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Sampling Kicks
« on: January 10, 2016, 01:57:54 pm »
What is your process for sampling kicks from other tracks? i.e. how do you go about processing them? details!
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Re: Sampling Kicks
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2016, 03:11:15 pm »
Everyone has a different technique but i use iZotope RX4, Audacity and FL Studio combination.I really recommend you learn RX4.You can do phase cancellation thing as well but i rarely use this technic.As i told you many other techniques out there choose your best  ;) Btw you definetly search wav files for songs not mp3.If you find wav file you sampling great quality samples if you're not mp3 is good too.Hope that helps  :D
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Re: Sampling Kicks
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2016, 05:36:00 pm »
Id say just make sure your edits are tight (sample start at zero crossing etc.), sample is at right pitch and like the previous post mentioned, make sure you WAV/AIFF as they are lossless formats.
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Re: Sampling Kicks
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2016, 08:29:24 pm »
Best way I've seen is in this tutorial by The Thrillseekers https://youtu.be/DYV6NRQSuNQ?t=18m25s

Pretty simple method to grab a kick from most tracks out there. It's at 18:25 if the time link didn't work.
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Re: Sampling Kicks
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2016, 08:51:35 pm »
This redditor made an amazing video showing you how to do it by splitting any song up into 4 EQ bands then adjusting each bands audio to get the kick out of the song. Check it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwcpLk__6rs
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Re: Sampling Kicks
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2016, 09:12:37 pm »
All of my kicks are created using this method:

1. Before getting started, it's important to note that I route my kicks directly to the kick group, and then straight to the master, and all of the rest of the percussion elements, claps, snares, hats, and all that is routed directly to a sum drum bus where they're compressed/EQ'd.

2. I usually group roughly two/three different samples I wanna use for my kick. Low/sub frequency, mid frequency, and high/click.

3. After finding the samples I like most, I'll EQ each sample to taste, and mix each sample in. The kick mix is referenced both solo, and with the track as a whole.

4. Lightly compress the kick group to glue everything together.

Kinda hard to explain right now, but if anyone wants any other information, more than happy to help.
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Re: Sampling Kicks
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2016, 09:37:59 pm »
There is a technique which I got from a YouTube video, which is a great way on how to sample kick drums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwcpLk__6rs

Note in this video, you need to give it a chance, as it does look like some bad crappy video but in fact it's the opposite. I'll do my best and condense it down into a few points on what the technique is for people who don't want to watch it.

1 - Load in Kick sample
2 - Copy it 4 times onto a seperate channel (so you have 4 audio tracks)
3 - 4 versions of any multi-band EQ (Ozone Multi-Band Dynamics will work) - 1 instance in each track, what you're doing is splitting the kick drum over the 4 tracks into different frequency bands.
4 - Freeze all tracks and then flatten them in Live, this will then split the kick drum up into 4 different bands.
5 - Process each part of the kick drum seperately (Fades etc) and then bounce out as "1 complete" kick drum.

Hope this helps anyone, it is a lengthy process but it's worth it as you get greater control over each frequency band of the kick drum. I imagine that you can substitute Ableton for any other DAW.
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Re: Sampling Kicks
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2016, 03:42:46 pm »
^ That actually makes a lot of sense. I feel at that same time that could become quite superflous, but still that is absolute control of your kicks.
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Re: Sampling Kicks
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2016, 06:05:57 pm »
Most of the time, it's not about how you process your kicks every time, as opposed to how your kick sounds with your specific track, which changes every time you create a new project. This in mind, you will make your kick sound different as you make the song, instead of making it a set sound and proceeding with the rest of the song afterward.
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Re: Sampling Kicks
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2016, 06:32:14 pm »
But it can go either way. I do both. Sometimes the kick is first, sometimes the other elements are first and I make the kick around it.
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