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Making Phat Beats
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| hey cheggy |
I want to know how to make some really heavy kicks. I've tried so many times without success, so i thought i'd ask here. I want to make a good solid basskick, writing hard trance. When ever i distort it, it gets all distorted, even with the slightest bit of distortion. All i want is a decent hard beat that doesn't sound fuzzy. Any help would be nice. I have reason and Rebirth to use it with.
p.s. I don't need any comments on the stupidity of my "it gets distorted when i distort it" sentance. I'm aware of how it sounds, but I'm sure you get what i mean. |
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| Michael Russo |
| Are you talking about synthesizing one from scratch? A lot of people sample, but I'm trying to synthesize my own kicks... it's just that they come out mediocre, so I'm stuck layering sampled kicks. |
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| hey cheggy |
| So you think i should just sample one from another track and change it a little. Good idea, I use to do this, but that was before i had any decent software. Thanks, I try this next time. |
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| Michael Russo |
| I'd still like to synthesize them myself though... |
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| dj_inferno |
| I sample scot project kick drums if I want a really hard sounding drum and eq it... |
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| FuzzyGreen |
| The secret to a great kick drum is compression. Or you can always go sample one (that's what 70% of the pro's do). |
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| jåcë |
I use the graphical EQ in soundforge to play around with my kicks
I find that my kicks are usually too clicky and not bassy enough. I push up the lows, lower the mids and leave the highs alone. I find this solves my problem 80% of the time |
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| jåcë |
btw how do you sample a kick drum from another track?
most tracks dont start off just with a kick drum, there are always hats in there.. |
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| attacc |
I just get one of my drumstation :)
I usually only use 909 kicks (my drumstation) for trance.. they are good enough for me |
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| hey cheggy |
| quote: | Originally posted by D.Edge
one word...Predatohm. go find :p |
Explain please |
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| Treo |
There are some good tutorials/articles on this subject at www.trancesystem.com
The "fat bottom blues" article by Eufex for example.. |
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| hey cheggy |
| Thanks Treo, looks like a pretty good article. |
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