[armansrsa]

I did! It sounds very artificial. and most of all very amateur. In case you didn’t spot that, I was challenging you to back up your claim by providing a sample.

you are right, it is DAW 101 which is why I can’t understand anyone would want to EQ a poor drum kit like that.

[armansrsa]

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

You can accomplish this in any DAW

Can you show me this? Do what you say and post a clip if you are so sure about that.

 

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

Find a dry kit and run it through a DAW’s high-pass EQ.

 

Again ,please share, it should be easy enough since you have a DAW and HPF.

• This post was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by armansrsa.

[armansrsa]

Hi James. Many times (NOT 99% of the time like you say) the kick drum sound sits above the bassline allowing the sub frequencies to be taken by the bass guitar. This is somewhat genre specific but it is not a rare case like you say. If you know about music production you should know that certain songs have the bass playing the lower octave.   The sample I posted which you did not want to open is a case in point. It is from a U2 song called “In a little while”. The producer of the song knows that the bassline is playing in the lower octave and that is why the kick drum sound sits higher up. Music productions often call for this and since EZ drummer is supposed to be a production tool it should offer drum kits and presets that cater for that production call. Now,  telling me to get a sample and stick it in to an organic sounding drum kit, it becomes clear to me that you obviously produce music that is more artificial sounding where you would happily take a kick drum and stick it into an acoustic drum set. I dont do that and if I wanted that  I wouldnt need to use EZ drummer in the first place.. The whole point of EZ drummer is that you have acoustic recorded drums with a plethora of expansion kits offering production alternatives. I can’t believe that none of them would cater for a production in which the kick would sit “above” the bass as in that U2 song.  Do you actually work for EZ drummer?

[armansrsa]

JamesColah wrote:

Hi armansrsa,

First I must apologise because I don’t like to download files from websites I’m not familiar with and more importantly from people I don’t know so have not listened to that particular kick drum sound however I’m sure you know that you can simply right click on any kit piece and select ‘Import Audio File’ so you can use any file from your library or the internet. I’m sure (like me) you must have thousands of kick drum samples which you could audition and hopefully find one that you like?

Hope this helps?

Kind regards

James Colah

https://www.jamescolahproductions.com

Thanks for the reply. I know I can download kick samples but I want to use EZ drummer. That is why I purchased it. There must be something available in some of the EZ kits that where kick drums are higher. I mean what happens if the bass plays in the lower octave? This is very common. Are you suppose to EQ the life out a kick drum just to make it sit?

• This post was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by armansrsa.

[armansrsa]

No reply. Is this question in the wrong forum?

[armansrsa]

sheesh, this forum is booming with activity 🙁

[armansrsa]

@Henrik said:
This is a matter of taste, what genre you are writing drums for, what sounds you use for the kick etc.

One example can be if you produce EDM (electronic dance music). Then the kicks are often quite long, and have a distinct tone in them (usually a 808 kick). Then it’s common to tune the kick, since it will otherwise create a disharmony. You can use the tune knob in EZdrummer 2 (click the small arrow on the kick) – or use a tuning software in your DAW.

My personal preference is, if the kick as a ringy tone to it I tend to tune it to the song key.  

songwriter music. reggae, acoustic guitar type stuff

[armansrsa]

yes please!! more latin rythms

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