I have a love/hate relationship with how right you are and how MANY "bad" traits I still do in production. Thank you so much for what you do! Much love, girl
Hey you know what I love the most about your videos ? It's that they're super useful to me even if I absolutely don't make the same kind of music as you ! :) You always manage to explain general concepts in a very clear way and I haven't seen many youtube channels doing it so well (Sorry if my english is bad btw...)
Just discovered this channel and I must say, your content is absolutely phenomenal. Then I went to check out your Spotify and was blown away. You are very generous with your skills, thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
Making music for 10+ years... kick and bass mastery is a form of art. The science won't get you far, but it certainly does help in some ways. Also your sample pack is essential for me lol.
I usually fall asleep with music production videos when I'm laid on my bed. But this was very educational and interesting at the same time. Thank you for taking the time to share this content with us!
Great tutorials! Keep up with these, they are very informative regardless of genre. Do you happen to have a suggestion on hard techno kicks that you would recommend? Most of sample packs I have downloaded come with very distorted, overprocessed kicks that can't really deliver.
It would be interesting to see this approach in a hybrid drum kit for folks who make live music with some electronic extras. I feel since the drummer likes to add some embellishments it is usually better to have shorter kicks.
Got to mention that Angerfist ist Hardcore not Hardstyle ;) but a well video where I learned why my older kicks sound so messed up and I never figured the issue, now I do, thank you very much Alice
great overview on different types of kicks and kick problems. that kick with the pitch drifts sounded awkward af. it would actually make a great challenge trying to come up with a musical context for it. something that unironically makes it the most favorable kick
Thanks so much on such specific and useful info. Although in my case, not being a native English speaker, found some trouble following the audio with the subtitles, as it seems they have a few errors (i.e. atonal kick / atunnel kick, tom sounds / thumb sounds). Just a suggestion. Best of luck with your channel!
thank you for sharing crucial recipes for cooking the most important part of electronic music, tips to make them various, you can't make an hour and a half with very similar kicks without boring the audience. yes, there were some drastic changes on this channel, contents became more usefull ! THanks again ! respects !
Great tutorial, as always. Quick question about a tonal kick. I understand the benefits when the kick is tuned to F and the bass also is playing F. But what happens when the bass note changes? Wouldn't that introduce dissonance in the low end with the kick hitting F all the time? Or maybe it doesn't matter because the sound is short lived? As an extension of that question, the whole concept of tuning a drum makes sense, but ... what do you tune it to? Thanks for helping clearing that up.
Dear wisdom queen. Quick question. I asked you previously about moving things off the grid to be less repetitive, but I think I'm a psychopath or a cyborg because that's the only way things feel right. Do you have any advice for how far to move things or is there some other way to do it with a plug-in or something? I'd love to see an example of a full track so i can see how you align and misalign things on the grid. 🖤 Thank you.
A good kick makes effective contact with the mandible. Oops, wrong channel. Another great tutorial Alice, is there no end to your talents? Love and light ❤
Kickdrums really are a science of their own! This is why there is _very limited_ information on how to actually _make_ a kick other than just using samples out there on the net.. Kickdrum production along with mastering chains are probably the best kept secret in the industry..
Bad kicks: 3:42 DC Offset: signal is not balanced, one side will clip when volume is turned up. 4:18 Stereo-tail: L/R are not the same, will phase each other out, must be mono to sound best. 5:10 Late peak: loudest part of kick isn't at the beginning, which will hurt your mix. 5:17 Extreme clipping: kick sample is already clipping before any effects. 5:37 Too low fundamental: if the frequency is below 30hz it can't be heard as well. 6:17 Messed up waveforms: pitch of kick is changing throughout sample, you want equal space between the waves.
I feel the song fatigue. Idk if its just me but I can actually work myself into a sort of daze, and the main sound gets stuck in my head but not in a fun way. I learned to only work for 3-4 hours at a time before breaking
this will do wonders for my rhythm section (drum/bass). after the kick is the vocals. thank you. Edification for Alice's "DC offset": ru-vid.comUgkxqdKhDbD2DY-1UApq_uLk748d-Z1TCGi8
I hope it's not really 3000 kHz.... That's a little higher than my hearing. 🤪 Just kidding. Thanks for another good video. Lots of kicks are good; it depends on how it fits with the track, as you show. ✅
people that don't remove the sample-start click from their kicks need to go straight to jail. not the transient, like 1-2 millisecond artifact at the start.
Not what she said! Issue with having low frequencies is that they're inaudible and end up overpowering your compressor, making it kick in way too early. Same goes for clippers.
@@drydessert4198 Ok you didn't get at all. She's giving advice for kicks in general. In clubs, it might malfunction due to speakers being unable to reproduce that stuff. For old people, it might also be inaudible.
@@radiofloyd2359 I learned a few things from the video. The specific aspect of old people not hearing deep frequencies is inconsequential, if it is even true (age related hearing loss happens in high frequencies).
Thanks for such a clear explanation. I think this is one of your best videos yet. I recently got a handle on how multi-band compression keeps my low end elements under control and working together, but this video helped me realize that I've probably been making kick drum selections that later get in my way.
