KVR Audio

Jakewell · Post by **Jakewell** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:25 pm

Daft Punk - Superheroes... Can you share any tips how to achieve that fat bass on the kick that starts at the beginning? I tried some distortion on 808,909 but without a result.... That kick is so unique, I've never heard anything similar... I think this is quite hard question, but I trust you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRt5z880CFY
0:07

paveloso · Post by **paveloso** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:28 pm

Sounds like a fairly bread-and-butter kick sample with gate reverb on it, which is what gives it the "fat" part, I think.

domkane · Post by **domkane** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:20 pm

Indeed, it's just a fairly basic kick, most likely a processed (heavily compressed with some sharp attacks) and then some reverb with a gate at the end of the chain to kill the reverb. Gated reverb snares were all the rage in the 80s

Jakewell · Post by **Jakewell** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:29 pm

Oh thank you guys

so it was fairly simple... I have gaps with using reverbs on elements holding bass... I know that stuff with gated reverb snares, they're pretty common for 80s and I made my own samples too... Anyway - I put some Renaissance Reverb on 909 kick and voila! I got pretty close

Thanks for help

Ogopogo · Post by **Ogopogo** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 2:02 am

Doesn't really sound like an 808 or 909 to me. Might want to experiment with some other kicks.

TIMT · Post by **TIMT** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:12 pm

909,Alesis 3630=most daft punk drums from homework to discovery.there´s a discodsp plugin that supposedly emulates it so you may wanna give that a whirl.i've never been after the sound so i can't offer any opinions on it

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:19 pm

Also note the way it pitches first down, then up again.. so it's probably a combination of several samples. It goes Booouuwwwuuuuuup!

Jakewell · Post by **Jakewell** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:25 pm

So I tried to remake the kick with advice give here, but I wasn't close enough... Then I discovered by myself that "the boomy" part of the kick is actually sampled kickdrum from same song as they sampled the whole song. I did some fast EQ, compression, then I layered it with lowpassed Linn LM2 kickdrum and just a little bit of 909... It sounds a bit "choked" but I got a step closer

Here is my remake - first beats are mine, rest is from Superheroes
http://www49.zippyshare.com/v/59664230/file.html

I have problem with sample compressing right I think

That Fat Daft Punk Kick