Secret Hack to the Perfect Kick
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
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Techno, house, trance, drum & bass - The kick drum can make or break a track, so it’s essential you know how to pick or create a kick that works perfectly in your song. In this video I show you how to pick the perfect kick for your particular track, walking you through each step of the process.
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In this tutorial, we cover…
00:00 - Overview
02:07 - The 3 parts of a kick drum
04:59 - Bass is Boss
05:20 - Picking the right kick
06:27 - program in the kick pattern
06:47 - Kick length matters
08:30 - Preview in mono
08:52 - Set initial kick level
09:26 - Don’t duck the bass…yet
10:31 - Hot-swap in-situ
11:52 - BONUS: Previewing kicks in Splice
14:02 - Tuning the kick
16:49 - Tweaking the length
18:42 - Kick Processing
20:10 - 10-Minute Teardown
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Will, can you upload a video involving how to download and install VST Plug-ins on Mac OS w/M1 chip?
Struggling to find how to install a few of them including CTHULU, Ableton is not successfully scanning.
Thanks!
great teachings
The perfect kick drum is a kick from people like so much they throw millions ask you to come here your kick drum
Change my mind
what i was wondering and didn't get an answer to in this video is whether the three parts of the kick have the same root note, maybe even the same note but in different octaves.
@@dawatcherz there are two types of kicks. Tonal which means you can actually hear a tone because of the body of the kick sustains one pitch. If the kick drum changes pitches then it is considered an atonal kick drum. Meaning there is not one note the kit covers several different notes as it either pictures up or pictures down
Those are pretty much a neutral kick it will fit with any mix at that point you have to worry more about the transient and the tail off but the tone would fit with almost any key
I've noticed I gravitate towards mentors who not only know how to teach but are passionate & creative at what they do. Your videos are just getting better and better!
Thank you so much for your kind words of support, Daniella, I really appreciate it! 😇🙌🏻
Having learned all of this in my time at Berklee Music campus, ive still veen watching your videos. Graduated 15 years ago, and your content is an awesome refresher. Cheers mate
Brilliantly explained video! Much appreciated. I’m going to try your technique on my track tonight.
Thanks for making these highly useful vids.
Another perfect video ! Thanks Will 👍
Thanks for this video... I have seen all these tips over the years and used them. But putting them into one video and presented in such a good way is ace mate. Invaluable info. Keep up the top notch work! 😀
You’re welcome, and Thank you!
Great video Will! Would love to see one on selecting the perfect bass like you mentioned
Indeed ! √ ✌
@@Jezz_Mcfly for sure
Thank you!!! Been waiting for such a video for a long time... Love you man!!! 🔥🔥🔥
No problem!! Hope it helped! :)
This is great info. I learned in the past that every single time I made a track that I was really proud of it was without exception every singe time when I REALLY took my time to make the whole drums and percussion perfectly matching the Bass. If you want it to sound right it's going to eat some time. Wish I found this channel a little sooner dough. That would have definetely made a difference to my listeners ears when I started. Great content! 👍
I love your sense of humor Will! That was a really helpful and well done video. Many thanks
You're welcome, glad it was helpful! 🙌🏻
Awesome, I’ve been building kicks off of your kick from operator vids, grouped them in an instant rack, and added a chain selector to quickly switch…love it…and this vid fills in some more theory points. Tx friends 😎🖤🙏🐓
You're welcome, glad you found it helpful! 🙂
Your vids are always spot on timing Will Thanks
You're welcome, glad it was helpful! 🙌🏻
Great tutorial, I'm happy to see, over the years, I realized almost all of these tricks by myself, making kicks as short as possible without losing it's power, tuning them only when it sounds better, etc... The only thing I wasn't doing is the mono switch only wih the kick and the bass to see if they are really glued. Thanks to your tutorials I'm gonna start to use mono references much more.
Awesome, Dani, I am glad you found it helpful! 🙌🏻
Really a great video and helpful explanations. Thanks a lot, Will!
You’re very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Hey Will, many thanks for all your great videos.
