so i learned a new trick for making drums THUMP...

[ashgallows]

if you are really lazy just call up an 808 sample instead of the generator

 

[HeadCrusher]

So what's that 808 anyway? I tend to hear that a lot but have to admit that I don't really know what it means..

 

[Exocaster]

So what's that 808 anyway? I tend to hear that a lot but have to admit that I don't really know what it means..

Roland TR808. It's an old analog drum machine. The 808's kick, snare and hats are standard issue electronic drum samples, along with its descendant, the TR909. If you've ever heard any hip-hop or club music at all, there's a good chance you've heard 808 and 909 samples respectively. The 808 kick is a rap mainstay, 'cause it can have huge low end really easily.

If you want to hear an 808 in a metal mix, the electronic drum bit in In Flames' Bullet Ride is done with 808 samples.

 

[HeadCrusher]

^Thanks a lot for the info!

 

[jesus69lol]

Drumagog has this built in. Its pretty sweet.

How do you do this?

 

[botus99]

 

[colonel kurtz]

that's funny, because i constantly look at that knob, thinking "WTF does this do?"

i guess that's what happens when i read the manual while i'm drinking

 

[viggen666]

nice trick !
do you use a high pass on the kick and then add the subsynth ? or just combine the original kick track with with the gates sine wave ?

i found that getting rid of the original low end makes it clearer sounding, and you still have the lows from the sine.

 

[Emdprodukt]

does apptrigga have this option, too?

 

[Matt Smith]

Yeah Mutt used that trick on the "Back in Black" snare, among others...

 

[Sloan]

I like to setup a big lowpassed reverb on the kick sometimes to give it a big loose sound.

 

[Metaltastic]

Lowpassed verb...on the kick?! Eek, seems like a recipe for mud-city, especially because I've always read that it's better to high-pass the verb on the snare...but the ears are always the final judge, of course

 

[Sloan]

Lowpassed verb...on the kick?! Eek, seems like a recipe for mud-city, especially because I've always read that it's better to high-pass the verb on the snare...but the ears are always the final judge, of course

It gives the kick a big round sound, but I don't think I would use it for double kick type things, mostly just sparse songs. I just did some Calexico-like type demo things with a big roomy drum sound and it worked really good for that.

The highpassing a snare works because snare hits should crack, not thump. The verby kick helps attain some of that BOOOOOOOM that you can usually only get in Nuendo.

 

[Metaltastic]

Hahahaha, so speaketh the Tad

 

[broken81]

Hahahaha, so speaketh the Tad

Oh snap... WARRIOR

 

[HeadCrusher]

The verby kick helps attain some of that BOOOOOOOM that you can usually only get in Nuendo.

Also you need to use Behringer converters to record the kick. If you don't do so - forget it in the first place!

 

[madmuso]

I used to play in an Industrial metal band years ago and we tried this for the 1st time at a gig, bad idea, turned out that the venue owners actualy liked their glasses to remain on the shelves and not in a million pieces on the floor! We over did it a bit! Was funny though I must admit. Worked a treat to add thump.