Hey I can shift up some pretty decent kicks and can manage to carve a hole for them to punch through the problem is width. My kicks are mono and they sit in the centre but like I dunno when you listen to pro tracks the kicks always seem punchy, powerfull and very wide. Is it a case of volume? Eqing the high end? Stereo widener? When I mix down I usually let my kicks hit between -6 to -3 db is this too quite lol? Or is this a job for mastering? All help appreciated!
SEND it to a channel with a hpf on and loads of stereo wideners/chorus/reverb effects…? maybe?
[quote]jjdejong0 (21/08/2010)[hr]Any tips for a nice wide kick?[/quote]
Yep, take a good 4 to 5 step run up and swing your foot nice n hard on your final step, it also helps to be wearing steel toe capped boots for extra effect.
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[quote]jjdejong0 (21/08/2010)[hr]Hey I can shift up some pretty decent kicks and can manage to carve a hole for them to punch through the problem is width. My kicks are mono and they sit in the centre but like I dunno when you listen to pro tracks the kicks always seem punchy, powerfull and very wide. Is it a case of volume? Eqing the high end? Stereo widener? When I mix down I usually let my kicks hit between -6 to -3 db is this too quite lol? Or is this a job for mastering? All help appreciated![/quote]
For a punchier kick, compress the whole kick,
or compress part of the kick using a multiband compressor,
or compress the kicksample with the mids (if it’s in composed of 2 or more samples),
or just compress the entire track using a multiband compressor and compress the range of the track that makes the kick punch,
or compress the kick on a separate track and blend it in very subtly with the kick,
(or just tweak the kick and/or samples in Metrum or Kicklab).
Or you can try raising the volume on the mid/high parts of your kick (if they are multiple samples) or use EQing (or use compression as above) so that they cut through the mix.
On some of my fave dance tracks by other artists, the kick is really loud so I’d say anything goes as long as it sounds great in a club and isn’t annoying. Normally I try to keep my bass a little above the kick and the kick about 2-3 dbs above the rest of the mix for a dance track, and then (after mastering) compare it to reference tracks to ensure the levels are correct. Most of the time, what I do works out fine.
Also, some room reverb on a kick’s mid to high freqs will make a kick more prominent in a mix as well.
Kicks should be smack in the center in the mix.
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