Yes, I will be greatly interested in a video explaining your way to select the right bass sound for a track.
Noted! I'll cover this soon :)
so much gold in this video.. didnt know about the splice bridge! Thanks
You're welcome, glad it was useful! Anything else in particular you’re struggling with and would like me to cover?
I needed this mate, thank you so much🙂
You're welcome, glad you found it useful! 👍🏻
Thank you teacher! You just save my day
your comedic timing has been on point lately mate, love you videos
😬
Thanks for the useful and informative video. Having bit of trouble with my kick and this gives me a few places to check over. Cheers!
You're welcome, Steve, glad it was helpful! 🙌🏻
You read my mind with this tutorial!! Thanks for kick drums will your a legend
Thank you, Jason! I am glad you found it helpful! :)
Thanks for this tutorial, I am interested in learning more about the bass as well 🙂
Will, thanks a million. I have wasted so many hours trying to "fix the low end" by EQing and compressing, etc etc. As you will know, it didn't help.. Thanks to this video things finally clicked for me. Your videos are fantastic. Thanks for keeping it to the point and simple!
You’re welcome, and I’m really glad it’s helped!!
This channel is without doubt the core of best information for production improvement
extremely helpful information. thanks for this vid!
You're welcome, glad it was helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
Super Good and informative! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
You're welcome, glad you found it helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
Very useful tutorial, thanks!
Great tips and great advice!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks as always for watching and supporting the channel! 🙂🙌🏻
This was great !!!Thanks for sharing 👏👏👏🔥
You're welcome, glad it was helpful
Thank you for these informations! Very helpful!
You're very welcome, glad you found them useful! 🙂
Such a great tutorial. Thank you so much for teaching me this for free
You're welcome, and I am glad you found this helpful 🙂
Always great!
Thank you, really appreciate the support! 🙌🏻
recently found your channel - i'm new to all this, know nothing about musical theory but I find your Videos help me the most using my Live Lite and Midi controller.
Thanks for providing quality content - keep it up :)
Welcome aboard! Thanks for watching and for the kind words of support :)
You can check my Music Theory for EDM Producers, it will cover all the basics you need in terms of the music theory and clear up concepts that are confusing.
Another amazing content! Really thank you :)
You're welcome, glad you found it helpful! 🙌🏻
Really, really nice Solutions! Absolutely. Thank you
Excellent tutorial, very clear, keep up the good work man :D:D
Thank you, and I am glad you found it helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
This was the best Kick tutorial I have ever watched. ❤
Thank you so much, stoked you found it helpful! 🙏🏻
I really appreciate your contents overall but this video imho tops every other. Thanks for these info, and thanks for providing them for free. Being the 5001st like is the least I can do, and of course I've already subscribed since long.
Thank you for your kind words of support, Dystonic, I am really glad you found it helpful!
Anything else in particular you’re struggling with and would like me to cover on the channel?
@@EDMTips thanks for asking. Personally I'm struggling with hihats and cymbals. Being the "pulse" part of the drum, they can add A LOT to the groove but I feel like I never get it right, sometimes due to the sounds, sometimes I get lost into the many possibilities of the sequence. But i gotta admit I still haven't checked your videos on the topic.
Really well explained. Thanks, I’m subscribing.
Well, looks like I've done my job then! 😉 Thanks for subscribing and I hope you continue to enjoy the content! 🙌🏻
Wow, excellent explaining - I'll try this on a track I'm trying to make today because I have had difficulty with finding a good kick and making it work with a melody sample I want to use. Thanks :-)
Thanks as always, Will! Please do make a video of how to craft the perfect bassline, if it is in your time budget. That would be an excellent follow-up to this amazing video 👍🏻
I am working on it this month, Isaiah 😉 It's coming soon...
is it out? :D
@@EDMTips
Great tutorial! I love this channel! You skipped over one important trick though: Using kicks that are a 5th or 4th away from the root note. This works really well for songs in the keys of A, B and C. If you have a song in A, I highly recommend trying out kicks tuned to E. Much more body and bass.
