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Kick Characteristic
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Sakoz
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Posted : Jan 6, 2005 15:36
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As we all know, a kick is sometimes beyond pitch-bending a sine wave. Let's take for example Psycraft's "Top Gun", "Nothing But Music", or, Astrix's "Monster remix", "Artcore". The kick in these tracks has more to it than a simple sine wave. It has a character, something that is a bit beyond simple synthesis. Kicks like that, BTW, are very popular, and you can hear that they are not a generated simple wave that has been bended.
Those kicks have some .. 'dirt' on them, you guys know what i mean. How can i have a character like this for my kicks? Should i look somewhere for some specific sample?
I suspect it's maybe a regular kick with an acoustic, regular, bass drum layered on it. What do you say? |
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Boobytrip
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Posted : Jan 6, 2005 17:12
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eliran17
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Posted : Jan 6, 2005 17:58
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Well , i'm thinking exactly like you and didnt find any new ways for kicks till now i trying hard to EQ and Comprese it correctly but didnt realy thought on layers and techniques...
 <One learns people through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect> |
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metacortex
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Posted : Feb 17, 2005 02:15
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can some one provide a tutorial on how to synthesize a 'Pro' sounding kick + what processing should be done...
one thats not as complex as the SOS link above....
there is definately more than just creating a sine wave kick in sound forge ....
the free samples available on the net are not that great ...
Iv been searching all over for a solution ...
even tried stealing kicks from other tracks (not a good option)
please help
P.S the new search function is terrible |
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Aldus B
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Posted : Feb 17, 2005 08:58
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One could way to power up your kick is to not only put a compressor on it, but also put an oscillating filter with the shift turned all the way down on it. |
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sy000321
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Posted : Feb 17, 2005 13:30
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On 2005-02-17 02:15, metacortex wrote:
can some one provide a tutorial on how to synthesize a 'Pro' sounding kick + what processing should be done...
one thats not as complex as the SOS link above....
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as always, there is no simple way to do it... (well it depends on what you consider simple)
as an option to sampled kicks and synthetising your own, try a vst like attack from waldorf and play with the presets until you get what you want
btw, in the attack manual there's a simpler way to make a tr909 kick, just the sine and a impulse (a pwded square wave) without the low filteres noize...
just download the pdf from one of the (now defunct) waldorf mirrors
roll a joint or STFU :) |
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Boobytrip
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Posted : Feb 17, 2005 13:37
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you can also synthesize several kicks and use the attack (click) of one, and the low sine of another by layering and tweaking them in a sampler. Export the result as an audio file and hey presto: a new kick is born, ready to rumble. |
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fregle
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Posted : Feb 17, 2005 20:14
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i would use sampled real drums, and process them with EQ and compression... They will automatically sound dirtier... And you can add just as much punch as a synthesized kick with the EQ-Comp combination. |
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bandarlog
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Posted : Feb 17, 2005 23:58
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I go with Fregle, eq (REQ6,Q8) and compression (C4 with bass) and i would add some adjustements in length according to your bass.
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Liquid Textures
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Posted : Feb 18, 2005 02:42
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If u are using logic, then try to use the ES1 reso-kick preset |
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