netwarrior wrote:so as i understood i put compression (with ducking) and then saturator / or distortion and after this chain - EQ to eleminate high frequencies which distortion / saturator will give to bass?
and on kick i just put compression and eq?
and how to set compressor for kick ? and for bass? i mean leves of settings?
i'm sorry but this just sounds like someone being lazy. asking others how to eq your drums and which sample libraries to use is a few steps down from asking someone to make your song for you. there are general rules that are good to use as starting points, but i've never learned them because I've learned to use my EARS. you are not going to be able to make quality music until you know how to use your ears. plus, this stuff depends a lot on what kind of music you are making. carving out a clear space for your kick & bass is much different if your making dubstep than if you are making trance or making hip hop.netwarrior wrote:ok, clear, but again - there must be some basic rules for eqing and compressing.
i mean - may be kicks sould have specific frequencies, when checking with analyser , and so do bass...
so which frequencies are they?
what about 300 HZ on kick drum which is mud and should be cutted?
and what bout 2 - 5 Khz which should be rised for better "reading" of a kick drum?
and BTW which samples are best for breakbeat production? which libraries to buy?
I'm sorry but this sounds like so much hand waving (does that make a sound?) You suggest that those looking for concrete examples may be displaying laziness? Perhaps that is the case with some, but, in general, I disagree and here's why:memes_33 wrote:i'm sorry but this just sounds like someone being lazy. asking others how to eq your drums and which sample libraries to use is a few steps down from asking someone to make your song for you. there are general rules that are good to use as starting points, but i've never learned them because I've learned to use my EARS. you are not going to be able to make quality music until you know how to use your ears. plus, this stuff depends a lot on what kind of music you are making. carving out a clear space for your kick & bass is much different if your making dubstep than if you are making trance or making hip hop.netwarrior wrote:ok, clear, but again - there must be some basic rules for eqing and compressing.
i mean - may be kicks sould have specific frequencies, when checking with analyser , and so do bass...
so which frequencies are they?
what about 300 HZ on kick drum which is mud and should be cutted?
and what bout 2 - 5 Khz which should be rised for better "reading" of a kick drum?
and BTW which samples are best for breakbeat production? which libraries to buy?
too many young producers want to walk before they crawl. your ears are more important to learn how to use than any eq or compressor, and it can take years to develop your listening skills. i'm not trying to be harsh, it just seems like you are looking for easy answers instead of taking the time to develop your skills.
that being said, when i have trouble with bass frequencies and my ears aren't helping clear things up, i use a spectrum analyzer. look at your kick drums, look at your bass, and then look at them together. if there is a lot of energy on both tracks sharing the same frequency bands, it usually means you need to cut some. it always better to fix problems by cutting frequencies rather than boosting them, but boosting the bass in frequencies where it both sounds good and the kick is not getting in the way often yields good results.
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