EmpressCiela
The Empress has Returned
I saw this in another forum and I realized that we don't have anything like this here. I'm not sure how many producers/composers we have on the forums but there seems to be a decent amount on the main site, so I thought "Why not just make the thread and people can add to it as time goes on?"
The idea behind this thread is to get a bunch of members to post the tricks that we incorporate into our tracks and put it all together so that anyone looking to put a new edge on their work can get some ideas.
I've learned a lot of cool ideas from just talking with other producers and hope to get the same thing going here.
As we all produce different genres and all have our own flavor in our tracks not all of the things you find in here will necessarily be helpful to you. but I would encourage anyone reading this to please take a couple minutes and drop some knowledge on the thread to help future readers.
ALSO, if you are going to share something please put it inside a couple sets of dashes (I'll do it with mine so you can see what I mean) This will help separate the useful bits from the opinions and other chat that always gets started here in the forums.
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REVERSED BASS KICK
This is something any Hard dance producer should def give a try but it is also used in almost every other electronic genre from time to time.
It will give your tracks a lot more energy and make for a more dynamic bassline by filling the gaps between kicks with a very versatile yet simple sound. (this is mostly used with a four-on-the-floor kicker line)
1)
Sample a bass kick that has a long tail end (meaning the bass resonates after the initial kick/punch)
2)
Reverse the sampled kick. It should now sound like a building Whoomp with a weird punch at the end (it'll sound exactly like you think a kick would sound backward lol)
3)
Select the last 1/2 of the sample (where that nasty punch sound is) and fade it out until you are just left with that Whomp sound.
4)
Now place the reversed kick on the beat directly after your original kick. It may need some small tweaking from there but it should still sound about right. just adjust it by ear.
There you have it.
You should have a bass line that sounds like
Kick-Whomp-Kick-Whomp.
the reversed kicks are highly adjustable and can be set at different pitches to match the key of your melody. this glues the melody to the bassline very well and makes a very smooth backbone for a track.
The idea behind this thread is to get a bunch of members to post the tricks that we incorporate into our tracks and put it all together so that anyone looking to put a new edge on their work can get some ideas.
I've learned a lot of cool ideas from just talking with other producers and hope to get the same thing going here.
As we all produce different genres and all have our own flavor in our tracks not all of the things you find in here will necessarily be helpful to you. but I would encourage anyone reading this to please take a couple minutes and drop some knowledge on the thread to help future readers.
ALSO, if you are going to share something please put it inside a couple sets of dashes (I'll do it with mine so you can see what I mean) This will help separate the useful bits from the opinions and other chat that always gets started here in the forums.
------------
REVERSED BASS KICK
This is something any Hard dance producer should def give a try but it is also used in almost every other electronic genre from time to time.
It will give your tracks a lot more energy and make for a more dynamic bassline by filling the gaps between kicks with a very versatile yet simple sound. (this is mostly used with a four-on-the-floor kicker line)
1)
Sample a bass kick that has a long tail end (meaning the bass resonates after the initial kick/punch)
2)
Reverse the sampled kick. It should now sound like a building Whoomp with a weird punch at the end (it'll sound exactly like you think a kick would sound backward lol)
3)
Select the last 1/2 of the sample (where that nasty punch sound is) and fade it out until you are just left with that Whomp sound.
4)
Now place the reversed kick on the beat directly after your original kick. It may need some small tweaking from there but it should still sound about right. just adjust it by ear.
There you have it.
You should have a bass line that sounds like
Kick-Whomp-Kick-Whomp.
the reversed kicks are highly adjustable and can be set at different pitches to match the key of your melody. this glues the melody to the bassline very well and makes a very smooth backbone for a track.
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