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Should You Tune Your Kick?

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In this video, Kirk Degiorgio takes on the age-old argument of whether you should tune your kicks to the key of your track.

Here we demonstrate why it can cause issues due to ‘phase cancellation’ and look at ways of solving this problem, and also why there are times when tuning percussion can really help.

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That makes sense; thank you for your knowledge.

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Thank you, for this, learnt some very good tips

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Tuning Kick to the “Tonic of the Key.” Nicely expressed I’d ignore this. Now I’m researching Tonic.

Really helpful

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Useful video, thanks! Something I’ve wondered about.

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Welcome aboard on the forums and thanks for your comment :sunglasses:

Important to consider phase cancellation whenever you tune percussion.

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