Love it! Great tip 👍🏻
@@EDMTips Yes, while tuning your kick is useful, having it to the fundamental of your track can be counterproductive and not give the best results, as the potential for phase problems actually increases. Just tune by ear to what sounds right/sits well. actual pitch is irrelevant.
This is what he should have done when he said "tuning the bass doesn't work" at 15:42. The kick should probably be as close to the original pitch as possible, so adjusting a 4th or a 5th away from the identified fundamental would most likely work here.
Thanks, great lesson.
You're welcome, glad you liked it! 🙌🏻
Great tips, thanks.
You're welcome, and glad you found it helpful 🙌🏻
Good stuff...thanks, Will!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and supporting the channel!🙂 🙌🏻
this video was incredible !
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed :)
Excellent video! 🤩
Thank you, glad you liked it! 🙂🙌🏻
awesome tutorial thank you!
You're welcome, Carlos, glad you found this helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
I swear this is the BEST online EDM University on the planet! And obviously, yes please on the “choosing the perfect bass” instrument lol 👍🏻
Thank you so much for the kind words, really appreciate it! 🙂🙏🏻
Thanks mang. Defo come with that bass selection video!
You're welcome! Will do! :)
@@EDMTips watching it right now! thanks
@@EDMTips Thanks boss this was great! bass line video out yet?
Great Tips ....thanks ..😍👍
You’re welcome!
Hell yeaah!! Amen brother! Perfect bass video please💥
Thank you, glad you liked it! 🙌🏻
This is outstanding.
Thank you, I am really glad you liked it! 🙌🏻
Masterclass thank you bro
You are welcome
Again a great video Will. Thank you.
Now, show us the bassline theory 😉
Coming soon! :) 😎
I love how your channel has developed mate. Great insights, great tips and great tunes.
Ps. More of a vodka in the morning man myself 😆
Thanks, John, I really appreciate the support and will be working hard on growing the channel in 2023 :)
Vodka just doesn't go well with cereals, whiskey is a much more sound choice 😎
Great video as all of yours are. Did you make the bass one?
Great video!!!
I suggest you use a multi-track osciloscope, too.
That's a cool way to adjust the kick length and the bass line...
Great tut as always, would defo like to see u do the tut for bass 🙌👍
It's coming very soon! 😎
Great video, thanks :)
You're welcome, glad you liked it! 🙌🏻
Yes, we want « how to select the perfect bass for your track » 🥰
Thanks for your lessons !!
I've already done it so check it out :)
@@EDMTips yeaaah I saw it ! Thanks :)
However I haven’t seen the UA-cam notification yet 😂.
I’m taking the opportunity, if you see this message. Would the subject "original mix, extended mix, edit…" be interesting?
I would love to know the little manufacturing secrets of this kind! I am a fan of the original version and of the mainstream radio versions, but I have difficulties to develop the appropriate structures.
Thanks 🫶
Another top notch tutorial with some great advise. Definitely do a perfect bass line please.
Thank you! I am glad you liked it!
What should I cover next?
I’m in the process of writing a sort of old school breakbeat track with a Sasha vibe and I’m struggling with the bass line.
love your videos
Thanks as always for watching and supporting! 🙌🏻
Even in rock music. This is so important. Thanks for the video
You're welcome, glad you liked it! 🙂
Man really there are so many things about kick that everybody says. Nice man your info is vital for me . Thanku 🙏.
You're welcome! Happy to help :)
@@EDMTips 😁
Woah, nice cover bro, like magic!
About the perfct kick, you need a sub and proper acoustic if you want to make it, if not buying it is better...
THANKS BRO!!
You're welcome, glad it was helpful! 🙂
Mr analogy.. great work
Thank you, I am glad you liked it! 🙌🏻
Yup. please make a video showing how to select the perfect bass for my track! I am sure that I will not be the only one to benefit from Will's expertise on this one.
It is on my to do list in 2023 :)
I really liked this tutorial a lot! Better than most by quite a bit!
