Getting my kick to stand out

[jbeard]

Been a long time since I posted because I got lazy making music.... finally got some motivation back and my track is sounding good. But I am using a sample track for my drums, and i can't get the kick to stand out... I am looking for ideas to make my kicks sound sweet but not have to cut every kick out of my sample track and put filters on it.

If that makes sense.....? haha.

I'm using logic.

Cheers

[LabRat]

Pop a compressor on it. Fiddle around with the settings until you find one that stands out. I bring up the low end on the eq and put a transient designer on there. They work well too

[GREMM1S]

Alot to do with your eqing i think.

I quite often combine two kicks a higher more tom/snare hybrid and bassier kick.

[russell]

  jbeard said:

Been a long time since I posted because I got lazy making music.... finally got some motivation back and my track is sounding good. But I am using a sample track for my drums, and i can't get the kick to stand out... I am looking for ideas to make my kicks sound sweet but not have to cut every kick out of my sample track and put filters on it.

If that makes sense.....? haha.

I'm using logic.

Cheers

Excuse me if I'm reading this wrongly.

You will not be able to get the kick to stand out properly from a loop. The best way to do anything with drum loops is to cut them up and give each part it's own channel so you can EQ, effect etc as required.

[LabRat]

  GREMM1S said:

I quite often combine two kicks

I seem to be the only one that doesn't do this lol

[GREMM1S]

  Spitfire said:

  GREMM1S said:

I quite often combine two kicks

I seem to be the only one that doesn't do this lol

It's pretty handy man, ive never liked bassy kicks, always prefer a nice clean mid type kick.

But obviously that wont always have enough of a pump to it so you add the lower kick.

[jbeard]

Excuse me if I'm reading this wrongly.

You will not be able to get the kick to stand out properly from a loop. The best way to do anything with drum loops is to cut them up and give each part it's own channel so you can EQ, effect etc as required.

[SweetIshDub]

if it was just drums (no bass) in the loop and you were ok with the mix of whats in the loop you could also add a parallel drum loop track, low pass it so that only the low end of the kick comes through and then sidechain that to everything but the drum loop and mute the parallel track. BOOM

would probably end up sounding pretty terrible overall though

[yizzle]

^ mad scientist. Great thinking

[street]

I honestly do like no processing on my kick. If you want your kick to stand out, you just have to find the right sample to begin with. If you find yourself EQing and compressing and limiting and processing the shit out your sample to make it sound good, it probably sucked in the first place. Sample selection is key.

Also, try layering a clicky hi-hat over the top of it, helps cut through the mix better.

[russell]

Could always synthesize your own kick.

[overit]

I would add a kick on it's track, synthesised or sampled from the original loop wouldn't matter as long it was high quality.

Then sidechain compress all the other tracks using the new distinct kick. If you compress the loop a little you'll help the new kick stand out. If you compress the loop a lot you'll get that pumping/breathing sound loved by dancefloors.

[legunner]

1. acquire deadmau5 extended mix of any song

2. loop kick drum

3. profit

[JonnyB]

1.load kick drum

2.boost at 120hz by 64db

3.???????

4. profit

[legunner]

  JonnyB said:

1.load kick drum

2.boost at 120hz by 64db

3.???????

4. profit

Hhaahahahaha

But seriously..

Create a track with a kick pattern that matches your loop. Mute it and sidechain all your sounds you want to it. So it will be acting as just the kick.

I suppose you could also just boost by 64db.

[GREMM1S]

M8 do you even compress?