Getting Your Kick Drum To Sound Good...

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[@banterbeards8967]

Kick drum essentials: -Good sample -Mono -Good eq -Compression (parallel) -Minimal fx -Good transient shape 🔥

[@___ziaddd]

I totally agree that it is really more about sample selection rather than spending hours and hours mixing a kick and trying to get it to fit in the mix.

[@PrOduKcejSzyn]

this is probably the key to make the song sound good

[@ikonhero]

One thing you can also do when you work with kick samples is to load a number of them into a drum machine and then simply move the midi notes up or down across the notes that represent the different samples to try out different kicks. I personally use a kick drum synth most of the time where you can completely shape the sound.

[@13ounce30]

I sign up with three different accounts to give his videos as many 'Likes' as possible because they deserve them.

[@nipambarman3221]

Yup the way he describes is great. Such a great talent n tutorials 🔥

[@manuelmusic4442]

*Off topic: You should really do a full Serum tutorial. the way you explain things is amazing and I think it would help a lot of people out here :)

[@Castrouk_]

Yo! Thanks for the insight man! A great method that I haven’t seen anyone else use for kick selection is to load a whole pack of kicks in to an EXS24 sampler. Uncheck the pitch option in the sampler menu. Then I can just move a midi note down the piano roll to listen to how each kick sounds in the track.

[@OUTSHADES]

Just the tutorial i was looking for. At first i thought most of the samples that i have especially the kick ones, need nothing to be changed and are perfect but i was always struggling with the low end because of that. This tutorial taught me what was necessary very easily. Thanks Big Z for taking the time to make these awesome tutorials to help out new producers like me.

[@avationmusic]

Loved the way you chose the kick, never thought of doing it! Thanks a lot mate great video

[@arjayvebeats3817]

This was awesome man, really learned a lot from this one! Thanks for the great videos, I watch as many as I can. Also, I'm digging the tunes on your spotify!

[@S3DA_Music]

very clean and high quality tutorials!

[@Hifcrea]

This account really is great. Such a great list of vids to get good info that you can also use to effect different genres

[@daneoduran2674]

This is probably the most important lesson for me right now. And nobody is really talking about this on KZbin. I've been looking for a video on "how" to choose drum samples. "How" are we supposed to know which is working and which isn't? How do we develop the ears ... other than Soundgym but that doesn't deal with this subject. Thanks Big Z this and your Kick Masterclass lesson are a definite step in the right direction.

[@Kh4rma]

Such a great video. Thanks. Just came across your channel yesterday. Instantly my go to tutorial channel. Much love.

[@RobertBardwell]

Also smart to consider a side chain compressor on the bass to help the kick kick

[@danwolfmusic]

Thanks Z. Good stuff

[@taruhmei]

Your lessons are dope!

[@gregtechno506]

I'd still split the kick into low end hi end even if its the same sample, it gives you the possibility to put effects on the high end while keeping the low end clean. Anyway, just found your channel and i'm digging your videos, can't wait for the weekend when i will have some time to go through them. I've already watched the Fat drum and pro reverb ones and they are just great. Big thumbs up.

[@systemaxx4800]

Love this style

[@McLeitonis]

Very cool! I have a very similar process, I tend to put all the kicks I like into Ultrabeat and then I shape the tail of the kick drum there, and then EQing to get rid of frequencies i dont like, and sometimes compression or some additional saturation if needed^^

[@Yourmotwashum]

Love this guy too!

[@anderssono4893]

Your the best man, Keep 'em tutorials coming our way. Mostly remakes are so good man

[@BigZMusic]

Thanks 🙏 🙏🙏

[@martinfernandez4467]

Amazing! Thanks

[@chuuska1972]

thanks

[@jamiebrown6194]

Finally a decent kick tutorial! Thanks Big Z. Maybe a run through of your master chain next ?

[@johnsignoretti4002]

Great tutorial!! Any possibility of doing a breakdown of the track while focusing on layering synths, kicks and the overall processing?? Thank you very much

[@pedroqofficial879]

MAN ON YOU ARE THE POINT! KEEP IT UP

[@achourstar1]

Finally, i was waiting for this one :)

[@TheApprentice007]

Big Z you're my hero

[@rewantsingh5864]

You are God of music knowledge Truly speaking 👌👌🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️👌👌

[@xInvinsiible]

Would love to see a tutorial of Alok- Fuego!

[@harshverma5838]

Very good bro!

[@turkishpostman525]

Big boss Z make a video about the balance between kick and Bass please

[@gomesdiogo]

checkout Lu Diaz on waves channel, some gold there

[@Musicbypinge]

Big King Z!

[@danyeasy]

U are the Best Bro!!!👍😁😁👌👌

[@doolsonthebeat2149]

your a beast!!!!!!!!! thank you

[@pedrosousa2656]

THANKSSSSSS

[@leandrofigueira4015]

Can you make a vod talking about chords and supersaws in the dropp? Awesome vidd buddyy 🙌🏻

[@danielturano9959]

Legend

[@ytmusic4713]

nice tutorial for drum

[@clancybenedict6647]

Big Z has some of the best tutorials I've seen on KZbin. It's so clear that he knows so much more about this stuff than the other people making tutorials. Thank you sm

[@footballtherapy9840]

Love you bro ...

[@disturbz808]

great

[@djspchless]

Awesome vid Z, what are your thoughts on kick tuning to the song key?

[@PANDApoopish]

Cool.

[@anthonyevangelosdabos]

Any suggestion of kick, claps, snares etc samples? Vengeance???

