These Make Your Kicks Sound Bad

Searching for a good kick sample never ends. But what is a good kick sample?
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00:00 What is a good kick sample?
00:23 Objectively good kicks?
01:03 How does a kick work anyways?
02:05 What about the key?
03:00 MT Smooth Kicks
03:33 Signs og bad kicks
06:39 Good kick samples
07:48 Long kick example
08:08 Short kick example
08:44 Mid kick example
09:36 Kick and tom example

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  • @ziolepr8393
    @ziolepr8393 Жыл бұрын

    I wish I had this level of tutorial when i started 23 years ago. I would have saved so much time.

  • @princepatootie3357

    @princepatootie3357

    Жыл бұрын

    you still have plenty of time. everyone is on their own path. you're obviously still alive. Lets hear what you can do now?

  • @donit.
    @donit. Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to hear more about toms, I always struggle with them

  • @AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69

    @AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69

    Жыл бұрын

    Really? I think it's a mental thing. I'm a 20 year plus drummer who doesn't or hardly uses toms in any of my electronic music.

  • @donit.

    @donit.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 yeah me neither but I'd like to, because I know a lot of tracks where I think the toms really add a lot of groove

  • @ELLIOT8209

    @ELLIOT8209

    Жыл бұрын

    I avoid them😂🤣

  • @JimJuno

    @JimJuno

    Жыл бұрын

    It's easy to get carried away with them and overshoot the target. I'm busy learning how to use them right. It's a rabbithole on it's own... 🙃

  • @mrtnlnhrdt7605

    @mrtnlnhrdt7605

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here 😅

  • @ludovicrobin5308
    @ludovicrobin5308 Жыл бұрын

    Hey you know what I love the most about your videos ? It's that they're super useful to me even if I absolutely don't make the same kind of music as you ! :) You always manage to explain general concepts in a very clear way and I haven't seen many youtube channels doing it so well (Sorry if my english is bad btw...)

  • @Alice-Efe

    @Alice-Efe

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy to hear that! Thank you😊

  • @TehAwesomer

    @TehAwesomer

    Жыл бұрын

    (your english is not bad, don't worry!) -- native english speaker

  • @eepuchan
    @eepuchan Жыл бұрын

    I have a love/hate relationship with how right you are and how MANY "bad" traits I still do in production. Thank you so much for what you do! Much love, girl

  • @alisbam7105
    @alisbam7105 Жыл бұрын

    I learn so much from every video you put out and I don't even make the type of music you make, but I still can implement the knowledge to my own productions. Thank you so much for the value you bring to us all

  • @lewysevans
    @lewysevans Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for another great video! Love the effort you put into these, the amount of info, while still being laid back enough to speak your mind and give deeper insight. Carrying on with this theme, I'd love to see a dive into the tonal aspects of other percs, mainly hi hats and claps. I feel I often meet producers who aren't aware that while some things are atonal, more often than not all percussion is playing notes, and becoming more aware of those notes and their interplay in scales can create much more expressive, emotional music. Like how toms, kicks and snare are generally tuned on a drum set. Experimenting with the pitch of individual drum elements can really change the feel in the context of a song and it would be cool to bring that subject of which intervals/patterns work best into focus in the community. Punchy four on the floor drums would be a good example. What makes objectively more musical/danceable great BOOTS + CATS vs weak boots + cats (outside of the important nuance of masterful groove/swing) Hopefully that makes sense.

  • @Kpm1985
    @Kpm1985 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for such a clear explanation. I think this is one of your best videos yet. I recently got a handle on how multi-band compression keeps my low end elements under control and working together, but this video helped me realize that I've probably been making kick drum selections that later get in my way.

  • @xil.sanctified
    @xil.sanctified Жыл бұрын

    Just discovered this channel and I must say, your content is absolutely phenomenal. Then I went to check out your Spotify and was blown away. You are very generous with your skills, thank you for taking the time to make these videos.

  • @Alice-Efe

    @Alice-Efe

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! ❤❤

  • @POINDXTRMUSIC
    @POINDXTRMUSIC Жыл бұрын

    awesome video! great perspective on how different kicks work for different track situations. thanks

  • @MrPhotoDudeYo
    @MrPhotoDudeYo Жыл бұрын

    I hope you don't mind, this is a great video and it made me think about the K9 Kicks sample pack I got recently, where kicks are split into transients and the bodies which really helped me to get the kicks just right! Keep it going, great channel!

