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Dimuthu_DeeJay · Post by **Dimuthu_DeeJay** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:05 am

Hi guys & gals,

Do you use any plugins for kicks in addition to compressors? Some guys told me that there are plugins to enhance kicks so it would give better weight. Whats your opinion about this?

bambooman · Post by **bambooman** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:17 am

well,

two of the 1.000.0000 ways to enhance kicks..
would be:

using camel-phat or the camel-free...

or izotope trash

etc...

funkynuts · Post by **funkynuts** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:17 am

most useful plugs for kicks are...

EQ
COMPRESSION
LIMITERS
DISTORTION
SUB HARMONIC ENHANCERS

Your friend was probably referring to sub harmonic enhancers which add weight by artificially adding a harmonic one octave below the fundamental frequency of the waveform you apply it to.
ie. if your kick has its strongest frequency at 120 hz the plugin will generate a harmonic one octave lower at 60 hz.

These plugs generally act psycho-acoustically and the effect is normally of more perceived low end rather than true floor shaking,intestine resonating ,leave you vomiting on the floor whilst filling your pants sub sonics.

No name · Post by **No name** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:20 am

Camel phat free, or the full camel phat. I've never EVER seen anything that could add punch to drums like that plug in. It is exceptional at this.

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:55 am

If you want to shape the attack of the kick drum:
Voxengo Transmodder or Dominion

bobby yarrow · Post by **bobby yarrow** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:34 pm

I'm going to join the chorus and say that camelphat instantly fixes the kick, like nothing else I've heard, hardware or software. Primarily I use it on a send, LP'd at somewhere between 80 and 110 hz, with no compression, just EQ tuned and a little dirt. Just a great piece of software, I think.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:24 pm

what about Predatohm, this is lethal on drums for serious punch, if thats youre thing, it is mine

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:32 pm

Also bitcrushers, sample rate reducers, reverb... well, anything goes really

rpmartino · Post by **rpmartino** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:13 pm

We have some kick drum specific presets in the new TrackPlug 5 for more conventional sorts of channel strip processing (EQ, compression, etc). And yes CamelPhat is quite good too.

Dimuthu_DeeJay · Post by **Dimuthu_DeeJay** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:51 am

Guys thanks for the quick help! I just downloaded the camel phat demo and going to check it. I think thats what he mentioned. Thanks again!

Dimuthu_DeeJay · Post by **Dimuthu_DeeJay** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:55 am

Forum is open for any new kick plugins!!!

james0tucson · Post by **james0tucson** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:04 am

Dimuthu_DeeJay wrote:Hi guys & gals,

Do you use any plugins for kicks in addition to compressors? Some guys told me that there are plugins to enhance kicks so it would give better weight. Whats your opinion about this?

Just for kicks, I sometimes use Sun Ra or Delay Lama

(I know that's not the kind of kicks you mean

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:44 am

You can also try to apply reverse reverb to the kick.
No enhancement, but good effect.

Aleksey Vaneev · Post by **Aleksey Vaneev** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:51 pm

Voxengo LF-Punch and LF-Max:
http://www.voxengo.com/lfpunch/
http://www.voxengo.com/lfmax/

Dunbar · Post by **Dunbar** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:12 pm

The only Pluggin you need is: PSP VINTAGE WARMER

It does everything, and a little more; it's the best effect i've ever used.