Understanding Kicks

Gabriel Garcia

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Hey everyone, im still in my constant struggle to under stand kicks. I mostly produce big room house as well as some electro and progressive at times.

For a big room house track, what method is used for the kicks. Is it a regular kick with a sub bass behind it, tuned to the key of a song? Ive also been trying to understand how intros work. I feel like it starts with just the kick and then that sub kick is introduced.

Can a bassline be added to a kick that already has a fat sub base going on?

Sorry so many questions. Thanks!
 
1.Kick drum sample
2.Test oscillator
3.Change Test oscillator frequency to tune to key
4.Noise gate on test oscillator sidechained to kick
5.Mess with noise gate threshhold. Attack 3ms-6ms. Adjust the hold and release.


Experiment. Practice. Perfect it.
 
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