how can i get that click?

[BlackHawk2029]

I really dont want to go down the triggers route, so is there any other way to get that clicky bass drum tone? right now i just have a pillow in my bass drum, with hard felt beaters on an evans eq4 head, and its just not doing it for me. any suggestions?

[bfoundation81]

get some quarters and those pads you put on skin for were your beater hits and put quarters behind those pads right were beaters hit and it will give you click my friend!

[BlackHawk2029]

sweet thanks. keep the hard felt beaters or change 'em?

[mikeh]

You can experiment with soft or hard beaters to determine what works best for any given sound.

I prefer a half dollar or a silver dollar to a quarter - simply because it disperses the impact area on the drum head a little more.

As an option to coins (and certainly for a different sound) you can also try something like a patch of leather

[Sloan]

I use an EV vocal mic for kick drum mic'ing and have to do some extreme EQ. I'm working with a tech-metal duo right now and did a rough mix last night and A/B'd it beside Metallica's Master of Puppets to get sort of a reference mix. Boost around 50hz and 4-5khz cut the rest out and you should be getting somewhere.

[LIMiT]

A quick trick for an already recorded kick is :

duplicate the track
use a HPF on the dupped track, rolling of all low end until all you hear is the click
insert a limiter and crush it
mix to tast with original track


Hope this helps,

-LIMiT

[Farview]

1. Take the pillow out of the kick.
2. get evans EMAD head
3. Get a hard beater, rubber, wood, plastic. Felt will always sound soft because it is.
4. Tune the heads low.
5. Hit the kick hard.

IF that doesn't work, get the Danmar pads

[NL5]

Originally Posted by Farview

1. Take the pillow out of the kick.
2. get evans EMAD head
3. Get a hard beater, rubber, wood, plastic. Felt will always sound soft because it is.
4. Tune the heads low.
5. Hit the kick hard.

Great advice!

[BlackHawk2029]

yeah my old band's drummer used EMAD's and i liked 'em alot. (im really a guitar player but i tinker with drums quite alot) i used to mess around on his kit alot. the only thing i didnt like was that his pedals were so damn sticky. but then again he got 'em for free so i dont see too much of a complaint factor there.

[PhilGood]

Originally Posted by Farview

1. Take the pillow out of the kick.
2. get evans EMAD head
3. Get a hard beater, rubber, wood, plastic. Felt will always sound soft because it is.
4. Tune the heads low.
5. Hit the kick hard.

IF that doesn't work, get the Danmar pads

Danmar pads and wood beaters!!

That's exactly what you want if you're looking for clicky!

[surfmaster]

mic the drum with anything you have, try to eliminate bleed as well as you can, then get or download a drum replacer .vst and replace the hits with a sample of your choice. you can find those clicky samples all over the place online.

[bfoundation81]

i was just gonna say you can always sample the kick drum!!

vinnie paul kick is a sweet sample with lots o click

[BlackHawk2029]

yeah the only thing i have against sampling is it tends to tear the dynamics all to hell. i have a replacer vst, but it only does one velocity level, and i dont want anything OVERLY clicky, but clicky enough. there are some of those clicky samples that just bother the hell out of me.

[chrisharris]

I just use a typewriter.... and drumagog.

[BlackHawk2029]

i might try that chrisharris.