Kick it - 11 Bass Drums for eurorack
Here it is: The big bass drum module comparison - this one goes to eleven. In just under 20 minutes we play 11 bass drum modules, all with the same sequence, no frills. This is just about listening to all modules in the same setup to be able to compare them. Just what people do when they come to SchneidersLaden showroom to compare modules.
Deciding on a new module is often a lengthy process of weighing pros and cons, gathering opinions, and watching videos. There are product descriptions and feature lists, but ultimately it comes down to sound - does the sound of the module fit the aesthetic I want?
We put all the bass drum modules from our showroom into a rack - 102hp - to pit them against each other: Tiptop Audio - BD909 & BD808, Hexinverter - Mutant BD09 & Mutant Bassdrum, WMD - Crater, Noise Engineering - Basimilus Iteritas Alter, Erica Synths - Bass Drum, Jomox - ModBase 09 Mk II, 2hp - Kick, L.E.P. - Cassa, Befaco - Kickall.
They all have their own character, very different concepts and features. We are not interested in whether one module has three CV inputs more than another, but only in the basic sound - some of the presented modules are quite capable to function as a stand-alone synthesizer voice, but that's not what we want to talk about here. We hope the video can help you in your search for your next kick. At the beginning of the video there is a timeline to help you find your favorites.
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WMD really making game changing drum modules, all sound great and completely unique
Awesome kick setup, one can never havetoo many bassdrum options 👍🏻
Extremely helpful. Thanks for making video.
Thanks for this comparison! My favorites are Mutant BD and BIA. The L.E.P. Cassa sounds kind of weird but i guess this is what you have to expect from a L.E.P. Module :D
Great! Jomox, Crater really kicking, and clicking. Mutant 9 and Basilimus nice variety
Great vid - would be interested for more of these especially as it's harder to come to the store to try things out right now.. Personal (and blind tested) favs are Basimilus and Jomox here.
@GuitarsAndSynths
3 жыл бұрын
agree and BIA is super versatile can do more if you modulate it and Jomox is just a beast.
0:25 BD909 1:46 BD808 2:28 Hexinverter BD9 4:40 Mutant Bassdrum 6:50 WMD Crater 8:40 Basimilus Iteritas Alter 10:00 Erica Synths Bass Drum 11:33 Modbase 09 MKII 13:38 2HP Kick 15:00 LEP Cassa 16:52 Befaco Kickall
great video! hex BD9 gets pretty wholesome. all seem useful sounding for different applications. for my needs and desired sound, my biased love is undeniable; erica bassdrum is the truth.
Super helpful!
Erica all day every day
@michaeldulsky8492
3 ай бұрын
And twice on Sunday
Crater + Jomox + Tiptop 909
Basimilus sounds great
Jomox ModBase MK2 or WMD Crater are my winners
An analog Oscillator Comparison would be great in the future as i'm searching for a replacement for my Doepfer A-110-1
Thank you
Thanks and this was helpful. My fav is the Tiptop BD09. Tones are great. Easy to dial in a solid fundamental kick. If I want more, I can add to the sound. I cant add to a heavy transient or noisy sound. While I enjoy just playing with the BIA...its a pain to add in a mix where the other sounds are clean or more clean. All this said, I just ordered the SSF Ultra Kick. Hoping its fundamental is solid and when I want to add more, I can do that all in one place. Plus I want to use it for sub bass texture.
this case is my dream
Jomox sounds the best to me in terms of weight and the variety of tones you can get out of a module. But its "click" part feels separate from the body/sub. I think it's a must to run it through some saturation and/or compression to "glue" all the components together. Awesome comparison video btw.
@GuitarsAndSynths
3 жыл бұрын
run it thru Mutant Hot glue compressor mixer
@nym053
3 жыл бұрын
Or not use the click/noise at all :)
@piotr803
3 жыл бұрын
@@nym053 yeah but sometimes you might want some top-end on yar kick 🙂
@nym053
3 жыл бұрын
@@piotr803 use an eq bell curve, then you don't loose the roundness of your transients :)
@final_animal
3 жыл бұрын
@@nym053 Kind of a pain to dial that in with modular gear though. I reckon it's feasible with the ER-301 although I'm not 100% sure how I'd go about that. A lot of eurorack users don't seem to be using EQ, or are running something pretty basic.
