BeatMakingBasics
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Have you ever been making a beat and your kick sounds weak!? Well I got you covered. I'ma give you a few quick tips on how to get rid of that problem.
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Eqing
By understanding how to properly eq your tracks you can easily get your beats to knock. First you must understand the basic concept of frequency range. Us humans hear between the range of 20 and 20k, the smaller the number the lower the frequency and the higher the number the higher the frequency. Anyway every sound known to man sits on the frequency range. For instance most kicks range anywhere between 100 and 500 on the frequency range (give or take).
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Well one tip is to use what is called subtractive eqing to balance out the sound. Instead of boosting the kick drum try lowering the frequencies in the bass where the kick drum hits the strongest. (But not by too much though)
Layering
You can also use another one of my favorite techniques to make your drums stand out, and that's layering. The concept of layering is a pretty easy one to understand and apply to your production immediately. But don't over do it. When you layer you basically wanna stack whatever instrument or sound that you want to stand out in the mix with different sounds but following the same sequence. Ex. Lasagna (It's tastes good because of the various layers of meat, cheese, noodle, and sauce. The Lasagna would taste wack if it was just sauce and noodle. Where's the cheese and meat right. So apply that to your production. For you kick drum, once you made a drum sequence you like, double the track and change the sound to get a different over all sound. Trust me don't sleep!
Don't limit yourself. Layering is a great tool for every aspect of the preproduction process.
- The Music Producer Guru
BeatMakingBasics (dot) com
View attachment 42985
Eqing
By understanding how to properly eq your tracks you can easily get your beats to knock. First you must understand the basic concept of frequency range. Us humans hear between the range of 20 and 20k, the smaller the number the lower the frequency and the higher the number the higher the frequency. Anyway every sound known to man sits on the frequency range. For instance most kicks range anywhere between 100 and 500 on the frequency range (give or take).
View attachment 42986
Well one tip is to use what is called subtractive eqing to balance out the sound. Instead of boosting the kick drum try lowering the frequencies in the bass where the kick drum hits the strongest. (But not by too much though)
Layering
You can also use another one of my favorite techniques to make your drums stand out, and that's layering. The concept of layering is a pretty easy one to understand and apply to your production immediately. But don't over do it. When you layer you basically wanna stack whatever instrument or sound that you want to stand out in the mix with different sounds but following the same sequence. Ex. Lasagna (It's tastes good because of the various layers of meat, cheese, noodle, and sauce. The Lasagna would taste wack if it was just sauce and noodle. Where's the cheese and meat right. So apply that to your production. For you kick drum, once you made a drum sequence you like, double the track and change the sound to get a different over all sound. Trust me don't sleep!
Don't limit yourself. Layering is a great tool for every aspect of the preproduction process.
- The Music Producer Guru
BeatMakingBasics (dot) com
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