I will also do a bass line on pu1, and have a slight sweep thats not quite a kick version of the bass instrument sometimes and layer that with a noise wave kick, and it sounds pretty good to me.
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also, LOL at this:
For now, I’m going to assume you guys like kicks like I like my women: pitched at C5.
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bryface wrote:
roboctopus wrote:LSDJ & You #9 is up. Topic is WAV kicks and some ideas on volume control (part 1)
one thing i like to do is to pair up a WAV kick with a mid- to high-frequency kick, almost a "squeak", on one of the pulse channels. when the two sounds combine, the resulting kick becomes harmonically richer and more complex.
obviously, this comes at the cost of using up another channel, but you're running low on channel real estate there are creative ways to work in the higher-frequency transient anyway, like incorporating the high squeak into the instances of pulse-channel notes that coincide with the kicks.
Yeah, I've done that before. You can use the noise channel to add a short click as well, to enhance the attack of the kick. Lately I've been using a 2nd DMG and doubling up the kick with a rimshot sample with an M command table (which dulls the sound of the rimshot's attack). It adds a clicky thud kind of sound to the kick that's nice.
I plan on doing a couple of columns on kicks; this is just the first one. If I use your tip I'll give you props.
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Hey guys, it's been a looooooong time!
I started a Tumblr to post new LSDJ and Your articles. These won't always be as in-depth as my original Noisechannel articles, but I plan to post more often, sharing patches, tips, and maybe some articles about basic recording and mastering.
Check it: http://roboctopus-8bit.tumblr.com/
I'm new to Tumblr so it's not fancy yet. Don't hate on the simple look.
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Yooooo...so these are old but I think noisechannel.org is dying.
I'm working on porting all the old articles to tumblr because people still ask about them:
http://roboctopus-8bit.tumblr.com/
I might try and do some new ones but I dunno.