Interesting 👍
thanks.
Can you make a gabber kick on the BD909 tho?
Sampling time !!!!!
Hi, did you use sample, kick drum,
Für Sound Design finde ich Crater und Modbase am besten. Sind am vielseitigsten. BIA ist nicht ganz so gut wie das LIP für kicks, aber beide sind mmn. ne absolute Verschwendung wenn man sie nur für kicks benutzt, man sollte einfach resamplen und das damit machen was man damit machen soll und zwar die Module modulieren. Meine liebste kick ist immer noch die BoomTschak von AudioDamage, das mit nem tanh[³] als Waveshaper/Limiter/Feedback und Godeater zur Verzerrung und das Gebäude stürzt ein. Am besten das Signal in nen LR4 crossover filter. Die lows-lowmids in ein Desmodus Versio parallel zum Dry Signal und ne richtig dicke rumble kick draus machen, geht ab wie sau ...
@MRTM-kl5dd
2 жыл бұрын
I'm also curious how that sounds! Any sound demo?
Great, Can you buy all those modules in one? I like that you focussed on the sounds, Rather than what each can do =) There are A LOT of producers out there making music for the wrong reasons, Forgetting that at its core, Sound is what it is all about. great video
Jomox sounded the heaviest followed by Hexinverter Mutant Bass Drum
@final_animal
3 жыл бұрын
WMD Crater and then Jomox IMO, BD9 was solid too.
l like the crater also
And boomtschak wins! Fatality! Yeah I know it’s discontinued just sayin
crush on mutant bass drum
ok i want the crater
@GuitarsAndSynths
3 жыл бұрын
love mine super fun and don't forget about fracture and chimera those are superb unique percussion modules as well
@sukkube
3 жыл бұрын
@@GuitarsAndSynths hey Boiler Room
A matter of personal taste. Got my Jomox today, will send it back an keep my ssf entity bass...-
ok basilimus also
bit where is the mfb and cwejman kick??? come oooooon 😭😭😭
@schneidersladen_berlin
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Serdar, we didn't include them because both modules are not available anymore. But MFB and Cwejman both are nice options!
Just my personal opinion but I think a Moog DFAM sounds more rich an deep than all of these.
@final_animal
3 жыл бұрын
It does for sure, vaguely regret selling mine. It's just takes up so much rack space lol, can be quite slow to dial in the right sound as well. I might get one in the future and keep it outside the rack next time.
@GuitarsAndSynths
3 жыл бұрын
DFAM+Subharmonicon would be great portable setup.
@brianobush
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I sometimes just tune it to a sound and trigger it externally w/o the internal sequencer.
@stinkymart3173
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, any collection of more traditional modules wired up the right way and dialed in just perfectly, but like the other replies said that takes up a lot more space than any of these modules. That's just the trade-off
@final_animal
3 жыл бұрын
@@stinkymart3173 Takes up space and you lose the immediacy of a dedicated module that way. Some people are into modular because they want to design everything from scratch, others want to design an instrument that does exactly what they want, how they want it, and that can include being able to dial in a kick without interrupting your workflow. Both approaches are totally valid, and I think most modular users probably fall into the middle there somewhere with a lot of sound design capabilities but dedicated modules with a niche/specific range as well.
ok jomox...
They all sound pretty crappy
@joshk2181
3 жыл бұрын
True
@GuitarsAndSynths
3 жыл бұрын
you really need to run them thru a compressor to clean them up
@inf0tr8r
3 жыл бұрын
you should hear them on a PA, specially the jomox.. it doesn't need ANYTHING, sounds like a tank coming through the walls
@FrankNobelMusic
2 жыл бұрын
think all eurorack kicks sounds better though and good filter with separate controlled adsr.. That’s how I run my Boomtschak .. gets very fat and sounds more modern