Thank you so much, I really appreciate the kind words of support 🙌🏻
Yes would like a video on Bass Selection
You can check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/dsoDRB5jhMw/v-deo.html
Hope you enjoy!
LOVE IT!
Thank you, Max, appreciate it! 🙌🙏
Been working on my kick game today on my electribe 2 too 🥳
Nice! Hope you can implement some of the tips in your next track :)
1:52 Drinking whine is not the perfect way to start a day - it's whiskey. That made me laugh. I love that!
I was about to say the same thing
Please do not forget about the disclaimer 🥃😉
@@EDMTips which disclaimer? I'm drinking whiskey every morning from now on.
phase reversal helps well in gluing kick + bass
Great tip! 👍🏻
great video!
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Yes yes yes. This was a dope kick summary tutorial Will thank you. I like that you summarized almost everything about a kick. This was a great refresher 🫶🙌 I did spent the entire summer studying just the perfect kick and got obsessed with it cause had to go thru more than 100 kick tutorials probably. and I wish i had this tutorial in summer it would be less effort for me😁
I am glad you found it useful! 🙂
Thank you for watching and supporting the channel :)
Bass Is Boss - that would be a great video 👊
I’ve had splice for like 6 years and I didn’t know you could do that 🤯
Imagine all the possibilities now 😉
Great video as usual! I have a suggestion for a youtube video, how about a video about all the must have Ableton plugins? Like the ones that you always use and you think they're worth paying for. Plugins for new sounds, reverb, compressor, etc. Anyways, just a suggestion, Amen brother and merry Christmas!
I'm still using the first KICK plugin. It's amazing.
It is indeed! 🙌🏻
Thanks Will 😊
You're very welcome! Thanks as usual for watching and supporting the channel! 🙌🏻
Great video
bass in the place Will, do it mate, another great video brother
Thank you, Richie! The bass video is coming soon 😎
Thank you.
YT recommended your channel. New subscriber I've become as I am enjoying the channel very much.
Awesome! Welcome aboard, and thanks for the kind words :)
I love your channel and i hope one day i will achieve something with producing music :) i would love a video about how to choose the right bass
Coming soon!
Keep up at it, Uney, and don't give up!
Yes, want that bass Video
Coming soon! 😎
What about hi-hats toms and snares, do you apply the same tuning principle? Hats especially can sounds really off. Thanks!
Hi Will, great video again. Please teach us the perfect bass also.
Cheers, Martin! Already have it covered, check for the video on the channel :)
Brilliant 👍 please make the BASS next✨
Glad you found it helpful!
And yes, will do! 🙌🏻
Cheers Will.
You're very welcome! Thank you for watching and supporting the channel :)
yeah! lets have that "picking your bass" video!
Already delivered so I recommend watching it :)
thank you very much :)
You’re welcome, glad it was helpful🙂🙏🏻🙌🏻
cool stuff. how did u manage to record ur daw audio with screen capture? I haven't managed to get my apollo twin working together with screen recording apps. I've tried OBS (free version) and the OS X default app :(
awesome video will! Definitely gonna try the shaping technique on my next kick drum :) If you compress the kick are you using a quick attack or a slower one? Cheers!
Usually a slower one so you don’t kick the initial transient!
@@EDMTips sick thank you, that makes sense! Pun intended? hahah
Really enjoyed this! Qu.. What type of kick would you ‘suggest’ for a melodic house track? Cheers
Thanks! Best way is to either A) sample it from an existing track or b) download a melodic house sample pack. Usually, deep and short with a clicky high end
This is great
Thanks!
Thanks Will! As always - super helpful. One thing: your kicks in the download - are they already compressed/saturated/in some other way processed (not at the stage where i can tell yet...). Thanks!
🧐🙁
The thing with tuning kick drums is that some keep descending in pitch until they fade out, while other kick drums arrive at a resting frequency. I wouldn't even know how to tune the first kind, most likely by ear or identifying the frequency at the loudest moment.