Audiotent Tip #425 // Kick Saturation If your kick feels too soft and lacking drive, try processing it with saturation or distortion. Added harmonics will push the sound forward, making it more def...
Layering and Processing a Techno Kick
Audiotent Tip #417 // Layering and Processing a Techno Kick We will be using two layers to create our techno kick. Let’s start by choosing the ‘layer one’ and program a simple 4/4 pattern: Th...
4 Techniques for choosing the right kick
Audiotent Tip 408. 4 Techniques for choosing the right kick.Tight, solid, punchy, round, these are the words we use when describing a great sounding kick. The question is, how do we get there? What...
Audiotent Tip 387. Percussive Kick.Try this if you want to re-enforce the groove and percussiveness of your low/low-mids of your track.First, duplicate your kick channel, next bandpass the duplicat...
Audiotent Tip 382. Kick & Envelope Shapers.Eq or compression seems to be the first choice of processing when it comes to fine-tuning the kick.However, don't underestimate the envelope shapers (...
Joe Garston Production Tip Multiband Compression
Joe Garston Production Tip 003 - Multiband Compression, A question i'm asked a lot is how do i master my tracks? Or how do i get my kicks to sound so punchy in the mix.Multiband Compression is a gr...
Adding more attack and punch to your kick drum
#AudiotentTip 252. Kick & Percussion.If you have a soft kick sample and need an extra click to make it cut through the mix, layer it with some short percussion. This will add an extra transien...
#AudiotentTip 223. Bitcrushing Your Kick.When designing your kick drum, if you find it's still getting lost inside a busy mix try adding a bit crusher in parallel.First, send the kick to a send/aux...
Adding punch to your kick with an expander
#AudiotentTip 185. Kick Expander.If your kick sounds too boomy and lacks punch, try using a dynamic expander. It will enhance the transient/punch of your kick and allow it to cut through in a crowd...
How to create the perfect Kick Transient
#AudiotentTip 89. Kick Transient.Technique A) If you find your kick lacks bite and doesn't cut through the mix, split it right after the transient. Duplicate the transient onto another channel and ...