What Makes a GOOD Psytrance Kick Drum - Sampling / Synthesis & Fine-Tuning

[@CM-iz3xh]

I really have to point out that your KiBa tutorials are way better than many paid lectures I have seen. Often skilled people lack of the ability to properly teach their knowledge or people can teach well but lack skills. you combine both - being skilled and able to teach very well.

[@bourianboubbov9937]

Thank you, Dash! I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into your tutorials. The way you share your knowledge is always laidback and sophisticated. Love and respect!

[@analogrealms]

Man, your channel is awesome ❤️ I like how you've made video on every topic related to making Psy music

[@agreen9903]

Dash excellent content as always, free pearls of wisdom

[@waynesilverman3048]

Love your vids .ive got no sound on my computer .mouse ect .can u get serum on tablet form or u phone?

[@waynesilverman3048]

Its come a long way the perfect sound for the kick drum

[@7177YT]

I'm impressed by the meticulous preparation. (: Cheers!

[@MrSNORHOOFD]

Dude thank you so much for all this knowledge and sharing it in a practical way that is easy to follow and does not make me fall asleep or lose focus! You have no idea how grateful I am :D

[@bludge1083]

cheers mate, really appreciate you covering Kick 2 , awesome content as usual :)

[@DiMiS08]

Gr8 topic. I liked the video b4 even viewing it just by the title. Keep up the god work, oh great teacher:P

[@jojo1865]

This lesson is pure Gold ❤️

[@suffist]

Thanks for taking the time to teach us Dash. There's a nice T-shirt design at 26:40. *Glitch Kicks*

[@synthetized1239]

i waited this tutorial for a long time, thank you!

[@MichaelM85x]

I didn't know about the keynote button. Sweet!

[@XFAiDERse]

Holy shit, buddy! Thank you so much! 👏🙏💚 That was incredibly insightful! This tutorial, your Bassline tutorial and a pair of incoming Ollo S4X headphones is hopefully what will save my newest track! I've clearly been trying to do things that are a few steps beyond my abilities, with inadequate Sub-200Hz precision at that! Keep up the great work! Your videos are excellent and your sounds are right on point! 👏👏👏👏👏😺

[@jarkkojs]

to get away without having to sample bass you can also disable keytracking from the synth and then automate the same parameters to find sweet spots with the kick. some manual work but less than sampling at least. and something to prevent bleeding of course

[@jarkkojs]

i mean it is easier to maintain curves than samples

[@hypnoticatrance]

I really much love the Kick2. The fine tuning on it macke the teamwork between Bass and Kick so much better.

[@jaspervantilburgh6393]

Very nice tutorial as always! Thanks for sharing

[@averyrunner3423]

Learned a couple bitchin techniques with Kick 2... big help there. But by far the best cross reference you shared was the envelopes related to each genre. Brilliant stuff.

[@seriks82]

great video! loved what youre doing with the zenon section.

[@gavespoli702]

Wow! Nice tutorial. Could you make a tutorial explaining the Zenon Bass of this video?? Please. It’s sounding awesome and I have no idea how to create those lines. Thanks 🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@leaveyourcomfortzone]

great video again! always a lot of value in your videos. all the best

[@monono8156]

Brilliant idea using LFOtool as a surgical kick shaper. That's some advanced level sound design.

[@papadaya3540]

Great walktrough!

[@tazcerogers2947]

I don’t produce psytrance or even listen to it but I love your channel. Thanks bro

[@MichaelM85x]

Yea Psytrance is a very deep sound. Takes a long time to get good at producing it.

[@alexszlanina7548]

When you drag down the 400 hz.. then no matter how loud the music.. we can still talk !

[@vlexmusicarg]

This is amazing! Btw, Dash, Can you make a video explaining how to create a Mad Maxx style FM Stab?

[@sacredgeometry]

What kind?

[@UlqiorrraCifer]

Another awesome tutorial on a really interesting and elemental topic. Great job! Have you ever thought about creating a Discord channel where your followers can share tips and tricks and give feedback. There are already some really great communities out there, and I'm sure this could work here too ;). Keep up the good work! Greetings from Germany :)

[@ozd1803]

What infected mushroom sample pack is that kick from? The Singomakers one?

[@MrZasori]

C’est tellement intéressant 👍

[@martinmarquez6151]

Thanks!

[@johannel2851]

Just found out that you can snap the LFOTool nodes if you hold the 'alt' key.

[@kingprawn5211]

I get my kicks from watching your videos :D

[@kaori-3882]

Hi Dash, have you tried FX23 psylab synth? for me it's a dream come true for kick drums and as a general synthesizer.

[@TerenceKearns]

Great video

[@bniebean338]

Baptiste Sarrailh here former *patreon legend* just saying i love and laughed when i first heard you say "let me open an instance of serum" just say it all the time please i cant recall the video you said it in but i'd love to sample it and put in my track with a sound modulator

[@kickflip1799]

Go dash!

