Make Punchier Kick Drums - No Plugins Required

[Mitch]

Short, sharp and to the point. First time I’ve seen anyone do this. 

[Mitch]

@LabRat thought you might be interested in this. 

[LabRat]

On 05/07/2020 at 11:16 AM, Mitch said:

@LabRat thought you might be interested in this. 

That's a super handy tip, especially for the native kicks like the 909. I sometimes layer my kicks using a similar process. I might go into more depth with the way I do it but this is a small rundown;

Duplicate kick sample into new track > remove the tail in the duplicated kick to only reveal the transient > cut low frequencies > compress for sharp punch. Uses native plugins and you get some boosted transients

[Mitch]

1 hour ago, LabRat said:

That's a super handy tip, especially for the native kicks like the 909. I sometimes layer my kicks using a similar process. I might go into more depth with the way I do it but this is a small rundown;

Duplicate kick sample into new track > remove the tail in the duplicated kick to only reveal the transient > cut low frequencies > compress for sharp punch. Uses native plugins and you get some boosted transients

Nice, will add this to the knowledge base