Techno Kick Recipe

Making a techno kick in Ableton.
I hope you will learn something new.
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[@thaDjMauz]

Obviously the content of the tutorial is great but I want to bring some attention to the video. The styling is amazing! Minimalistic, real time, provides all information needed and no excess. He just showed us all this in 5 minutes. No "HEY GUYS HOW YA DOIN", no little animation to subscribe. The perfect tutorials

[@YanCook]

Thank You! :)

[@kozihoppy]

I agree.

[@DaleGarton117]

yeah that's what made me subscribe, not having a bunch of flashy shit and filler content to make the vid 10 mins long

[@wndus1551]

No trash introduction, Just the body. Yeah I like it

[@thepilgrimproject2077]

Shit yeah all that other stuff is so annoying

[@yogination683]

One small notice, please for future reference, highlight the mouse so we can follow your changes. Keep it up, cheers

[@donnydarko7624]

100% I can't understand what's going on at all in these videos because of that

[@thedude8153]

yea exactly, Im lost at the very first instruction "transpose to 50 hz" how the fuck do I do that? I have to replay video 1000 times to see what knob he changed...

[@ohags1010]

Folks were lucky to have Yan the man giving us tutorials of this quality. Keep them coming big man

[@KingOfTheRedSkulls]

Yan the man the big dirty techno man

[@agentcarbunkle]

@@KingOfTheRedSkulls lol

[@jamesenglish720]

I still can't believe yan cook himself would show us all these tips and tricks Loving these videos man, you're blowing my mind

[@triggerwarning5025]

Finally a guy that does not start the video by saying "HEY WHATZ GOIN ON GUYZZZZZZZZZ!!!!" subscribed

[@jdaddyaz]

I recently went back to some old songs I started to finish them up. They sounded great, even 2 years later. I figured out it was because of your tutorials. Well, I never thanked you for the help, so I'm back to do just that. Thank you friend.

[@davidgilroy1983]

This has got to be the gold standard for Ableton tutorials. Well done mate!!

[@Strafuzz]

I don’t even use Ableton and I love these tutorials. Easily transferable to any DAW.

[@papakias3922]

my only question is why use a limiter at -8db on the kick track but then use another one at -6db at the group?

[@FalconPDX]

Putting it out there for other people watching: I'd simply save the chain at that point as a kick rumble to refer back to and sample the end result. The tail of the now sampled kick can then be tailored with an envelope to make sure it doesn't "bleed" into the next kick. At Yan, saw your set in the big house when FJAAK did a live set there too, was awesome stuff. Hope you'll make a return to Berlin in 2021 post corona. ✌️

[@igorlaptev5492]

Thank you so much! I really don't wanna be a flatterer, but your content maybe the best on youtube. Not long videos, anything excess, only useful information. Please, don't stop!

[@Schradermusic]

I'm doing the reverb bass since a friend told me about it a couple years ago. It works great!

[@CraigHinrichs]

These are wonderful. I usually don't like silent tutorials but these are the best.

[@michafryc2845]

Just made one kick using this video as a guide, super helpful pro level tips!!! Thank you for real professional demonstration!

[@aro4680]

What a hero You are Yan. As a producer of so many great tracks

[@liamreddan5592]

I still come back to this so regularly and it helps me so much with my tracks, thank you

[@JaydedWun]

So I have been using this tutorial for months, and for months I've been having phasing issues in my low end. I finally just realised that following this chain of processing on my kicks, the amp and saturation often phases the shit out of my sub. This has been months of frustration and struggling and I'm really disappointed I've wasted so much time on it

[@justinheat1]

i'm so glad yan cook is doing these videos. i was really trying to figure his sound out and with these i see behind the curtain. thanks yan, your music is great!

[@joeldichter1320]

You’re the best for this 🙏🙏🙏

[@ianarsenal1]

great tips, have the family driven mad trying out these ideas

[@AndrewCulture]

I make industrial techno when my wife and child are out. I call it ‘the forbidden music’

[@nickestvorace]

Don't forget to put your sub frequencies in mono or you will have some nasty surprises

[@razyel93]

the video editing is so good, you just raised the bar

[@jsonchicas]

I'm learning a lot with your tutorials! Thank you so much Yan! :)

[@critbyte]

I love you, my kicks don't sound like their from Walmart anymore. lol

[@danielbangert1652]

I love your music and your tutorials yan!🙏 keep it going on, greetings from munich:)

[@leandrozeballos5410]

Interesting how you start from right to left first adding the limiter. Will try to add this method to my chain.

[@antoinevella9180]

can you show how to creat a rumble like the one you have in your sample pack ?? and Keep up the Great Work !

[@phlip_lip]

Instructions unclear. Now my Subwoofer is on fire. (Nice tutorial :) )

[@fabianw2k]

Yea man, nice rumble!