[@neilbarriga1503]

thanks nice tool saludos desde chile

[@alphanumeric1529]

At 26:10 the kick that you've made, maybe I'm misreading the spectrogram in your eq, but isn't the kick super subby, when your preamble to the video was all about removing the lower content of kicks to leave room for the bassline? Am I just being confused by visuals here, is that spectrogram that shows a very low and prominent sub actually representing the bass and not the kick? Thanks for the response if you can manage to respond to a 3 year old video, and if not, thanks generally for your channel and sharing knowledge in the way that you do. A+ mate, I'm compelled to state, against my better judgement.

[@DashGlitch]

the kick is legato and spends more time being heard and thus picks up longer on spectrums, the 2 don't co-exist that much it's more of a tonal choice which the spectrum is not great at showing I guess

[@lrdlo1793]

thanks a lot, used all of it, very usefull

[@paulbryden-bradley7846]

Hi Dash this is pretty cool thanks. I have a video idea if it appeals - I have been trying to make better psy kicks on the modular, just for fun - I know it's probably better done in Kick2 or whatever for Psy, but I produce for my own pleasure so getting something decent out of the hardware without too much post processing is fun just for its own sake. Learning a bit more about your thought process when you're making kicks on the modular without the same level of fine control as a VST gives you would be interesting.

[@fungophago4729]

The start point of the pitch envelope has a massive impact on the result. If you want a soft zenon kick set it to a low value 2349hz for a D or 4698hz for a full on kick. If the annoying freqs are not there from the beginning, you dont need to fiddle around with the amp envelope so much. Also have a look at what compressor attack does to the transients...

[@DashGlitch]

Why fiddle with a compressor when you can adjust the transient in the envelope :P

[@itshorizonfear]

make one about basslines too. this is very very helpfull

[@brampunkt]

He did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2WlYoGZmbN9oKc

[@floatingroman5532]

Pls tell me what this is and how u opend that envelope thing at 6min33sec. I use Cubase 6.5 Artist it maybe don‘t have it? It sounded so useful I need that. Also will get me the LFO tools this month sounds very helpful thank you.

[@DashGlitch]

I think what you're asking is just part of the Cubase Sampler

[@pedromnunes]

awesome

[@colinbrash]

Awesome content as usual, thanks! Do you ever synthesize your own hi hats? I’d love to see a tutorial for creating psytrance hi hats in Serum!

[@WorksopGimp]

Its easy

[@DashGlitch]

I’ve done some videos on it, white noise and then envelopes 👍

[@colinbrash]

Dash Glitch I’ll search for them, thanks. Didn’t see anything immediately when I tried searching before. I’ve tried with noise and filters/envelopes, just can’t seem to get what I’m looking for...

[@ozorg]

good stuff!

[@sergenity]

Thanks Dash! a back voc lead, what is it?

[@Y-key25]

Hey guys, if any one is using Logic as their DAW, is there any way I can preview waveforms of an audio file in real time, like Dash is doing here?

[@garszmusic]

Dash, in ableton i have this envelop ADSR drawing for the kicks to manipulate then?

[@DashGlitch]

Yes I think in the sampler

[@RodRyan-tc6cs]

I've only just been getting into trance, and I see that for my mind there are far too many niches and do's and don'ts, it's become a minefield.

[@DashGlitch]

Don't think of them as rules, rather guidelines. They're also there to be broken, that's what makes things unique, but it helps to know a solid starting point. Don't be discouraged!

[@weierhase1458]

what did you think is the bst analog drum maschine for producing psytrance?

[@appearingthroughdimensions8117]

It’s basically Habstrakt with long hair.

[@AndixOfficial]

Why do you cut all transients? They are important for high-end

[@DashGlitch]

only the ones that overlap with the kick

[@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic]

Uuuuuum where's the psycore kick example Dash? Are you discriminating against me?

[@DashGlitch]

😂

[@MichaelM85x]

Hahaha

[@psysword]

Darkpsy needs different kick tech. Hitech tooo

[@DashGlitch]

Like?

[@atomictraveller]

i remember watching the kick drum come out of the speaker in 1988, acid house, psychic t.v. i spent decades on audio dsp development to proliferate the means of expression. developed a fantastic aural discrimination, developing spectral processes and discerning spectral regions. you can see my name in the industry. my ears don't work so well nowadays, and i have, absolutely zero interest in monitoring recordings. developed methods of synthesis others don't touch, nothing better than birds. i figure there are probably other things to do in this life that can also develop critical discernment and attention abilities, without leaving you with decades of unproductive and wasted time. good luck with your channel, i don't think people are going to be able to tolerate fucking recordings as a "lifestyle" for too much longer.

[@funtik6662]

What do you tell the average joe you do in your spare time? Saying 'I make music' does not do justice to all the stuff you get involved with. just curious haha. Don't know how I would explain this shit if my uncle asked me

[@DashGlitch]

Hah good question 😂 I usually say “sound design” as making music implies I’m finishing tracks regularly