Question about kicks/drums

bip · Post by **bip** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:44 am

juanm2t wrote:
ferd wrote: btw, wouldn't it be handy if there were some sort of a sticky where people could ask how to make a certain sound? i mean it's not stealing samples or anything, just passing the wisdom of how certain sounds are made...would save me lot's of time and frustration
is much better when you learn by yourself how to do certain sounds

agree, don't try to make a kick
make your kick

timnimal · Post by **timnimal** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:40 pm

bip wrote:
juanm2t wrote:
ferd wrote: btw, wouldn't it be handy if there were some sort of a sticky where people could ask how to make a certain sound? i mean it's not stealing samples or anything, just passing the wisdom of how certain sounds are made...would save me lot's of time and frustration
is much better when you learn by yourself how to do certain sounds
agree, don't try to make a kick
make your kick

Totally agree, don't imitate 'famous' producers, build your own unique sound.

New Guy · Post by **New Guy** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:42 pm

boss bottled!

Dont imitate, Inovate!

oblioblioblio · Post by **oblioblioblio** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:12 pm

there's nowt wrong with imitation, as long as it's a step on the path to innovation and not the intended destination.

juanm2t · Post by **juanm2t** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:41 am

each time i create a new song i find new sounds...i never follow instructions to make sounds....i just move knobs and record what i think sounds nice...is like writting a story without any previous idea...just start making sounds and they will tell you how to proceed.

victorgonzales · Post by **victorgonzales** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:32 am

I use Nativew Instruments "BATTERY" Vst for my drums. It has a great little compressor on it that works wonders for kick drum samples.

Try using a compressor vst on your kick drum. Solo the kick out turn youe sub up a bit and just mess around with the compressor and youll find that one kick noise can be turned into damn near any kick noise.

You can also try using an eq and putting a spike on certain frequencies to give it that extra punch in the sweet spot.

ferd · Post by **ferd** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:06 am

victorgonzales wrote:I use Nativew Instruments "BATTERY" Vst for my drums. It has a great little compressor on it that works wonders for kick drum samples.

Try using a compressor vst on your kick drum. Solo the kick out turn youe sub up a bit and just mess around with the compressor and youll find that one kick noise can be turned into damn near any kick noise.

You can also try using an eq and putting a spike on certain frequencies to give it that extra punch in the sweet spot.

Will try that compressor thing.
Is Battery comparable to Reason's Redum?

s.k. · Post by **s.k.** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:27 am

stay away from compressing the kick, it will take you nowhere.