8 Nov
2011
8 Nov
'11
8:32 p.m.
On 11/08/2011 02:24 PM, Julien Claassen wrote:
Hello everyone!
I'm trying to process a bass drum, namely this one:
http://juliencoder.de/bd.ogg
My goals; Short attakc, some high frequency click - if possible -
and a short release. Not much mid-frequency content. Think metal bass
drum. Unfortunately I failed gloriously. :-( I can use any LADSPA
plugins. I've tried a combnation of:
gate (SWH ID: 1410) and compressor (Invada Stereo Compressor ID: 3309)
for the attack and release. I alwyas use Fons' 4-band parametric EQ
(ID: 1970) for EQ'ing.I've used two in a row, but didn't get rid of
the mid content. Well, let me put it this way: Although I tried
pulling down, what I perceived as the main peaks there, I still ended
up with a bass drum sounding rather middy.
Any suggestions on that? Basic techniques might do? A nice setup
with specific tools might be even better. :-)
Thank you for reading and pondering!
Kind regards
Julien
Be careful using a gate on a drum. It will most likely give results
other than what you want, as it will actually end up softening the
attack due to the attack time of the gate itself. If you speed up the
gate's attack time to get more of the drum's initial beater attack, you
usually end up with a "click" caused by the gate opening too fast. By
softening the attack, a gated drum will actually emphasize the drum's tone.
As for EQ, I'm listening over my laptop's speakers, so can't really
tell, but I'd try scooping 180-350Hz, a narrower scoop at around 1.5KHz,
and a boost at 35-45Hz (if you can hear that on your monitor system.
A compressor can be hit or miss on a drum. Try about a 3ms attack time,
and don't get carried away with compression ratio.
See what happens.
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