  • @bh9999
    @bh9999 Жыл бұрын

    Been producing for five years and yet I had to watch this till the end. Thanks for covering this subject in depth.

  • @elvisojeda5600
    @elvisojeda5600 Жыл бұрын

    I've decided to stick to your content more closely and been getting some of the amazing resources you come up with... Thank you for it all!

  • @Js-oo9jq
    @Js-oo9jq Жыл бұрын

    wow! this video opens my mind to such intrincate details about the kick - which I use without much discretion. Thanks, Alice!

  • @HughLynnMusic
    @HughLynnMusic Жыл бұрын

    So in love with your videos. Unlike many other youtube tutorials, you give FULL tutorials WITH great examples! Thanks Alice!🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @HughLynnMusic

    @HughLynnMusic

    Жыл бұрын

    Ohh! And it's super entertaining! I'd spend hours on your channel without knowing😂😂

  • @martindewhurst2485
    @martindewhurst248511 ай бұрын

    Concise, great graphical explanations and a good range of genres covered. Excellent video

  • @wastipandjah
    @wastipandjah10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your precious knowleges, i learn by myself and it really helps me composing !

  • @SomeOne-pd6vm
    @SomeOne-pd6vm Жыл бұрын

    wow, super helpful video. I've been making music for a few years now and kicks are probably the thing I struggle with the most, giving examples on different contexts here was super helpful.

  • @fabriziopaglia-rg2wc
    @fabriziopaglia-rg2wc Жыл бұрын

    congratulations from Italy! You are very prepared. your videos are more interesting than many found on youtube! brava, brava!

  • @taborgreat
    @taborgreat Жыл бұрын

    Missed seeing you in my recommended. Excellent tutorial as always and exactly what I needed as I’ve been ovethinking kicks lately.

  • @macronencer
    @macronencer Жыл бұрын

    This is an excellent video. I've seen a few other videos about kick sounds, but this is the only one so far that breaks it down into relevant theoretical analysis. It will be particularly useful for building suitable kick sounds out of other samples if I'm doing more experimental stuff (I might plan to do that at some point). Bookmarking this one - and I just subscribed. Thank you!

  • @Alice-Efe

    @Alice-Efe

    Жыл бұрын

    Aww happy to hear that and welcome to our community! ❤️

  • @brianwynn10
    @brianwynn103 ай бұрын

    Your knowledge is amazing I been really taking my time learning production to a science and you have help answer a lot of questions I have tanks

  • @user-7SkyzOnFire7
    @user-7SkyzOnFire75 ай бұрын

    Alice, You go SUPER-HARD with the instructions you give in your video. That is EXTREMELY APPRECIATED more than words can express. The information you provide is PRICELESS. Please don't ever change. You are a DIAMOND to the audio community and your gifts of knowledge are needed in these times where it seems like everyone is only trying to sell this level of knowledge. So, Again I say BIG THANK YOU.

  • @djstevekelley
    @djstevekelley Жыл бұрын

    Great video and insightful. Nice work!

  • @xgmode
    @xgmode Жыл бұрын

    For a kick with a loud transient I'd probably use a hard clipper or sample edit the volume of that portion to correct it.

  • @danydonowitz
    @danydonowitz11 ай бұрын

    Please continue creating videos that explore seemingly basic concepts, which, in reality, represent fundamental questions. Through your content, I've come to realize that I had taken these answers for granted, merely following habits without truly understanding the depths of these essential inquiries.

  • @pawesiakaa298
    @pawesiakaa298 Жыл бұрын

    🤩good to see you. Thank you for new fresh portion of wisdom

  • @Alice-Efe

    @Alice-Efe

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy to help, always! 😊

  • @deaddoomed2380
    @deaddoomed2380 Жыл бұрын

    wow I understand much better now what I do with compressors on kick thanks your explanation of the waveform! thanks you!

  • @Rhekluse
    @Rhekluse Жыл бұрын

    This is really good. Great video on the philosophies & practices of Kicks. Thanks Alice! :)

  • @ryanwilliamske
    @ryanwilliamske Жыл бұрын

    I learnt how to EQ kicks thanks to how you broke them down into layers. This video is VERY helpful. Thank you Alice!

