bass/sub drops?

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:44 am

i need to do a bass drop in a couple songs that im recording for a band.
im not sure if thats the right term or not but its the sound you hear that sounds like a dropout.
if you could help me and advise me on how to do it i would be greatly appreciative.
thanks!

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:03 am

Are you talking about when they hit the kick, or just at random times?

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:33 pm

lawnmowerdude6 wrote:

i need to do a bass drop in a couple songs that im recording for a band.
im not sure if thats the right term or not but its the sound you hear that sounds like a dropout.
if you could help me and advise me on how to do it i would be greatly appreciative.
thanks!

Not sure what you are referring to. Could you post a short example or mention a song where it was used?

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:55 pm

it sounds like everything in the song is overloaded by a big bass boost.
im not sure how its done.
if you go to this myspace and listen to the song "Fast Forward to 2012" there is a bass boost at about the 1:05 point.
if you know anything about them please let me know.

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:06 pm

The easiest method would be to use samples. Searching this forum or the internet should yield a few results.

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:36 pm

Link?

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:31 am

I'm thinking you're talking about augmenting the signal with a sample of some kind. This is sometimes done with an 808 kick drum to give it a big boomy sound. Is that what you mean?

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:25 pm

maybe. it just sounds like a big boom that kind of overloads the song.
if its a sample where could i get one?
oh and sorry, the link is
myspace.com/adaytoremember

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:30 pm

not sure at all what you're talking about

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:40 pm

http://www.recording.org/ftopicp-296588.html#296588

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:36 pm

I don't quite get it either. They're just palm muting but letting a few strings ring out instead of totally deadening them.

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:02 pm

for the last time a bass drop is an 808 kick drum

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:17 pm

lol yes if it is rock or metal/hardcore chances are its an 808 kick drum compressed to oblivion. SMACK! there are actually free samples online if you google. let us know how it goes eh?

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:24 pm

An 808 doesn't say "smack" by any stretch. And in my previous post I linked to a bunch of subkick samples I personally posted on this very 'board.

It's one thing not to search the forum, which can be a little unwieldy, but not to search the very topic you post in...

"George is gettin' upset!"

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:41 pm

Sorry if my choice of smack didn't describe the sound accurately haha. I did notice what you posted I was just mentioning that I actually did a google search and found results myself when I had the same question...? =)

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