usually this is a electronic/analog kick or tom sound (something like a roland 808 or 909 kick) with a low pass and compression with a mid to slow attack/fast release setting.

it's not really easy to achieve this boomy and in-your-gut bass sound, because if you make it too loud it will push back the rest of the music, when compressed/limited at mastering, and if you mix it too low you won't get the desired effect.

start with a nice kick sample/sound and experiment with it.

Thank you! I shall give it a crack this evening! When im not skiving from work...haha

Be careful adding too much low end for dramatic effect. Lots of low frequencies can often make things sound smaller because they put extra stress on the compressors and playback systems.

DID IT!!! ITS AWESOME! (if only low in the mix! And you were right about not overdoing the low end).

I used a kick drum sample. Compressed the hell out of it! Then limited it. YES IT WAS ALL WELL OVER THE TOP! THEN....stuck it through a really cheap CamelPhat plug-in and just messed about with its settings (distortion up a tiny bit, no flanger and eq to taste)....then i was really cheeky and sampled a massive explosion from the movie Tremors and stuck that over the top of it!

EPIC!

I love Camelphat, you can get some really unique sounds out of it.

Feverdream wrote: I love Camelphat, you can get some really unique sounds out of it.

yeah its mad! I have no idea how it works. I just piss about with it and when I find a sound I like I bank it!