Production Notes

- Kick:
Needs to be in the key of the song.
Sample or Plug-in
Ex.
Sonic Academys Kick (Synth)
Echo Sound Works
Freaky Audio
Vengeance Sound
Vandalism
Elements:
Attack
Body
Sub
Tuning Kicks:
Visualize and Find Pitch:
Pro-Q
Voxengo SPAN
VPS Scope
Transpose:
Sampler
Pitch Shifter
Layering:
Better to avoid
Crossfade between samples to get the best element out of each one
Mixing:
Kicks dont need to be in stereo
Kicks are getting less subby"
Linear phase EQ, this might hit the CPU hard, so it might be important to
freeze or
bounce in place.
Envelopers can be used to process the transients. Boost the kick attack if
its not cutting
through the mix, or to change the body/sub of the sound.
Compression: Pre-fader bus. Compressor in the aux track.
Recommended: Waves CLA-76
Peak volume of kicks should be around -1 in EDM