  • @veljkocvetkovic141
    @veljkocvetkovic14115 күн бұрын

    Great tutorials! Keep up with these, they are very informative regardless of genre. Do you happen to have a suggestion on hard techno kicks that you would recommend? Most of sample packs I have downloaded come with very distorted, overprocessed kicks that can't really deliver.

  • @purpledolphin6776
    @purpledolphin6776 Жыл бұрын

    Very informative for such a short video, cheers!

  • @davidpetersonharvey
    @davidpetersonharvey Жыл бұрын

    Love your videos. I started producing over 25 years ago but learn a lot from you.

  • @elvisojeda5600
    @elvisojeda56002 ай бұрын

    Coming here to revisit this one... Great video!

  • @mavro-skyli
    @mavro-skyli10 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the content! It has helped me a lot. Tack så mycket!

  • @Alice-Efe

    @Alice-Efe

    10 ай бұрын

    Happy to help and thank you for your kind tip! 😊✌️

  • @JimJuno
    @JimJuno Жыл бұрын

    The amount of time & effort that goes into these videos must be insane. This is quality content!

  • @kymeru
    @kymeru2 ай бұрын

    Great video, saw a lot of kick tutorials. If you do another kick video, please talk about why we can feel a good kick in the body and what's wrong if we can't.

  • @TheEGOSONIC
    @TheEGOSONIC Жыл бұрын

    hey , I would like to thank you very much, you have helped me many times, although I use Reason , but basically it is the same.many greetings from Frankfurt

  • @ProfessorSaibertin
    @ProfessorSaibertin Жыл бұрын

    Very informative, thank you Alice!

  • @lachyc4356
    @lachyc4356 Жыл бұрын

    Production quality of your videos is amazing! Thank you

  • @akifkayis
    @akifkayis Жыл бұрын

    Awesome lesson exactly, your videos are kind of gold💯

  • @internetsurfer6995
    @internetsurfer6995 Жыл бұрын

    I usually fall asleep with music production videos when I'm laid on my bed. But this was very educational and interesting at the same time. Thank you for taking the time to share this content with us!

  • @andrewmontijo9379
    @andrewmontijo9379 Жыл бұрын

    Another great video. Thank you!!

  • @eugenio8652
    @eugenio8652 Жыл бұрын

    You are just precious, Alice! Thanks!

  • @alfredex22
    @alfredex22 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome as always, great vid!

  • @Richard_P_James
    @Richard_P_James Жыл бұрын

    Another useful video 👍 Has there been a video about grooves / quantizing?

  • @chrisstage6954
    @chrisstage6954 Жыл бұрын

    Wow really useful information. Love this one 🔥

  • @issac1074
    @issac1074 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! thank you!

  • @aiaccident
    @aiaccident Жыл бұрын

    Another brilliant episode by the awesome queen of production theory! Thx! Best , random Swedish hungry producer 😅

  • @Alice-Efe

    @Alice-Efe

    Жыл бұрын

    Aww thanks a ton! Keep making music you random Swedish hungry producer! ❤️

  • @user-LABUX
    @user-LABUX Жыл бұрын

    I have watched many of your videos! Super!

  • @robertoalekohl
    @robertoalekohl Жыл бұрын

    such a fantastic break down. thank you.

  • @DanielSamulewiczXXI
    @DanielSamulewiczXXI3 ай бұрын

    Wow! All aspects of kicks sound design in 10 minutes! Beautifully amazing! Thank goodness, thank you!

  • @tocompose
    @tocompose Жыл бұрын

    thank you, Alice. Very informative kick video

  • @RogueFire29
    @RogueFire29 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for another great video !!

  • @romano5222
    @romano5222 Жыл бұрын

    thank you for sharing crucial recipes for cooking the most important part of electronic music, tips to make them various, you can't make an hour and a half with very similar kicks without boring the audience. yes, there were some drastic changes on this channel, contents became more usefull ! THanks again ! respects !

