EQing kicks?

[Ministrydoc]

anyone tell me how to make a nice pahtt sounding hipohp kick, i mean i've got so many samples and been foolin around with compressers n all that but it don't cut it

holla

 

[homershines]

For some reading on the subject check at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20030216160020/http://www.studiocovers.com/

Peace.

 

[James McFadyen]

May I suggest Steinberg's Groove Agent - superb VST-i Drum Module!

 

[Ministrydoc]

Thanks, i'll try reading up about eq'ing.

thanks

could you tell me what you think of Roll wit me, did I eq it right?

 

[Soladee]

try eq'in an 808, add a lot of pitch bend and reverb.

then cut out the attack, so u just hear a bassy thud without anykick.

then take a real kick and layer it.

ur gonna wanna try and tune the drums.

try checking this out

https://www.futureproducers.com/forums/showthread/threadid/78180

 

[AlurOne!]

yeah, definitely try to tune your drums as best as possible. also, try layering some kicks - one with a low boom and one with more attack. . .

try to picture the way you want the bass drum to sound, and layer the samples that contain the qualities you're looking for. you may have to eq each layer so that the low requencies don't clash. . .

 

[Timothy Allan]

also, watch out when eq'ing it solo, it may sound tooootally different once its actually in the mix and you might have to re-do it!


-tim

 

[jesuschrist]

take out a bit of mid between 400-900hz after compression,it makes it sound sweeter. around 120hz removes boxyness. try adding bass peaks before compression too . also sub/bass needs to fit with the kick so eq em toghther,and compress em toghther so the bass rolls of the kick or something. touches of reverb can fatten up a kick too. waves Rbass is cool too.

 

[Jay Towns]

depending on the kick i'm working with i usually cut out 350Hz with a wide bandwith, boost either 2.5k or try 8k, and i boost the low end around 60Hz-100Hz. Then i compress the kick 4:1, slow attack, medium release. I then create an 2 aux buses for the whole drum track. One aux bus will be limited and the other will have no compression on it. I work the faders on the kick first and the other elements of the drums. Get those how I want them, then i work on the aux buses. Normally the limited drums are hardly in the mix.

 

[Soul Caliber]

Also look at the decay of the drum sound. try to shorten the decay, cut the highs from 2khz up, and boosting at about 95 hz. This gives you that solid Kick without the speaker excursion.