What loopdon said, and also double check to see whether you actually need that much distortion on your kick to get the effect you want. Disto kills kicks. Try and back off to as little disto as possible while still retaining the result you want. Remember, very distorted kicks take up a lot of other freq's that kicks wouldnt usually cross into, thats why the kicks sound great on their own, but when other elements are mixed in, the track sounds muddy.
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19-12-2007, 08:12 PM #1Keepin' it Unreal
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20-12-2007, 02:21 PM #2BOA Lifetime Member
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You could also automate the disto-send levels to make the dist big when not much else is going on in the track and decrease when the mix is full-on.
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21-12-2007, 12:05 AM #3Junior Freak
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makes total sense
i will try all this and get back to you all with any problems that come about
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21-12-2007, 12:09 AM #4Junior Freak
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should i try verb>distort>high pass filter?
or
verb>high pass filter> distort
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21-12-2007, 09:50 AM #5BOA Lifetime Member
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try both and you will hear what works better :-)
Originally Posted by tracatak
so many combinations. hi-pass>distort>verb>hipass ; distort>verb>distort>hipass and so on and so on ......
You can also try to not distort masivelly in one step, but try to split it into more subtle distortions, done in more steps. lets say: subtle distortion> verb> distortion again > hi pass >verb
It is same with verbs, it sounds nice when you put some early verb as a first in your chain and then some verb with more tail which gives it more space. hope it makes sense...Last edited by BloodStar; 21-12-2007 at 09:55 AM.
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21-12-2007, 11:00 PM #6Junior Freak
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yes totally helps..i always try different combinations..but its good to hear some combos others have tried as well =)
any1 recommend any good high pass filters or filters (plugins.)
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21-12-2007, 11:12 PM #7BOA Lifetime Member
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if kick into 3 parts....
the sub, the mid and the top...
the sub for the fullness..
the mid for the body
and the top for the sharpness...
anyway, here u can distort the the mid and the top accordingly, without effecting the overall fullness created by the sub.
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23-12-2007, 01:45 PM #8BOA Lifetime Member
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