minmal/tech house makers, whats your settings?
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minmal/tech house makers, whats your settings?
Hi Troops,
Just wondering what your techniques are with your kicks?
whats your compression settings etx, do you layer kicks...
im trying to achieve really tight, deep bouncing minimal kicks without much luck
cheers
Just wondering what your techniques are with your kicks?
whats your compression settings etx, do you layer kicks...
im trying to achieve really tight, deep bouncing minimal kicks without much luck
cheers
I dont do min/tech house, but I do layer kicks and compress them a lot. I also think it is important to tune the kick drums aswell. My fav compressor technique for kicks is using the excellent and free camel crusher plugin bu adding some subtle (or not so subtle in some cases) distortion and compression.
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The best tip I learned about kicks was to find a kick you like and use it.
I spent ages trying to get a kick to sound different, maybe punchier, deeper or blah blah then I took advice which was to find a kick that already sounds like the one I am looking for.
There are millions out there.
Try Puremagnetik's free kickbank - it has loads in.
Or for techno you simply can't beat the classic 808, 909 kicks used as they are.
A bit of compression also won't go a miss and have a go at changing the sample starting point of the kick you're using. It's unbelievable how much the kick's character can change by doing this.
I spent ages trying to get a kick to sound different, maybe punchier, deeper or blah blah then I took advice which was to find a kick that already sounds like the one I am looking for.
There are millions out there.
Try Puremagnetik's free kickbank - it has loads in.
Or for techno you simply can't beat the classic 808, 909 kicks used as they are.
A bit of compression also won't go a miss and have a go at changing the sample starting point of the kick you're using. It's unbelievable how much the kick's character can change by doing this.
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why is everybody hunting for the "perfect" kick? listen to a good tune on your laptop speakers - it will rock anyway. i think it's not the kick / compression / whatever that makes your track a good one.
i think it's about how the samples fit together in a rythmic way. (of course you have to tweak the decays, when it comes to rythm)
i think it's about how the samples fit together in a rythmic way. (of course you have to tweak the decays, when it comes to rythm)
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