactly the same, it's a recreation from a site called synth school but I think it sounds very good. It can make some pretty fat kicks. http://www.synthschool.com/downloads.html
It's called ''Adern Kick Me Too'' |
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| mathieu |
| nah its only for windows, sorry i forgot to specify that |
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| Imu |
i've used the "perfect kick" page on the master tutorial list here on TA, and it works pretty well. I use logic - messing around with attack, release, and EQ can usually make a kick big and warm. try adding a bass amplifier on it too, or for some hi/lo-pass filters to drown out the lower frequencies as you wish.
another tip i picked up off CM - a very basic one is having a three-layered kick. have a top kick that is thin and has it's mids up; have a thick body kick, and add a harsh closed hi-hat, very low in volume. all three give a very nice trance kick - wide, but sharp. these may be very noob tips, but then again - i am a noob. |
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| Pagan-za |
| quote: | Originally posted by Imu
another tip i picked up off CM - a very basic one is having a three-layered kick. have a top kick that is thin and has it's mids up; have a thick body kick, and add a harsh closed hi-hat, very low in volume. all three give a very nice trance kick - wide, but sharp. these may be very noob tips, but then again - i am a noob. |
Yeah, that worked well for me in the beginning as well. But then I found myself worrying too much about layering instead of just finding the right kick in the first place.
These days I hardly ever layer different kicks over each other. If I need more thump I just clone the kick and use a LP filter to only bring out the lows, or the opposite for a bit of click.
Also dont forget that for every sample in a layer, the amplification increases. Two samples = twice the amplitude, thats why it sounds louder. |
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