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What makes a perfect kick drum

Underdog Electronic Music SchoolSaved in 4 people's production playlists, 2023–2025
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90K views · 4 years ago · tutorial

What makes a kick versatile, and how kick synthesis works.

Explains kick design properly.

  1. 0:00 Learning to listen to kicks
  2. 1:35 The first few kicks
  3. 4:41 How kicks are made in Kick2
  4. 5:51 The next few kicks
  5. 8:50 Kicks with secondary rhythms
  6. 9:30 The 909 kick
  7. 13:16 About fundamental frequency around 55Hz
  8. 15:07 Be very careful when you use kicks like this
  9. 15:58 Tonal kicks for tuning
  10. 22:51 Ultralong kicks as basslines
  11. 25:29 Sidechain pumping effects
  12. 26:20 Tuning a kick example

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