Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HELP!!

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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by zerbaman » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:26 am

LucazMusik wrote:
zerbaman wrote:Want a fat kick?
Feed it bass.
Have no idea how to do that LOL ):
Assuming that you are joking. :lol:
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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by jrisreal » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:36 am

zerbaman wrote:
LucazMusik wrote:
zerbaman wrote:Want a fat kick?
Feed it bass.
Have no idea how to do that LOL ):
Assuming that you are joking. :lol:
dont think he's joking man I think he's pretty new to this. He's still getting the concept of EQ down.
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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by BevOh » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:37 am

Layer kicks. Transient shaper too. Fruity Waveshaper should do it.
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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by LucazMusik » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:38 am

jrisreal wrote:
zerbaman wrote:
LucazMusik wrote:
zerbaman wrote:Want a fat kick?
Feed it bass.
Have no idea how to do that LOL ):
Assuming that you are joking. :lol:
dont think he's joking man I think he's pretty new to this. He's still getting the concept of EQ down.
Im sorry i dont have as much knowledge as you , sir.

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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by jrisreal » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:40 am

LucazMusik wrote:
jrisreal wrote:
zerbaman wrote:
LucazMusik wrote:
zerbaman wrote:Want a fat kick?
Feed it bass.
Have no idea how to do that LOL ):
Assuming that you are joking. :lol:
dont think he's joking man I think he's pretty new to this. He's still getting the concept of EQ down.
Im sorry i dont have as much knowledge as you , sir.
just do what I said earlier. you should get a good kick out of that (no pun intended)
tweak knobs to get it to sound just right and let me know how the results are, alright?
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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by LucazMusik » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:43 am

just do what I said earlier. you should get a good kick out of that (no pun intended)
tweak knobs to get it to sound just right and let me know how the results are, alright?
Okay thanks , i deffo will let you know how it goes :D

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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by zerbaman » Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:40 am

LucazMusik wrote:
jrisreal wrote:
zerbaman wrote:
LucazMusik wrote:
zerbaman wrote:Want a fat kick?
Feed it bass.
Have no idea how to do that LOL ):
Assuming that you are joking. :lol:
dont think he's joking man I think he's pretty new to this. He's still getting the concept of EQ down.
Im sorry i dont have as much knowledge as you , sir.
Nah man, I didn't want to come across like that. I just didn't want to patronize you. I'm glad to help.

Here's probably the best one for drumwork I've ever seen. It's for drum&bass, but you can elaborate and develop your own tricks from there:




A few personal things. I boost around 85hz to 110hz and roll off down at 70hz. I use a parametric EQ to cut out mid-frequencies. Then compress, then re-EQ.
As a rule of thumb, I keep the kicks in mono. Same for anything under 200hz.
Just a few things I do. Hope this helped.


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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by zerbaman » Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:42 am

Took me from this:


To this:
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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by LucazMusik » Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:26 am

zerbaman wrote:Took me from this:


To this:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/aokawe after eqing the lows and highs & dropping the mids in a paraEQ this is what i got , i added a quick little bass melody in there too :P , what do you think needs working on

*EDIT* Sorry its this one lol http://www.sendspace.com/file/clmpkr

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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by LucazMusik » Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:29 am

sorry to ask, but how long have you been producing?
That tune is sick man! Loving the vibe!
and your production sounds foking clean!

Much better than mine atm
Great job though!
Ive been producing dubstep properly for about 2-3 months lmao..
But ive been listening to it for years and years and years
Ahh thanks man that means alot :D

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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by RandoRando » Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:03 am

btw lucaz, stick with it, for doing this for however you been doing it, your shit sounds good (listening to destruction) just read the moneyshot thread to learn more about mixing.

good shit though man :W:

but please dont make your artist name "lucaz dubstep" just make it "Lucaz" :4:
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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by LucazMusik » Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:08 am

RandoRando wrote:btw lucaz, stick with it, for doing this for however you been doing it, your shit sounds good (listening to destruction) just read the moneyshot thread to learn more about mixing.

good shit though man :W:

but please dont make your artist name "lucaz dubstep" just make it "Lucaz" :4:
Okay bro thankyou :)
& Its like nobody listens to my shit if i dont put dubstep somewhere in the name lmao :(
like on youtube.. maybe i should label it Lucaz - destruction (dubstep) or something? i dunno

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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by LucazMusik » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:35 am

LucazMusik wrote:
zerbaman wrote:Took me from this:


To this:
Awesome tracks btw

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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by Rubikx » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:40 am

SIDECHAIN SIDECHAIN SIDECHAIN! If you dont know what sidechaining is its basicly every time the kick hits the bass will dip in volume, (very fast). Becuase the kick drum and the bass are fighting for the same frequencies (100hz ish) the kick drum is never going to sound "fat" as the bass is covering it. Sidechaining will also help you alot at the mixing down stage, you can also sidechain your snare too. A tip alot of producers use is to side chain an hi hat (on mute) everytime the kicks hits, as the hihat is alot shorter than the kick meaning the punch of the kick will be let through. good luck pal! x

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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by flatfaced » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:00 pm

whoever said your kicks are weak maybe not know what this is...

the weak here is your bass in the bass...

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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by monte-m » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:29 pm

jrisreal wrote:
LucazMusik wrote:
jrisreal wrote:did you buy it or get the demo? it looks pretty good to me, but silence one every ten seconds is a no go. try flux bittersweet.

also the eq'ing. well what daw are you in? does it have a native eq? probably so use that one and boost the lows and highs and lower the mids
I got a demo , im using fl studio , where can i get flux bittersweet from?
just look on google. its free (but for some reason, won't show up in my library >:-(
try looking in C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Vstplugins\ that's where it installed mine, had to move the DLLs to make it work :W:

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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by v-lash » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:45 pm

This isn't really on-topic, but don't want to clutter the forum with yet another topic:

Regarding FL studio, are there any proper vsti's to use for creating your drum(line)s? Or do most just use the step sequencer in fl studio?

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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by brettheaslewood » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:55 pm

LucazMusik wrote:
zerbaman wrote:Want a fat kick?
Feed it bass.
Have no idea how to do that LOL ):
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Re: Having trouble getting my kick drum to sound "FAT" , HEL

Post by zerbaman » Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:17 pm

v-lash wrote:This isn't really on-topic, but don't want to clutter the forum with yet another topic:

Regarding FL studio, are there any proper vsti's to use for creating your drum(line)s? Or do most just use the step sequencer in fl studio?

:dunce:
I use FPC for drum programming. It enables me to "humanize" my hits without too much switching, and then link all of them to separate mixer tracks.
Drummax lets you make drum sounds if that's what you meant?

And I think Lucaz is the next Ajapai. That tune is fucking dope man!
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