Side-chain for bigger kick drum
Using the side-chain to enhance the kick drum sound is an
incredible useful technique to know and one that many modern producers
use to get an extra oomph out of their drum sound.
I wrote a tutorial about the topic at the highly successful
Audiotuts+ website which is a part of the Envato network of internet
publishing.
Below you can read an excerpt from the tutorial. To check out the complete thing, click here
I have a trick that can help you make your kick drum all that much fatter, resulting in a sound you can use for tight, throbbing pile driving rock or for fat hip hop beats. I'll be using Logic Pro 8 in this tutorial but any decent DAW will produce the same results.
Like I said, if you are interested in the whole thing, click here.
For a different side-chain technique, check this article out.
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