How to edit an electro kick drum to be crisp and punchy!

Hey guys. in this one I'm going to show you how i EQ and compress my kicks!
at some point i will show you how i made that kick but for now this will have to do ;)
setting may not apply to everyone's samples so consider this a guideline!

btw i know it cuts out at the end but that because i have a nasty cough and it kinda let itself loose! so it snipped it out :P

hope this tut benefits your fine productions! ;D

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[MCPurductions]

why would i want a tutoiral from someone who doesnt even know what their doing thenselvs

[ProducerTutorials]

@MCPurductions im not getting paid or anything from this im just doing them out of good will. ALSO i notice you have a picture of deadmau5 as your display... im actually one of the sound designers who created the drum samples to the drum synth he uses. ;)

[troelsbk]

no bass, no dynamics. you dont need extreme separation to get a good heavy mix. its all about the balance between kick and bass.

[ProducerTutorials]

@troelsbk bass is generally in the 100/80 hz area, 30-70 is just sub, and below that is not very hearable and unnecessary. with kick the sub area only really adds rumble and sucks it out of a mix. i did say in the video 'some of you might like them more bassy but this is how i do it' these tuts are a guideline. everyone has a different approach :)

[troelsbk]

@ProducerTutorials if your kick sucks out sub from your mix you've got frequency clashing issues. And in this video, lo and behold, your kick tail doesnt sit with your bassline and extends too long. all you had to do was make the kick shorter, pitch it otherwise and eq a bit, not destroy it with compression and limiting.

ANY sound engineer that knows his salt will tell you to fix the sound at the source and not with crazy heavy processing.

[ProducerTutorials]

@troelsbk my tuts arent perfect and everyone has there own styles. the way i do things is only a guide line :)

[MrHippieD]

@ProducerTutorials A person who produced for Deadmau5 wouldn't give there secretes out for free especially put them out on youtube. What is your producer name? Who do you go by?

[funghetto86]

@ProducerTutorials what samples do you recommend for making an electro kick, 808/909 or....? thanks and nice vid

[Ayanami0001]

What EQ do you prefer for best sound?

[EffectsOfMaya]

thanks mate :)

[Jhonatan5]

@Sweetassour Yes.. i understand your point.

[jmangalessons]

@MCPurductions psh shut up, you know that kick drum sounds good as hell

[vanximmer]

@luntherprime1234 If you know what you are doing, you can replicate these settings on even the default plugins that come with your DAW.

[LukeSega]

I LOVE YOUR TUTORIALS!!!

THANKS MATE!