[@Zvrra]

Thank you so much for these this is really helping me learn how to make what i want.

[@sebastiankuhz8330]

Thank you! Very nice introduction. In addition, I would also recommend to safe your configurations in as Audio effect rack so you don't have to retreat every time again =)

[@DMITRYTechmusic]

Great Content bro!

[@ThomasSolom]

Dude ... You really know what you do! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@olc-glas9408]

Fantastic video Yan, my man. I can't wait to see more!

[@bakedcreations8985]

Dat goon reverb though

[@zeitlose.klassiker]

Really like the tutorial and the style of it, it focusses on the important things. But could you show the mouse cursor next time, so we can see easier which parameter you are adjusting?

[@technobasic4523]

Yes please keep making these!!!! Legend

[@beltranpons]

Yan you're a fucking beast

[@zepets]

This is amazing, thanks for sharing this tutorial! It made the my kick sounds in another level, thank you! Just one question, why do you need to limit the tail to -6db and kick to -10db. How did you adjust it in spectrum? thanks!

[@fortroadmassive4095]

Yan the man. Thank you

[@albertohilsaca9757]

Great format. keep em coming please!!!

[@agentcarbunkle]

Its that background ominous hum, brooding away that I like @ 5:39. it takes awhile to fall off at the end when you stop it there's that much release. Well I think its release that does it. Or reverb decay or something like that.... No idea really

[@shivzzi]

Top quality. Subscribed.

[@shivzzi]

only thing missing is the cursor so I can keep up with the parameters being changed.

[@berden1805]

Awesome Cook! Very valuable for beginners :)

[@tehpaweu]

wow, thats gold! i intend to dive for some time into production soon again, definately going to check out your stuff

[@vedikj8122]

Thank you so much for these tutorials 🖤🖤🖤

[@jakoblunkeit9193]

Another great Tutorial, thanks Yan!

[@vodafone880]

thanks for all of your work mate!

[@Fabian-rg8er]

Loving this tutorials Thank you man!

[@SurfSurf934]

Great vid! As a beginner i learnt a lot, had a bangin kick sound pretty quick. Would've love to see the mouse though. :)

[@MaxHazlenut]

Legend ❣

[@jefal7]

sounds like a technonome ⌚️

[@Jay_LM]

Love this tutorials man, keep it up

[@tommeysztowicz3163]

These are amazing!! Thank you so much

[@AndrewNitts]

I like the concept of your tutorials. But I still can’t understand. Is there a standard balance in volume between kick and bass. In your case, this is for example -6 and -10 dB?

[@chrisb2497]

i second this question

[@nym053]

You usually want the kick to be the loudest, and -6 is a good place. Not too much or too little headroom. The bass shouldn't be louder than the transient of the kick, so yeah about -10 db probably sounds right .

[@vvvictoriav5958]

its not a rule or an exact measurement, nothing in music ever is. just a suggestion that will work most of the time.

[@nym053]

As he said

[@YanCook]

I keep KICK at -6db, everything else is lower. But there are no rules, trust your ears :)

[@ibgh203]

thanks man

[@lukcacciatore]

Amazing !

[@d-bro-sector36]

So, so happy I found you!!

[@jstnurmind]

excellent

[@Pa-ow1nj]

u are the KING

[@zeljkokrnjic6287]

Thx yan !!!!!!!!! You should make a video on how to record to arrangement, i can make a pretty good sounding loop, i just struggle to arrange it into a full track!!! HELP, techno god !!!

[@badador]

big ups to you, Yan. thanks for sharing

[@cdotbot]

thank you so much for these! Amazing!

[@raskec1]

I like adding some variance to the velocity

[@dotdash9274]

Thank you for this... I was sitting trying to get this right...hating everything I did...turns out I wasn't far from it. Please can you do more videos ?

[@adamb2987]

these videos are fantastic, thank you

[@blellow]

This is great man! thank you!

[@patrickbreak909]

Das ist eine Standart Kick. Kannst du uns zeigen wie man eine richtige Dark Techno Kick macht, so wie du sie auch in deinen Tracks verwenden würdest? Das wäre super!!

[@andreapito85]

thank you so much

[@RYNO2511]

Quality content right here

[@alexspeth1127]

I love it!!!! thank youuu

[@djpashtet]

Great video! Can you do a tutorial on how to do side-chaining on a separate Ableton track? That would be really helpful!

[@benearle271]

Sidechaining works the same no matter which channel you are using. Simply drop the compressor onto the channel you want to compress then select the sidechain source channel in the drop down on the left of the compressor (you might have to click the little triangle to open up the sidechain options), all the channels in your project should be visible (also works for most 3rd party comps too). Then tweak the comp to taste. In Yan's video the channels are grouped, but they don't need to be for this to work.