  • @Alice-Efe

    @Alice-Efe

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Romano, appreciate it!❤️

  • @juanchis.investigadorsonoro
    @juanchis.investigadorsonoro Жыл бұрын

    Okay, so an Ableton CT shared your channel & it's amazing. Thanks for making so amazing videos. This will help a lot in & out of the classroom. I can't help wonder, is there a way to get access to the flow charts? Stay cool Alice

  • @Alice-Efe

    @Alice-Efe

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, really appreciate the kind words and give my hugs to your Ableton CT.❤️ Kick frequency chart (A bit more advanced version of it) is available only for the melodic techno low end course at the moment. Just to give them something of an extra. 😊

  • @RobyFayermusic
    @RobyFayermusic Жыл бұрын

    Love ur stuff !

  • @abelmartinezdj
    @abelmartinezdj Жыл бұрын

    Great video as always. What do you think about 909 kick and it’s extreme transient?

  • @kaitlynsitro5596
    @kaitlynsitro5596 Жыл бұрын

    hi Alice - great vid as always! quick question... what do you recommend tuning the kick to? the root note of the song?

  • @iandeegrees1509
    @iandeegrees1509 Жыл бұрын

    another great video from Alice (and the day has structure)

  • @ephjaymusic
    @ephjaymusic Жыл бұрын

    Amazing tutorials!!!

  • @Beatsbasteln
    @Beatsbasteln Жыл бұрын

    great overview on different types of kicks and kick problems. that kick with the pitch drifts sounded awkward af. it would actually make a great challenge trying to come up with a musical context for it. something that unironically makes it the most favorable kick

  • @jl9205
    @jl9205 Жыл бұрын

    Nice. Very well done.

  • @chaprak
    @chaprak Жыл бұрын

    Great job!❤

  • @plake01
    @plake01 Жыл бұрын

    another interesting alternative to Kick 2 is Dawsome Chop Suey. There you can assemble the Transient, Body and Tail sequentially instead of layering. Nice approach imo.

  • @mihovil5806
    @mihovil5806 Жыл бұрын

    amazing tutorials yaclin ✌️✌️✌️

  • @oliverquach9614
    @oliverquach9614 Жыл бұрын

    Really appreciate you showing abnormal looking or ‘wonky’ kicks, it’s more applicable to real life situations!

  • @z0Eiira
    @z0Eiira Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much on such specific and useful info. Although in my case, not being a native English speaker, found some trouble following the audio with the subtitles, as it seems they have a few errors (i.e. atonal kick / atunnel kick, tom sounds / thumb sounds). Just a suggestion. Best of luck with your channel!

  • @erikgwk
    @erikgwk Жыл бұрын

    Great video 🎶

  • @thebarnowlsmusic
    @thebarnowlsmusic Жыл бұрын

    Making music for 10+ years... kick and bass mastery is a form of art. The science won't get you far, but it certainly does help in some ways. Also your sample pack is essential for me lol.

  • @tri-unetrl3966
    @tri-unetrl3966 Жыл бұрын

    What tools/software do you use to edit your videos??? they're awesome!

  • @sideshow4463
    @sideshow4463 Жыл бұрын

    Good video. I don't make edm, just sometimes for fun. But I get the point, kick choice matters and it really does, no matter what genre you make. Although I like to experiment and not use what I am "supposed to" use. That's because I want to be a little different. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not 😆

  • @drrodopszin
    @drrodopszin Жыл бұрын

    It would be interesting to see this approach in a hybrid drum kit for folks who make live music with some electronic extras. I feel since the drummer likes to add some embellishments it is usually better to have shorter kicks.

  • @TheologyVGM
    @TheologyVGM Жыл бұрын

    You're one of the only people I learn from because I don't trust other people haha. You are amazing.

  • @blindcamel6236
    @blindcamel6236 Жыл бұрын

    ready to start using some tunnel kicks

  • @vitalijusmacas1629
    @vitalijusmacas1629 Жыл бұрын

    Many thanks 👍

  • @oleksandrpotylko8054
    @oleksandrpotylko8054 Жыл бұрын

    I like to add little bit overdrive saturation and other type distortions. Just a bit of something else

  • @tawixdu64
    @tawixdu64 Жыл бұрын

    can you make a tutorial to create our own kick from a synth (serum, sylenth, stock plugins...) please ?

