Gabber Kick

Remember that the original gabber kick is just a 909 (sometimes 808) kick with guitar overdrive or distortion applied to it. On a gb you should probably be able to synthesize that on a pulse channel, although you could just use a sample on the wav I guess. If you want to synthesize it, you should make the pitch attack section fall off slower than you would normally do for a kick. Most gabber stabs are usually that way, and depending on the sound you're aiming for, you'll have to adjust the initial pitch (ie fall-off depth).

The second thing is that they tend to change waveform in the sustain/decay section (could be emulated with a change in pulse width a tick or two later). If you're working on the wav channel, try hybrid waveforms between sine and square/saw (a spiky sine will usually give it a better bottom with the saw elements providing the buzzy top).

Sorry that I can't give you any more specific tips, I never worked with LSDJ or NL. Hope this helps anyway

Edit: Ah another thing. I often hear pulse kicks on GB that don't stop decreasing pitch all the way through. Especially for gabber stabs it's important that the sustain/decay section stays on pitch with the rest of of the track. The more fuzzy (uhm.. the more top range it has) your waveform is, the more it'll clash with the rest of the song if you don't do that.

Last edited by µB (Mar 24, 2010 7:16 pm)