[@markusshoggu]

I guess his time would be better invested in other kinds of tutorials. There are literally 100.000 sidechain videos out there and the principle is always the same. It's nothing techno specific

[@noahsouthard9351]

I have often been told to cut the low end on kick drums and bass elements at around 20hz or 30hz. I see you didn't do that in this example. I have been doing this on every bass track in my productions. Would you advise this process or is it something that you do in the mastering? Thanks for the great video editing and tutorial!!

[@YanCook]

Yes, I cut everything below 30Hz on my master channel and sometimes on other channels as well. I do recommend to do that :)

[@santiagojaramillorodriguez8272]

I think if you are in the sound design process you don´t have to worrie to much about that, just EQ to get the megakick you want. Later in the mixing process you lowcut the kick in funtion of the bass. 30 to 40 Hz is a general advice, but with time you shall find your own taste

[@kinderobi]

This is amazing! Thank you so much! :)

[@kinderobi]

This is really amazing! Thank you so much! :)

[@alfiekennedy1657]

5:16 - 5:19 sounds exactly like the kick from ben klock - sub zero

[@YanCook]

It's a kick sample from NI Maschine library.

[@snvfu1488]

Can anyone explain the (10sec) transpose 50hz? I normally go for the base note already in the kick so its easier to mix with bass but I struggle to make it low and present in the music.

[@amalineva]

eyyyy thank you!

[@SimonEkendahl]

I really like your tutorials, they are perfect length for my attention span, so I appreciate it alot! I have a question, when you say transpose it to 50hz, how do you determine when you hit around 50? Is it by checking the spectrum, or some other way that im missing? Thank you and take care!

[@YanCook]

Thanks! Yes, just check the highest peak on the spectrum. But 50Hz is just a suggestion :)

[@SimonEkendahl]

@@YanCook Alright man, got it:) Appreciate fast response!

[@lucasgomez47]

Te amo Yan Cook

[@Vincent-Vega24]

Do you ever mix in mono????

[@Oscarfargo]

Thank you!

[@mit136speichenumdiewelt]

Mr. Cook for Ableton tutorial president. If you share the templates you will be my hero!

[@rev.aux-weg9730]

nice tip

[@SomeoneAteMyBorrito]

Nice. Thank You!

[@nekitmate]

Салют!! Из какой библиотеки семпл на 5:18? Ищу его уже не первый год😕

[@whitedog4392]

Banger💥💥

[@noamderoo]

My ears are bleeding now but it was def worth it🙌🏾

[@jakobrobb8263]

A great recipe for my favourite dish 😍

[@dennisfricke5647]

do i need a bassline when i got such a rumble

[@raftemmerman765]

cool! thank you

[@santiagojaramillorodriguez8272]

cool video, I have a question. Is it important de Kick Key? when you transpose the kick to 50hz does it losses to much its Key, or it doesnt matter to you, or may be best transpose around 50 but keeping the key (55hz if you are in A for example)

[@YanCook]

When it comes to drums, I don't worry about KEY. If it sounds off, I can hear it and fix it by ear.

[@markuslindholm5548]

Beautiful!! So did I get this right, you basically create the kick itself by processing one sample, and the low rumble by re processing the copy? And what kind of sample would you look to use for a techno kick, or is it all preference? I also notice that you cut almost all the high end. Is this common? I myself have lately produced melodic techno and the kick is something I struggle with. Really nice video thanks so much!! :))

[@YanCook]

Thanks! Correct. I just try different kick samples until I'm satisfied. I cut the high end because I don't like the click :)

[@markuslindholm5548]

@@YanCook Thanks appreciate it :))

[@mfeistee]

nice tutorial 👍

[@rvlfski]

huge!

[@viktoronopko2090]

More distortion needed.

[@FranckBossi]

Thank mate

[@benearle271]

Another great and simple to follow video. Thanks Yan! Is still don't get how you get your tail portion to sound so smooth and "light" in your released tracks though! I usually just programme a sub bassline instead as kick reverb always sounds too saturated and artificial when I try it. But you've inspired me to have another go now!

[@barbarvssa]

it's why he is yan cook brother haha

[@billjohnroe2962]

Let's extend 130 BPM without any reverb

[@vinylrave2185]

Why glue compressor not just usual compressor?

[@YanCook]

No reason at all :D

[@tygreza13]

Hey man, thanks for the excelent tutorial! Do you pay attention for the 40hz region? Ive seen great names of the psytrance telling thar you need that for a really fat kick and bass (especially in big sound systems). I tried with lower bpm and think it souds good but I dont know if its the same for techno. PS love your production style very much also!

[@YanCook]

Thanks! 50Hz is a sweet spot for me :)

[@djeuc4797]

wishing for a sample pack

[@RYNO2511]

Just make your own kicks, much more rewarding