1st schranz/hard techno attemp

[Little_Fella!]

Ok... won't go too deep but to start I think 4 kick drums is too many

Good that your looking for variation but you cannot go down this route without being quite adept at compression techniques - - schranz is a heavily compressed style of music and the 'pump' comes from the compressor reacting to the strongest element of the tune, which is the kick, and then releasing once the kick is 'done' to allow the rest to come through into the mix - - the ride being the most obvious indicator of this action...

Once the kick is gone all the elements become louder, as you will have noticed...

You have the challenge of having to make all four kicks have pretty much the same dynamic attributes so that the compressor reacts the same with each one - - otherwise you get, say four, variable reactions from the compressor which affects the output from the rest of the elements... making the sound uneven as your kicks change ... two kicks max and one's that complement each other, or sit nicely 'side by side' so to speak :cheese:

I'd get someone to demonstrate to you how compression affects the mix - - especially the extreme way with this style of music - - which is the best way to try and understand whats going on and is a good starting point if you want to create this style of music...