Kick and Bass guitar

I only want the kick to be bounced to audio.

sharpdion23


I hope I'm not dragging this thread too long and changing the original question too much.

My next question is what do you do to make the kick stand out and has this good attack sound because right now it is blending in the music and can barely make it out even at higher volumes. What I hear is good when the kick is soloed, but when I play the whole project, the kick just doesnt stand out and it sounds like someonetapping the mic and a cardboard sound or something, not really the sound of a kick. Maybe I did something wrong in the eq.

quantumeffect


It would be nice to see the time on the x axis for the drum hit. (I am just guessing here) ... The two peaks may be associated with different components of the bass drum hit. The high frequency peak may reside predominantly in the initial attack and the lower energy region may comprise the decay or tone of the hit.

1) Some other things you could try would be to have two copies of the bass drum track eq’ed very differently and possibly compressed very differently.

2) Maybe do something a bit unconventional with the panning and move the bass drum and bass off of each other (assuming that you have them panned both dead center.)  Maybe move the bass drum 5% to the left and the bass 5% to the right.

3) Try a multiband compressor.  If the lower energy peak (100 Hz) is associated with the tone and the higher energy peak (2K) is associated with the attack (just guess work) then you could try setting up the compressor so it operates on each peak separately.

A suggested starting point for a multiband compressor for the 100 Hz peak … a low threshold and a low ratio with a long attack or in other words, let the impact of the beater pass and the gently compress everything to bring out the tone.
 
And for the 2000 Hz peak … a high threshold with a high ratio and short attack or in other words, capture the impact of the beater and aggressively compress only the region at impact.

4) Try one type of compressor on the bass drum track and another type of compressor on the buss.  I have been having really good success with the Sonitus compressor on the track and the PSP Old Timer on the buss.  I think the PSP Old Timer emulates an optical compressor and is quite colorful in a good sort of way (I paid $99 for it as an introductory offer).  I have been getting my drums to sit really nicely in my mixes (basement recordings / classic rock … only live instruments).

rockinrobby


"3) Ducking makes no sense at all to me, as seems to destroy the bass attack.  Plus, I tried ducking/sidechaining and it was like trying to mix oil with vinegar. "




Yes, as I said "You need to use it sparingly" if you use it.

I haven't used it (much) but it is a tool in the belt. And under the right circumstances? I'm sure it's the right tool.