new kick question

[jmorris]

I've finnaly gotten to the point that I can get a decent kick drum sound. My only issue is that,and this at times is apparent with commercial CD 's, when I get the level up past say 16 on my CD player in my truck,the kick is more of a distorted thud. Now 16 is not really loud but a medium level to listen to. You can just about talk over it. As I said this is also apparent on store bought CD's. Is it my car system??? Is it the way the kick was recorded,mixed, freq's??Some will just kick ass with tons of punch,others thud/crackel. I'm kind of thinking it is my speakers. Maybe each kick has a different frequency? These CD's will sound fine in my home and studio setup. Thoughts,Jim

[memriloc]

Could be wrong, but I'd go with the speaker thery....Could just be that the low end is maxing out you speakers and as it's a short 'burst' of sound it appears that it's a distorted kick while everything else sounds good....You say that you notice it when you go 16 or higher....that to me would be the answer then....you may be able to talk over it, but the speakers may not've been designed for even that level....hope this helps!!!

[jmorris]

Yeah,I'm leaning towards the speaker thery also.Like I said even store bought CD's can do it,others sound great..solid punch.Thanks,Jim

[matty_boy]

Some kicks have more really low freqency sound. Try rolling off some real lows (ie 60-80hz) and see if it still happens. Could also depend on if there is a lot of the same frequency in the bass and the bass drum. Try carving some real lows out of the bass.
Hope this helps.

Matty