Steve Sancteria
New member
So I finally figured out that it´s very important that the tune of the kick has to fit the tune of the track as well (Kick doesn´t have to fit the root key of the track but the general key to harmonize).
So instead of pitch correct the kicks and risk any disturbing fragments that ruin the sound of the kick, I´ve just decided to sort all my kicks by their tune and doing so, I use a spectrum analyzer to check the peak´s frequence to figure out the tune of the kick, BUT I became kind of insecure since my analyzer shows up some results that I didn´t expect and I wanted to ask you if the decisions I make to figure out the tune are the proper ones.
So here is a picture how my analyzer is showing up the peak of the spectrum (the cursor isn´t captured by paint as it seems, but is located at the peak position of the frequence line)
in this case, it´s a kick from a vengeance pack peaking at G# where I´ve been really sure it´s a flat G (G seems to be a magical thing in EDM like the magical BPM 128)
here another example:
here the average peak seems to be over A even if the small bigger chunk is close to G#
So yeah somehow I am not 100% sure if I should stick the 1st posted kick to G# and the 2nd to A because if I produce music and think the Kick is in A and in the end it´s actually G# but it´s peaking at A with -48Cent for any reason, this half tone difference is not as dramatic as a thew tone difference, but not fitting the actual key of the track and can be very frustrating if you figure it out after releasing the track.
So some advice from the sound gurus of the community would be very helpfull and make me feel better sorting all my kicks to improve my work flow
So instead of pitch correct the kicks and risk any disturbing fragments that ruin the sound of the kick, I´ve just decided to sort all my kicks by their tune and doing so, I use a spectrum analyzer to check the peak´s frequence to figure out the tune of the kick, BUT I became kind of insecure since my analyzer shows up some results that I didn´t expect and I wanted to ask you if the decisions I make to figure out the tune are the proper ones.
So here is a picture how my analyzer is showing up the peak of the spectrum (the cursor isn´t captured by paint as it seems, but is located at the peak position of the frequence line)
in this case, it´s a kick from a vengeance pack peaking at G# where I´ve been really sure it´s a flat G (G seems to be a magical thing in EDM like the magical BPM 128)
here another example:
here the average peak seems to be over A even if the small bigger chunk is close to G#
So yeah somehow I am not 100% sure if I should stick the 1st posted kick to G# and the 2nd to A because if I produce music and think the Kick is in A and in the end it´s actually G# but it´s peaking at A with -48Cent for any reason, this half tone difference is not as dramatic as a thew tone difference, but not fitting the actual key of the track and can be very frustrating if you figure it out after releasing the track.
So some advice from the sound gurus of the community would be very helpfull and make me feel better sorting all my kicks to improve my work flow