Compression for your kicks

**dirty_bass** · 21-03-2005, 12:57 PM

Some basic settings

Don`t read these as set in stone, but they are a good place to tweak from.

Hard Kicks

Threshhold: -21
Ratio: 1:15
Attack: 1 ms
Release: 20 ms
Knee: Hard
If you have lookahead set to around 4.5 ms

Medium Kicks

Threshhold: -15
Ratio: 1:9
Attack: 1 ms
Release: 26 ms
Knee: Hard
If you have lookahead set to around 4 ms

Slight Kick Compression

Threshhold: -12
Ratio: 1:5
Attack: 1 ms
Release: 20 ms
Knee: Medium
If you have lookahead set to around 4 ms

**RDR** · 21-03-2005, 01:19 PM

Thank you DB...

knowledge is power, and we like powerful things, just like kicks are powerful then it follows that knowledge about kicks = powerful kicks!

**TechMouse** · 21-03-2005, 02:11 PM

Interesting...

I've always found you need to give Kicks quite a bit of attack (e.g. at least 25ms) so that they have any impact. Otherwise they sound a little flat to my ears.

Perhaps I need better monitors.

(Or perhaps it's just my background in breaks shining through ;))

**dirty_bass** · 21-03-2005, 03:04 PM

As I said these settings are not set in stone
You can back the attack off a little to allow some of the nose of the kick to come through.

**nova** · 21-03-2005, 03:29 PM

cool, i rite them down, gonna hav a blast with them. i just been using presets. so cool bit of info :clap:

**geelist** · 21-03-2005, 07:51 PM

Thanks for sharing.

**loopdon** · 21-03-2005, 11:21 PM

nice on, u da man :clap:

**AcidTrash** · 22-03-2005, 07:30 AM

Will check it out. Thank you.

**Basil Rush** · 22-03-2005, 08:05 AM

Threshold probably depends on how loud the actual kick sample is to start with ... you using a kick normalised to 0db?

Guess the attack depends on how attacky the kick you have in the first place is too ... ?

God I'm up early.

I might go back to bed.

This is stupid. I should be alssseeeeep.

**viagratek** · 22-03-2005, 07:13 PM

cool...ill have to try this out

**Kevin Gorman** · 22-03-2005, 07:37 PM

thanks Steve i'll be experimenting with these today!

**Mindful** · 22-03-2005, 09:52 PM

Good man Steve thankayou!!

**StoQ** · 22-03-2005, 10:14 PM

do you guys compress kick samples with bass in one channel compressor, or you compress both of them separatly with 2 stand-alone compressors??

**Mindful** · 22-03-2005, 10:25 PM

both(witchever sounds best)or side chain

**StoQ** · 23-03-2005, 07:31 AM

you mean 2 channels 2 compressors?

**miss bass** · 23-03-2005, 09:11 AM

Thanks DB.

The whole compression thing seems to be coming together a little better at home now, as theory + practical part of using compression. Before, I understand the theory but having not practised it much (and when i did was like errrr ?? ) Just proves what sitting on your computer all weekend instead of going out can do.

**xfive** · 23-03-2005, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by miss bass

Just proves what sitting on your computer all weekend instead of going out can do.

Yeah right... we all know you're a dork and have no friends..

:lol:

**loopdon** · 23-03-2005, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by xfive

Originally Posted by miss bass

Just proves what sitting on your computer all weekend instead of going out can do.

Yeah right... we all know you're a dork and have no friends..

:lol:

:dontevengothere: :lol:

**miss bass** · 23-03-2005, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by xfive

Originally Posted by miss bass

Just proves what sitting on your computer all weekend instead of going out can do.

Yeah right... we all know you're a dork and have no friends..

:lol:

Just cuz i wear nicer underwear than the lot of yaz whilst im on my computer all weekend, and planning it again, dork or no dork, i like dorks.

**loopdon** · 23-03-2005, 06:16 PM

plz go into assorted detail

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