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that weird, processed, gated-sounding percussive element found in a lot of "techno" in the last couple of years, for example in a lot of Blawan's tracks

and like in the every first upbeat and the 4th in this tune



is it just a random perc processed elaborately? how to achieve it? just wanna know!

The stab?

Big up for sneaking good music into the production board.

Wasn't your last thread about gated fx as well

could be... i tend to spam the production board then forget about the topics i made

that's a big track

still not sure which element you're talking about

the reverse scrapey sound? I've gotten similar with processing reverse snares and hats.
And there was a free sample pack by mattias fridell that has some similar sounds in it

confusion might be coming from you saying it's on the first upbeat but i think you meant the first downbeat.

to answer your question, I don't think there's a specific name for that sound. why don't you create one?

in terms of making the sound, I would take a tom or some other percussive sample and apply a lot of reverb. resample that and then play around with it, reverse it, chop it up, etc.

Yeah, OP didn't do a very good job of clarifying what sound he's referring to.... At what point does it come in? Do you mean that sound on every upbeat that is happening from the very beginning of the track? I'm pretty sure that is just the kick sent to a reverb with a small room size on a send, doing a standard sidechain and then playing with the reverb's settings, especially attack/release, hi cut and then gating as you deem necessary.

Or do you mean that more upfront sound that comes in later at :14? I'm assuming you might mean that one because the initial sound is simply on each upbeat not, "and like in the every first upbeat and the 4th in this tune", not that I'm entirely sure what you're trying to say there... If you're referring to that sound I just made something really similar using a kick sample shortened down to not much more than the transient, filtered and then quietly layered under filtered white noise.

I know this guy likes to use alot of found sound/ recorded sounds like keys clanking, door shutting et al, can get some weird mad percs out of recording shit

wow cheers mandem! didnt think this would get so many answers. yeah i was struggling with the proper english term for the downbeat, cause it's so different in finnish! still pretty sure it's upbeat what i was reffering to tho! lol

OllieScott wrote:the reverse scrapey sound? I've gotten similar with processing reverse snares and hats.
And there was a free sample pack by mattias fridell that has some similar sounds in it

care to upload it somewhere? all the links i found were dead