How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

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Re: How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

Post by dom » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:19 pm

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Re: How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

Post by micro-jr » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:37 pm

aqua_tek wrote: I'm not a fan of tooting my own horn, but one of my recent tracks is a good example of this.
http://soundcloud.com/nathan-vice/natha ... ce-8-20-09

Drums are 3 layers: one HYPERcompressed oldschool break, one big kick, and a layer of hi hats/cymbals to give it some sheen.
Mate, my ears are bleeding after listening to that track on headphones.
Reminds me of Money for nothing ???

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Re: How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

Post by Hell_Fire84 » Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:56 pm

Thats why I included my user name Hell_Fire just go to http://soundcloud.com/ and under search type Hell_Fire and play the track title PLAY TIME hope this helps.

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Re: How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

Post by tw1nstates » Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:14 pm

big kicks.

It's very simple.

Turn everything else down by 2db's
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Re: How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

Post by dom » Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:47 pm

Hell_Fire84 wrote:Thats why I included my user name Hell_Fire just go to http://soundcloud.com/ and under search type Hell_Fire and play the track title PLAY TIME hope this helps.
Just click http://soundcloud.com/Hell_Fire

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Re: How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

Post by TRS80 » Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:09 pm

aqua_tek wrote: I'm not a fan of tooting my own horn, but one of my recent tracks is a good example of this.
http://soundcloud.com/nathan-vice/natha ... ce-8-20-09
Excellent work, aqua.
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Re: How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

Post by kristian » Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:11 pm

You are amazingly talented Nathan!

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Re: How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

Post by Destro » Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:38 pm

Hell_Fire84 wrote:hey cool thanks for the quick reply and I checked your track. Good stuff!

Sorry to sound noob but how do you compress it like what setting did u use in the compressor for the attack, release and threshold could you give me an example?

Thanks again
Here's a quick and dirty guide to compression in Ableton Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQM6F4bH ... annel_page

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Re: How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

Post by Ill Frequencies » Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:07 am

bump...

I wanna hear some fresh 2011 input on this topic, or if there is a newer forum about this or similar could somebody please point me in the right direction :D

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Re: How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

Post by Ill Frequencies » Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:28 am

scutheotaku wrote:Sorry if someone mentioned this already, but - PARALLEL PROCESSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im unfamiliar with parallel processing...

Care to explain?

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Re: How to create phat electro house kick drums and bass

Post by KiD_KoMa » Thu May 17, 2012 12:47 pm

Came here wanting to learn how to phatten my drums.

Now all I want is a hamster

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