Kick and Bass (design)

[Sun-Sonar]

Hi !

It still a mystery : how people add that punchiness to their kick and bass
Kick layering ? Crazy eq on a bass ? Bass layering ? Sidechain ? Add delay to the bass for leaving some room for the kick ? Compression tricks ?

If anyone add any tips and found good results by experimenting it would be nice
Here is an audio ref : first is the original second my try of recreation
http://sndup.net/fnxv

[CHOOS]

Video shows how to get something close
https://rumble.com/v13jj0k-another-how-to-kick.html

[Sun-Sonar]

Thanks Choos your tutorial is really helpfull !
I'm gonna start creating kicks from scratch and save some high end transients files that can be layer quickly.

[CHOOS]

Yeah it really is the simplest/best way

[HOTF]

Hi !

It still a mystery : how people add that punchiness to their kick and bass
Kick layering ? Crazy eq on a bass ? Bass layering ? Sidechain ? Add delay to the bass for leaving some room for the kick ? Compression tricks ?

If anyone add any tips and found good results by experimenting it would be nice
Here is an audio ref : first is the original second my try of recreation
http://sndup.net/fnxv

There are many ways to acheive the same results. Synthesizing my kicks has worked out great for me. I use the DS KICK module from Abeton or Sonic Academy's Kick 2 plugin. Kick layering is also a great technique but if you are not careful you could have some phase cancelation making the kick weaker. Compressing your kick + bass with a slow attack fast release will accetuate the punch. you also have to make sure you eq masking frequency between bass and kick. I hope this helps if you have any other question feel free to ask i will try to answer them!

Here's a good video series on how to synthesize your own kicks :