How 2 Up kick drum sound?

[cymball]

hi ther..

Does Any1 Noe how to up da volume of a kick drum in a song?
i experiment wif EQin but cant seem 2 get da rite settings..
tried searchin on da net but no avail..
or is ther any vst plugin or free software dat does this?(cant seem 2 find any)

btw i'm using audacity...
so got any tips do share pls

 

[hangar17]

put a compressor on and pump it and play around with the adsr envelopes to see which fits it


a=attack
d=decay
s=sustain
r=release

 

[soft]

Are you doing a mixdown or simply want to 'up' the kick in a music track?

 

[cymball]

i wanna 'up' the kick in da music....

 

[jbarks]

Bump at 50hz, narrow Q?

 

[evident]

you can't do that merely by EQ-ing. from this question i can tell you don't really know anything about audio engineering.

 

[soft]

hey evident, you are a drummer right? What is the frequency characteristic of a kick drum?

 

[evident]

hey evident, you are a drummer right? What is the frequency characteristic of a kick drum?

there is no single frequency range for a kick drum.

increasing the lows makes it boomier. about anything below 100Hz.

to make it punchier it depends on what type of sound you want to get. about 800Hz is good. but some people go as high as 3000Hz.

but in his context he only want's the adjust the kick drum without the actual session tracks. which is impossible because doing anything to the sound file would spoil the intended mix and master. and doing so would actually increase the frequency for all the instruments and not just the kick drum.

 

[Cheez]

I'm not an audio engineer, but I agree with evident that EQ'ing will change the entire mix. Unless...the kick drum is recorded on a separate track of it's own. In this case, I would suggest not just boosting the lower freqencies, which can overdo things, but "taking out" other freqeuncies instead.

 

[blueprintstudios]

you haven't considered posting up the 320kbps mp3 maybe for someone to give it a shot helping you out with your problem?

 

[Cheez]

Great idea. And of course, the mp3 must adhere to copyright laws...

 

[cymball]

you can't do that merely by EQ-ing. from this question i can tell you don't really know anything about audio engineering.

Yup i'm a complete dummy at this. i asked cuz sometimes learnin a new song cn be a pain when i cant hear da beat properly haha... Wait,is 'up-ing' a track considered illegal???

anyway, posting da file might be wrong cuz its not my music.if my music i wld oso be shy 2 post lol...

 

[clementtan]

Yo, maybe you can say the title of the song or songs? Then maybe some of the fellow softies can maybe help u out. Yeah?
I'm not saying i can be much of a help. But maybe most of us could

 

[squarehero]

Well, if you are still interested in the answer, boost a few db, wide Q at 100 Hz. This will increase the power of the kick. Then EQ at 5k Hz to add a bit more click from the beater. Note that this will boost the hats and snares also.

Alternatively, I would suggest you pull down your low mids, 250 Hz to 2k, by a bit to hear the low and the highs better. After pulling it down, boost the overall song level.

 

[turbochicken]

no no no.

actually.

before you eq, note the factors that affect your source.

1. tuning
2. beater
3. mike
4. acoustics
5. miking technique

assuming you've tackled all the above decently and you're doing a mainstream mix, to make your kick stand out, your main freq is 128hz.

63-128 makes it bigger and more boomy, if that's what you want. 250-500 is plausible, but it depends on your other instruments.

anything below 40hz, roll off. 30-50hz is the omph you hear at discos. they won't do much for your mainstream mix.

 

[squarehero]

Hi turbochicken, I think he is EQing a full track to practice with. He does not have a drum multitrack to work with. Therefore, I suggested what I did.

 

[turbochicken]

Hi turbochicken, I think he is EQing a full track to practice with. He does not have a drum multitrack to work with. Therefore, I suggested what I did.

ah

then there's not much he can do. unless he has no bass in the track.

 

[<daydreamer>]

I think... why not message one of us with the song title, and let him/her help double the kick for you in a DAW with another kick drum? It may help - doubling the kick would make it louder in theory. In practicality, it ought to. Correct me if I'm wrong.

-<dd>

 

[cymball]

well,i found a way to up it by using window media player. so no nid to edit da track.although da bass oso got more audible.lol