bumpNgrind Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 so your producing a track, the track sounds good, progressing nicely... and then comes time for the big drop....this is where i get stuck.i dont seem to be able to create the 'fat' bassy beat i need that the song has been building too.im sure its pretty simple and i just need to find fatter/louder bass/kicks, but was hoping someone may be able to give me any tips they may have.cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Its all about subtle layering in the drop. My main foundation bass in the drop is usually 3-4 basses layered together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpNgrind Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 Its all about subtle layering in the drop. My main foundation bass in the drop is usually 3-4 basses layered together.makes sense and would give it that extra 'umph' right?suprisingly didnt think of that. will have a go at it tonight. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyB Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 i tend to go to sydney fish markets.....they sell the biggest bass's the bigger the bass the bigger the drop.BOOM!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 i tend to go to sydney fish markets.....they sell the biggest bass's the bigger the bass the bigger the drop.BOOM!!! C'mon Jonny, be srs mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelodyIlliterate Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Lol errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrI hope your not just concentrating on the drop mate. So many decent songs have died for me because the drop was just basey and boring. Hope you've got a sick synth or melody in there too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpNgrind Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 im not just concentrating on the drop... i have been concentrating on everything leading up to it... previously i haven't been able to successfully create a quality drop cause i didnt know the right technique... anyway, last night i figured it out while playing around with street cleaners suggestion...i ended up just re-adding the drum and bass kit again as new instruments but at a higher volume level... worked a treat and is alot cleaner than applying multiple than the layering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyB Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Bump n Grind.from that i take it you use logic? and are using the in built samples of the ultrabeat?if so......dont..haha.its very very hard to make a quality track using the sounds in those kits. your going to want to grab a sample pack from the likes of Vengeance or Loop Masters. mainly being Essential house vol 1, 2 and 3 from vengeance have great drum samples.Also to make a full sounding drop. You will want to try and fill up as the Frequency spectrum, but dont have anything overlapping.e.g if you just have something really bassy and no synth's hitting higher frequencies, you can risk having the drop sound very dull, as you just have this powerfull lowend bass and nothing to compliment it. Also if you have this great melodic synth/chords but you have no Low end, its going to sound weak and empty. you need to find a good balance between the 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpNgrind Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 nah mate i am using fruity loops and a couple of different packs i have collected over the past year and a bit.. i will check out those ones you have suggested though. cheers for the tips too i will have another play around tonight.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetIshDub Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Other than fat synths, another thing to try is really focusing on building and releasing tension, a lot of tracks don't even have that heavy of sounds but the background effects, sweeps, impacts and fills are arranged really well so it sounds a lot bigger than it actually is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 whitenoise throughout the drop makes it sound 543412312 times bigger. Make sure u cut out all the low end off the whitenoise though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 whitenoise throughout the drop makes it sound 543412312 times bigger. Make sure u cut out all the low end off the whitenoise though.i'd trust this guy, he knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 whitenoise throughout the drop makes it sound 543412312 times bigger. Make sure u cut out all the low end off the whitenoise though.i'd trust this guy, he knowsHe still can't produce anything in higher quality than 192kbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupe Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 whitenoise throughout the drop makes it sound 543412312 times bigger. Make sure u cut out all the low end off the whitenoise though.i'd trust this guy, he knowsHe still can't produce anything in higher quality than 192kbs.Stay on topic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomy Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 SweetIshDub is spot on. I believe Its about building your tension, if you have no tension / mood / feeling building up to the moment of the "drop" then your drops will always suffer. I think everyone else was pretty much alluding to the same thing but approaching it in a technical way with sweeps / white noise build / synths rises - all ways of building tension. there are many ways of doing it and the drop isn't always big bass drop face melt ear fucking madness (sometimes that is nice though). so tracks build tension and the drop consists of almost nothing more than a kick with some smooth bass. 1. build good tension2. drop3. profit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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