Hey guys, sup, I’m a new producer from Sweden, been in the studio for a year or so, and I’m really starting to get hang of things now, which is great :). But one thing I can’t figure out is how to get those monstreous kick drums, found in a lot of Axwell and SHM tracks. Take their hit single ‘One’ for example, the kick in there is gorgeous :D. How do I replicate that?
I’ve tried layering samples, like one sub kick and one on top, but it always ends up sounding messy, despite eq and compression etc. I’ve tried synthesis in microtonic, and gotten pretty close, but still not perfect, can’t seem to get all the harmonics going.
So, anyone with any creative ideas? Maybe you have a clean sample of one of their kick, or know what samples they use? I would really appreciate your help fellow musicians.
Cheers.
I think its really a case of searching and tryng different samples… A
So samplng off other tracks.
Im still searching for the perfect kick.
You could try drum spillage… Has a really nice kick synth that does the shm type sound well.
Also check out our kick *** kicks tutorial for tricks for layering.
Okay, thanks phil, will definietly be checking that out :). and FYI, I recently sat down and just started working on a kick drum, took me like 2 days (on and off the computer), and now I have one that I’m pretty damn proud of actually, lolz :P. Anyways, cheers!