TRAP EARS needed: Channeling Drake
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Re: TRAP EARS needed: Channeling Drake
I think it's pretty good Tom.
I could use more punch in the kick sample , I think I can hear them doubling the 808 bass part but in the ref track they hit a lot harder so it's probably a case of finding a punchy kick and layering it.
The claps could be a bit sharper for me as well, some sort of high shelving boost. Then the other thing is to just give it more variation now as currently no matter where I skip forward or back to it often sounds like I'm in the same spot.
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I could use more punch in the kick sample , I think I can hear them doubling the 808 bass part but in the ref track they hit a lot harder so it's probably a case of finding a punchy kick and layering it.
The claps could be a bit sharper for me as well, some sort of high shelving boost. Then the other thing is to just give it more variation now as currently no matter where I skip forward or back to it often sounds like I'm in the same spot.
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Aw, I feel like a bit of irony now... do we expect our audience to WATCH our music and say: "Wow, that's a really cool waveform!?!"
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Tom - I meant for you to layer the 808 with another kick drum..that's what I hear in the ref track. something that sits above the sub to give it some thwack
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Not interested in looking at waveforms...use your ears...The punch of the kick is very obvious in the Drake track - in yours it's not really coming acrossCTWF wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 12:03 pmAt the moment I have one kick doing the attack and a subbass (with no real punch) that comes in after that (is ducked against it). If you call this combo "808", then - am I correct? - you mean I should now put another kick on top of it? I can play around with it. But it feels pretty punchy to me now that I have ramped up the existing kick quite a bit.cosmicdolphin wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:40 amTom - I meant for you to layer the 808 with another kick drum..that's what I hear in the ref track. something that sits above the sub to give it some thwack
Here is the waveform of the isolated kick+subbass combo. You can see the punch of the kick with the very short transient, then the long subbass wave comes in.
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No...you are overthinking it. The punch doesn't come from the 808 ..it comes from a punchy kick sample that you layer on topCTWF wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:24 pmI have trouble hearing that. But I wonder if it is that I should duck the rest against the transient of the "808". I don't do that yet.cosmicdolphin wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 12:11 pmNot interested in looking at waveforms...use your ears...The punch of the kick is very obvious in the Drake track - in yours it's not really coming across
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Not hearing much of a difference Tom, if you make the Soundcloud track downloadable and let me know the tempo I will show you what I mean
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Still not much differenceCTWF wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 2:00 pmOkay, last try before I send you the track (thanks for the offer!):cosmicdolphin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 9:34 amNot hearing much of a difference Tom, if you make the Soundcloud track downloadable and let me know the tempo I will show you what I mean
I have changed the kick sample and some parameters in the gate.
https://soundcloud.com/ctwf/trap-v9-sim ... qozlAuKaJL
Please let me know if I am on the right track.![]()
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Send it to yourself..PM me the link...include the midi of the 808..just drag n drop it onto your desktop to export
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