shelving is fine, but having a spike somewhere in the
subsonic range can really give a kick the low end
thump that many hip hop and techno producers are
looking for.
I too would suggest some type of shelf, or rolling off
of the subsonic frequencies. especially depening on
the track, if you have a really deep bass, you would
certainly want to open up some space down there.
in particular I'm speaking to progressive house/breaks
on that 51hz. tip. more or less the advice that was
given to me by more than one very successful producer
was to take a narrow spiked eq and search for a freq.
that resonates well, or baically sounds fat. it
doesn't always sound good. I recently used waves
maxxbass on a kick to get some low end that just
wasn't in the kick to begin with.
I'm about to read the infected mushroom article. I
must say though, I've never thought of them as having
really thick kicks. I want kicks like Luke Chable's,
Infusion, PVD even (not so much recently). those club
kicks that absolutely shake the building and you can
hear them from a block away. it's hard to not have a
kick sound overdriven, blocky, or too high pitched, or
muffled and muddy when going for this type of thump.
it's a delicate blend of elements, and I personally
consider it the holy grail, being able to make a
plethura of different kicks that all kick ass.
wait, one tip I forgot to mention. I sampled a kick
off of a record I have, a really really big one. and
I noticed, after spectral analysis, that it appears to
go from high to low really fast. like a wave. so I'm
thinking it's a really subtle pitch bend really quick
over the sample. sounded like infected mushroom was
talking about doing the opposite? let me go read
that. I've typed to much anyway. sorry bout' that.
watching this election nonsense and the sopranos and
babbling.
peace,
wesley
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