How to make the beat very hard?

abbie · Post by **abbie** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:39 pm

Hello,

I'm trying to produce a electro house track, the track sounds nice, but it does not give me a dance feeling like other house music.

How do i get the beat go harder or better, because now it sounds very soft after the climax.

Listen: www.abbie.nl/cc/Abbie%20-%20Yeah%20Yeah.mp3

Please help!

eisnein · Post by **eisnein** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:02 pm

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Ruso · Post by **Ruso** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:34 pm

your synths are too loud... they eat up the beat. I can tell you that I would use compressors and saturators and tubes in different places however the best way for you to figure that out is by learning on your own. There's no best way to do this and it takes ages to learn how to do it properly.

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:19 pm

The synth noises about half way are probably about 6dBfs too loud, try compressing them and cutting out the frequencies boosted on the kick drum.

The kick drum is too short (123ms) and all the power is around 60-80Hz, Try pitching up the kick drum a tad and boosting around 95-110Hz with .75-1.0q about 3-6dB. Since the kick is short you may want to try a sample that is at the most 230ms for that BPM, or try stretching it to taste and use a low pass filter to muffle the artifacts. (unless it's what you're going for, I don't think you're going for a minimal track)

Stiff · Post by **Stiff** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:16 am

I would use compression on the drums, distort them (you could use a tubeor tape saturator, but I'd go for something more wicked myself, like Ohmicide, but try any distortion you like) as well as lower the synths. If you want a heavier kick sound, try layering it with another kick and EQ them differently.

Josh Von · Post by **Josh Von** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:30 am

Field sample a dumptruck ramming into a concrete wall

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mcconaghy · Post by **mcconaghy** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:31 pm

How to make the beat very hard? Rub it's... no, I'm not going there!

Make the beat more prominent, EQ the synth parts to leave room for the beat, and bring their faders down a bit. Then experiment with some distortion, guitar amp simulation, tape saturation effects, whatever you have. Subtlety and conservative use is key here, start using your plug-ins at the lowest levels, if you're starting from scratch, or find a preset you like and start tweaking it slowly.