  • @FranR00
    @FranR00 Жыл бұрын

    You can fix DC offset with a HPF on 20hz, But i'm not sure if that's the best option to do in that case, probably is better to change your kick.

  • @DreadPitt
    @DreadPitt Жыл бұрын

    "And this will be followed by the buddy of the kick" is what it said in the auto-generated captions. Made me laugh haha

  • @fpsVAMPZ
    @fpsVAMPZ Жыл бұрын

    Dear wisdom queen. Quick question. I asked you previously about moving things off the grid to be less repetitive, but I think I'm a psychopath or a cyborg because that's the only way things feel right. Do you have any advice for how far to move things or is there some other way to do it with a plug-in or something? I'd love to see an example of a full track so i can see how you align and misalign things on the grid. 🖤 Thank you.

  • @tobik1980
    @tobik1980 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, thanks :)

  • @doktagc01
    @doktagc01 Жыл бұрын

    Great explanation!

  • @GrvMUSIC4U
    @GrvMUSIC4U Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video

  • @Iyamcole
    @Iyamcole Жыл бұрын

    Amazing tips

  • @justandycat
    @justandycat11 ай бұрын

    Wow, thanks! If the kick's transient is high frequency does it mean I should sidechain the hi hats and other high transients, right?

  • @marc-io
    @marc-io Жыл бұрын

    First! A good kick is the one that fits your arrangement, has the right length for the groove, cuts through the mix 🤔

  • @Alice-Efe

    @Alice-Efe

    Жыл бұрын

    Pretty much 😊

  • @keyofdmusic
    @keyofdmusic Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial, as always. Quick question about a tonal kick. I understand the benefits when the kick is tuned to F and the bass also is playing F. But what happens when the bass note changes? Wouldn't that introduce dissonance in the low end with the kick hitting F all the time? Or maybe it doesn't matter because the sound is short lived? As an extension of that question, the whole concept of tuning a drum makes sense, but ... what do you tune it to? Thanks for helping clearing that up.

  • @pappasierra703

    @pappasierra703

    Жыл бұрын

    Try tuning it to the fundamental key/pitch in instances like that

  • @TraxtasyMedia
    @TraxtasyMedia Жыл бұрын

    Got to mention that Angerfist ist Hardcore not Hardstyle ;) but a well video where I learned why my older kicks sound so messed up and I never figured the issue, now I do, thank you very much Alice

  • @Void-ih5wx

    @Void-ih5wx

    Жыл бұрын

    Correct, also hardstyle uses more than 2 transients (and mostly heavy eq + distortion).

  • @caputimusic
    @caputimusic Жыл бұрын

    in engineering i learned to cut mostly under 50hz, that for sure will sound good in any system. what is your expereince cutting under 30 or under 50?

  • @Quadr44t
    @Quadr44t Жыл бұрын

    DC offset also is dangerous for the speakers. It makes the woofer move sudden, instead of smooth.

  • @YanickFM
    @YanickFM Жыл бұрын

    You're my favorite teacher

  • @szeredaiakos
    @szeredaiakos Жыл бұрын

    Speaking of DC offset. Do you people know of any filer plugin that adds DC offset? I can use serum to create a DC signal but I need a filter doing that all the time.

  • @yokelectronic
    @yokelectronic Жыл бұрын

    An excellent video.

  • @octavioflores1689
    @octavioflores1689 Жыл бұрын

    Nice! 👌

  • @NAWN
    @NAWN Жыл бұрын

    thank you :)

  • @44MV
    @44MV Жыл бұрын

    Nice as always Alice direct 2 the point 😉

  • @Alice-Efe

    @Alice-Efe

    Жыл бұрын

    Always!😊✌️

  • @peekpen
    @peekpen Жыл бұрын

    this will do wonders for my rhythm section (drum/bass). after the kick is the vocals. thank you. Edification for Alice's "DC offset": kzread.infoUgkxqdKhDbD2DY-1UApq_uLk748d-Z1TCGi8

  • @hippienoise
    @hippienoise Жыл бұрын

    you really know how to rock on it haha congrats

  • @Chik0r0
    @Chik0r0 Жыл бұрын

    AMAZING VIDEO!!!

  • @epheler3926
    @epheler3926 Жыл бұрын

    this video is amazing