Author Topic: Hardstyle Kick Thread (Read 5121 times)

LivingTombstone · « **on:** January 10, 2016, 07:34:46 am »

So last night I was experimenting with Hardstyle type Kicks for the first time, after watching a bunch of masterclasses that Snow linked in the "Masterclass/ Course thread" http://theproducersforum.com/index.php?topic=230.msg2896#msg2896 (Give Snow some honors will ya?)

So here's what I got:

It's a layer of two sounds, an oscillator with a sawtooth and a dry kick

One is a sawtooth, I added high cut in the channel settings to Decay quickly.
with multiband distortion (FabFilter Saturn),
An EQ with tons of dips to erase fundamental tones and shaping the distortion (Fruity Parametric EQ 2),
Tube amp (Camel Crusher),
Some Reverb for widening (ValhallaPlate),
And a quick sidechain to a dry kick (Fruity Limiter)

I had so much fun creating this sound from scratch, let me know how to improve and if there's any tips and tricks to learn about creating it!

And uhhh, Hardstyle Kick Thread, let's do it!

Snow · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2016, 03:01:13 pm »

Thanks for the shout haha!

I really like your kick man, this would be a very cool reverse bass kick (if that's what you go for, try sidechaining the bass or adjusting the attack). I would suggest working on your punch because it lacks that smashin power you know?

I am not sure if you've also watched this video, but this is a 2 hour long video by Frontliner himself explaining the creation of a hardstyle kick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMt8U77GMKk

Oh and this isn't specifically about kicks, but this is a 1,5 hour long video where Noisecontrollers breaksdown multiple tracks including Solar & Down down, and also showing the channel strip of a kick he made (sounds like the inQontrol kick). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiqiXWr906c

Author Topic: Hardstyle Kick Thread (Read 5121 times)

LivingTombstone

Hardstyle Kick Thread

Snow

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