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How low is too low for a kick drum?
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| Beatflux |
| I have this kick drum that peaks at 37 Hz in the Spectrum analyzer, is that too low? |
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| DJ RANN |
| Quite true, but that is in true sub territory. Unless you've got a wide frequency kick sound, on a lot of speakers (such as ipod headphones or PC speakers) your listener is going to think your track is ambient. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| my favourite fx at the theatres are those low rumbles. those are fantastic. |
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| Beatflux |
| Thanks guys. I've looked at a few pros tracks in the analyzer they all peaked around 50 Hz +/- 10 Hz. I thought maybe there was some kind of technical limitation. |
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| Zombie0729 |
| Most are between 48-65hz, I wrote a long winded response to keying kick drums a few mos back, see if you can find it, should give you an idea of an appropriate range for club music. |
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| Beatflux |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
Most are between 48-65hz, I wrote a long winded response to keying kick drums a few mos back, see if you can find it, should give you an idea of an appropriate range for club music. |
I am struggling to find it. Helpo! |
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| Zombie0729 |
| are you in ableton by any chance? |
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| Beatflux |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
are you in ableton by any chance? |
8.21 |
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| Zombie0729 |
pardon my mspaint skills :)
so just real quick all i do is hold my mouse at the resonant peak up top and look at the bottom to see the frequency + key :) That's how i do it and seems to work for me. As you adjust the pitch in your kick you can also make sure it's adjusting correctly by using this method
oh also i use this chart:
http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html |
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| Beatflux |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
pardon my mspaint skills :)
so just real quick all i do is hold my mouse at the resonant peak up top and look at the bottom to see the frequency + key :) That's how i do it and seems to work for me. As you adjust the pitch in your kick you can also make sure it's adjusting correctly by using this method
oh also i use this chart:
http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html |
That is what I do now. Spectrum sure is handy. |
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| Atlantis-AR |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beatflux
I have this kick drum that peaks at 37 Hz in the Spectrum analyzer, is that too low? |
The problem here is that most consumer speakers are unable to reproduce frequencies that low, so your kick might become almost inaudible... |
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| Richard v W |
| I wouldn't go much lower than 50Hz, because there are many sound systems that can't go that low, even in clubs. Also you don't want your kick to be only sub, have some power around 80-100Hz so you'll hear a kick drum on sound systems without sub too. |
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