Secret Hack to the Perfect Kick

The second before and after example, the after version still sucked just in a different way 😂

Sorry, just out of topic, I want to buy a mac for EDM music production, can you suggest a best future proof configuration for it? I think the amounts of ram is the most important thing? I think an M2 Max could be enough? but how much Ram? 32G,64 or 128? thanks

Thanks, great lesson.

If you can not pick the correct kick drum to start witrh you shouldnt be writing dance music.

Awesome, I’ve been building kicks off of your kick from operator vids, grouped them in an instant rack, and added a chain selector to quickly switch…love it…and this vid fills in some more theory points. Tx friends 😎🖤🙏🐓

in the first example I like more the first dirty kick

Great Video.

Just a little question: Is Shaperbox that much better than Abletons Simpler 1-Shot-Section for lengthen the Kick-Sample? I doubt so. ;)

This just became my fav channel, absolutely great 🎉 keep the wine analogy for some of us. Or whiskey. Thx a thousand🙏🫡

This is outstanding.

This was great !!!Thanks for sharing 👏👏👏🔥

follow rule about how to start ones day "whisky!" and it no longer matters to me which kick drum I use! ;P
Amazing video, thanks so much for all these! <3

Laphroaig + working on a kick is a good friday :D

The "perfect" Kick is the Kick you like.
Same as the "perfect" Melo, Chord, Bass, etc..

Who uses kick 2 to make « great sounding tracks » not amateur stuff…
I always find that it’s not punchy enough…

Thanks

extremely helpful information. thanks for this vid!

hell yeah brother

Whisky!!

Single malt at room temp no ice, and now you're talking 😉

I really appreciate your contents overall but this video imho tops every other. Thanks for these info, and thanks for providing them for free. Being the 5001st like is the least I can do, and of course I've already subscribed since long.

....I never didn't understand why tuning kick with the key of the song...they will clash and without sidechaining the bass it will be a mess...I think maybe its smarter if the song key is G minor, to have the kick at E, so they will be at least little separated and they will be in tune too.(E as part of g minor)..or am I wrong? regards and thank you you your amazing videos!!!!

Hello, I've got a question please. It is not better, to do gain staging on the Kick Sample directly, instead to pull the mixer Channel down .. ? ... it would be great, if I become a feedback .. thanks, jb.

great video!

I would love to get the bass drums but the site no longer sends them. Upon submission, no links are sent. If it is past the window of availability, I totally understand. If not, can you hook me up?

Thanks for these amazing videos!

Another perfect video ! Thanks Will 👍

Great video

This was the best Kick tutorial I have ever watched. ❤

I swear this is the BEST online EDM University on the planet! And obviously, yes please on the “choosing the perfect bass” instrument lol 👍🏻

Thanks for this tutorial, I am interested in learning more about the bass as well 🙂

so what's the proper whiskey we should be drinking in the morning??

Great video as all of yours are. Did you make the bass one?

"it's whiskey" lololol

Mr analogy.. great work

"My taste is "right" and so the other kicks are "wrong"". That's not really going to work: Creativity and innovation in art are never due to rules you make up. Purists are never creators, they are followers. If a kick is distracting you from the track, you might want to change things, unless you want more focus on the kick. Devil's advocate of course. But most ground breaking genres and tracks broke rules.

I would be happy with 5 solid kicks and use thewee for all projects, it won't matter in a club or radio, no one is checking if you changed your drums. Samples are usually from other records and have mastering on them. I would love just 5 different kicks dry

I think your first example in the overview with the "wrong" kick drum comes down to taste. Both kicks work, they just have different aesthetics. In the second example we can probably all agree the "wrong" kick really hurts the mix.

Do you have an advice / hint / hack to make sure that you get the right kick for the base or is it a trust to your ears :D ?
And whats your thoughts on different kicks in a track e.g. two kicks 1,2,1,2 or something more crazy :D

Thank you! Do you have a side chain video?

I add maximiser to my kick then take out unwanted frequencies. It also adds compression at same time.

Wow one minute of ads to watch this ?? Monetised much

Your content is way better than your thumbnails, it's such a shame that creators have to pull faces to attract viewers 🤣

Thank you.

Bass Is Boss - that would be a great video 👊

Very useful tutorial, thanks!

KICK2 is THE WEAPON.

Having learned all of this in my time at Berklee Music campus, ive still veen watching your videos. Graduated 15 years ago, and your content is an awesome refresher. Cheers mate

It’s whiskey 🎉

Yes, we want « how to select the perfect bass for your track » 🥰

Thanks for your lessons !!