minmal/tech house makers, whats your settings?

the dark wizard · Post by **the dark wizard** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:11 am

Hi Troops,

Just wondering what your techniques are with your kicks?

whats your compression settings etx, do you layer kicks...

im trying to achieve really tight, deep bouncing minimal kicks without much luck

cheers

creature · Post by **creature** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:47 pm

I dont do min/tech house, but I do layer kicks and compress them a lot. I also think it is important to tune the kick drums aswell. My fav compressor technique for kicks is using the excellent and free camel crusher plugin bu adding some subtle (or not so subtle in some cases) distortion and compression.

the dark wizard · Post by **the dark wizard** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:48 pm

cool I will give that a try, i think i d/loaded that ages ago and never got into it!

eggnchips · Post by **eggnchips** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:57 pm

The best tip I learned about kicks was to find a kick you like and use it.
I spent ages trying to get a kick to sound different, maybe punchier, deeper or blah blah then I took advice which was to find a kick that already sounds like the one I am looking for.
There are millions out there.
Try Puremagnetik's free kickbank - it has loads in.
Or for techno you simply can't beat the classic 808, 909 kicks used as they are.
A bit of compression also won't go a miss and have a go at changing the sample starting point of the kick you're using. It's unbelievable how much the kick's character can change by doing this.

the dark wizard · Post by **the dark wizard** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:35 pm

hey, thanks, this looks really cool

funky shit · Post by **funky shit** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:03 pm

for tech house.. I have a punchy kick. Then recorded a sine wave from my nordlead and layered it under the first kick.

shits rockin.

Saxer · Post by **Saxer** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:54 am

try this

http://www.ismism.de/getbi_d.htm

JJarvis · Post by **JJarvis** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:00 pm

I just use whatever kick might be hanging around.

honsey · Post by **honsey** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:19 pm

why is everybody hunting for the "perfect" kick? listen to a good tune on your laptop speakers - it will rock anyway. i think it's not the kick / compression / whatever that makes your track a good one.

i think it's about how the samples fit together in a rythmic way. (of course you have to tweak the decays, when it comes to rythm)

Mr Mowgli · Post by **Mr Mowgli** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:04 am

Different Kicks work with different songs, there is no artists who just uses one kick....

snakedogman · Post by **snakedogman** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:46 am

nine oh nine

eight oh eight

(wish i had those

)

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:53 am

My synths go up to 11.

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:39 pm

mine to 12.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:19 pm

I usually set my 2 compressors to just over -7.5 and then turn the conflex dial to around 1.25 - that's when it starts pumping.

HTH
KTHXBAI

beatpoet · Post by **beatpoet** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:51 pm

I use this

Bit of automation really livens up a kick I find. I usually play with the pitch and harmonics till I find something interesting. It does depend on the track though.