sub bass kickbomb sample

[scabbypads]

i've messed around with subtractor in reason trying to pull off a nice kick blast, bomb, whatever you wanna call it, but i can't quite get it right. im lookin to do something like this: http://mysite.verizon.net/etiolate/tooscaredtolive.mp3 any advice?

 

[Splat88]

Use an audio editor to make a sine wave at around 40 or 50 hz. Make the sample about 1 second long, then fade it out at whatever length you want. Then save it and trigger it with Drumagog or something similar. Works like a charm.

 

[scabbypads]

that's basically what i did, but it doesnt sound as punchy, and have that sonic sound like the one in that clip

 

[Frank'nfurter]

Take a deep stand tom hit, downtune and compress it. That's the deal.

 

[Y-Zero]

Good sub bass kick tutorial:

http://www.infected.co.il/futureCitySkin/pictures.php?parentCategory=Music Tutorials

 

[NathanSoulfracture]

are you guys on about the bass drops that some bands use before breakdowns, kinda like what thisband do in the song "entombment of a machine"

 

[scabbypads]

yup

 

[NathanSoulfracture]

i always thought maybe a floor tom being compressed with a really low threshold, never tried it though.

 

[dasbuchi]

I heard from an friend of mine, he recorded such lowbass things hitting an empty plastic coke bottle with the fist.
allegedly through the small hole in the bottle there was a lot of punch....
but never heard it by myself, so don´t know how if it worked well

 

[Amadeus79]

Use an audio editor to make a sine wave at around 40 or 50 hz. Make the sample about 1 second long, then fade it out at whatever length you want. Then save it and trigger it with Drumagog or something similar. Works like a charm.

+1

 

[SPLASTiK]

I always just setup a sound generator in ProTools then used the key input on a compressor to trigger it on and off though I don't use it often and would imagine the drumagog approach would probably work better for fast double kicking parts.

 

[carl@laruso.com]

...808 kick drum... maximum decay, set the tunining how low you want it.... also for a cool effect you can tune it on the fly so it gets lower....

sometime i find you have to fade the initial transient a bit because all you really want is the sub not the attack....

propellorheads rebirth is a great source, i think it's free now too.

Hope that helps,

C.

 

[unsilpauly]

i second an 808 long kick. eq and fade to taste. i know some people who like to make there own with sine waves, but in a breakdown with guitars, etc. the 808 will do fine.