The perfect kick

[TechMouse]

i know i keep rambling on about this, but why is it forums like dogs on acid are so full of sample packs and production advice and offer things like q&a's with big name producers and here it seems to flow so much slower?? is it because this forum isn't as easily accessible or what? or is it more about the 'techno mentality'??

The whole ideology of Techno is much more incongruent with Sample Packs, I would say. I mean, samples of drum machine noises is one thing, but the whole ethos of Techno places much more emphasis on wild experimentation and creating unique sounds.

You get loads of mileage out of a sampled breakbeat run through ReCycle, as far as D&B is concerned, without even layering on the FX. Techno is not so forgiving.

i really wonder why there is so much interesting stuff in the filez section and so little advice on production by lots of these knwledgeable people in the production parts?? sometimes it really baffles me, tbh, esp. when i see how much is written in the parts like the techno/hard tech forums???

I guess there's no substitue for personal experimentation.

Any given producer could tell you exactly how they went about making the noises in their most recent track, but that would only tell you how to make that track, if you get my meaning.

There's room for basic pointers... use of compression, EQing, bussing etc.

But the devil is well and truly in the detail.

That's my 2p, anyway.