[@Musicbypinge]

Hey man you really should make a remix competition of one of your songs! would be SOOO much fuuun!

[@persona83]

I can't say I miss the times when layering kicks was all the rave.

[@crazysapertonight]

Do you have this track deconstruction? Really nice synth sounds

[@vanderloo1978]

Hi Big Z, I watched this video. No matter what I do I can’t get any kick to sound right. Can you please consider doing a part two to this video about kick where you troubleshoot. I watched this video, but I don’t understand how to troubleshoot a bad kick. I know you said picking the right kick from the beginning is critical. I went through battery 4 and they most of them sounded bad even after I eq them and shaped them with volume shaper. Also, I was wondering typically do you look for a tonal or atonal kick? In closing, thank you for posting your videos I have learned so much from you.

[@taruhmei]

Only you share pro techniques among all producers.

[@xanderlorea]

What kick samples do you use?

[@VansiyOmsk]

Spasibo

[@martinthe3rd664]

Yo man, what key command do you use at 1:51 to elongate the audio files to take up exactly one beat? I find using the looping feature difficult because 1) I never found a way to do that and 2) not all samples have the correct starting point. But mostly the length thing.

[@Alaniasty]

wHEN is Your sample pack coming? I really need those kicks :)

[@audiostuff9065]

Where did you get those clean ass kicks from? Every sample pack I have is loaaaded with bassy kicks. That looks like a pretty clean sub on those.

[@andrescamposinostroza298]

Alguna opción de comprar o que regales el Pack de samples de kick que estás usando aquí?

[@petrushall]

What about right key in the kick?

[@ialwaysstartwiththemelody4828]

Bosss Can you remake Jay Pryor - Make Luv ?

[@dalil260175]

So you don't bother about the kick being in the same key as the song or are the kicks you're choosing from already key wise sorted? If the key would bother would you put the kick in the right key before or after its processing?

[@emilbirkedal8430]

how much for your sample selection?

[@PrOduKcejSzyn]

The third Kick was the best for this mix :

[@djminocono1214]

can you make Mairee papapa remake?

[@yoyoma4424]

Is there a kick playing on the melody ?

[@Kremmerjakob]

Anybody who knows what key command he uses for looping the kick samples at 1.50 ?

[@horstlemke9591]

Grundsätzlich gut gemacht, aber doch eher sehr umständlich, wie Du die passende Kick suchst. In einer TOP Library braucht man für ALLE Musikrichtungen max. 10 Kicks, die man irgendwann bestens kennt. Dann braucht man nur mit dem EQ ein bißchen Feintuning zum Rest der anderen Instrumente, das war es! Beste Grüße, Horst Lemke, Musikproduzent, Germany

[@wargos7412]

Hey man what are you press on keybord for making a kick in a bar size?

[@wargos7412]

time: 1:56 please tell me! It's a great function!

[@BoxsterBox2164]

Don’t over think it just pick the good kick you find on splice and throw it in your mix.

[@nathanmantle377]

But even if a kick sounds good on splice, it might not fit well for your mix ...

[@StonyBrookFireDeptBand]

Do you have any tutorials about rock genres?

[@fr33mind29]

who needs rock tutorials? you just grab some beer/liquor and an electric guitar and everything happens by itself :)

[@persona83]

Only 10 samples? Sometimes I test about 50 kicks or more to fit in my tracks. Just to find that I can't get rid of the placeholder sample. =(

[@lilschwarz7974]

Can you make a „Alle Farben - Tempelhof (2018 rework)“ remake?

[@ghdrum]

Why do you have two limiters (L2 & Pro-L) on your Stereo Out on this track??

[@typex4928]

'little and often' when it comes to mastering...

[@mobinkhaledi]

#Challenge do You do any challenges? here is one! make a music using only one preset (You can't change anything of the osc's not even their volume but you can LFO , Envolope or filter them, or use effects)

[@AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet]

I'm kind of like Avicii in terms of kick - I have no idea where to find good samples. Any suggestions (besides VEH libraries)?

[@Hikaeme-od3zq]

If you're looking for the kick drum used by Avicii, Zedd, Calvin Harris etc there was a download on a subreddit of it. Just search into google "Zedd kick drum reddit" and you'll find a post where someone in the comments posts a link to the kick.

[@bhenkatgogoi6670]

what is the name of this track 🎶 please reply

[@otoryou29]

Mesto Missing You Remake??

[@atomic7680]

The fact that you have to drag the kicks one by one into the project is really weird to an Ableton user, what a super slow workflow !

[@avationmusic]

Facts 😂😂😂

[@Kh4rma]

Spaie you could us the shift and drag function.

[@svenb4893]

yooo wassup big ze here

[@rafaelcamara8704]

Dubdogz style please

[@Martin-vj7zx]

Kick 2

[@bencawood]

Should you put your kick in the key of your song and snare ?

[@assasinerdtwo4892]

If I have the slightest thing wrong in the background it’ll screw up my whole mix

[@LewdScoff]

I really don't like that plastic sounding attack. I hear heaps of tracks that don't have it, but I've never really been able to remove it

[@barpsoon3031]

Is it subjective??? Or are there rules to follow??!

[@ktech4246]

I noticed you dont compress your kick, is that because you are using good samples in the first place?

[@postdrummer]

i thought kick 2 sounded best

[@DAUBSKI]

Bad snare break sample, i think.

[@wspymusic8030]

That was probably the most generic example of a track you could have chosen

[@BoxsterBox2164]

Nobody cares about the technical stuff in your song whatever genre you make. Just have good vibes and pick good samples in the first place.