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scwebber
New member
I'm trying to figure out how to get my bass drum to make a resounding booom sound when i hit it. Any ideas would be awesome!
VTgreen81
Active member
for starters, if you've any pillows blankets etc. in the drum put 'em back on the bed, it could be chilly tonight. tune the batter, then tune the resonant head to a slightly higher pitch. This will bounce the waves back to the batter and lenghtens the decay. Let your beater bounce off the batter head instead of burying it. Also try moving your mic back to let in more room sound. For a really HUGE sounding kick make a tunnel with carpet, moving blankets etc. and try putting the mic at different spots in the tunnel.
When processing try cutting about 8-10 db at 300-500hz and add a touch of reverb and squash the h*** out of it, maybe as much as 20:1. Experiment. trust your ears, have fun.
When processing try cutting about 8-10 db at 300-500hz and add a touch of reverb and squash the h*** out of it, maybe as much as 20:1. Experiment. trust your ears, have fun.
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noiseportrait
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VTgreen gave you some very good advice, but I'd also like to recommend that for BOOOOM it is a good idea to use a resonant head without a hole. The hole will just make the drum decay faster, which is bad for BOOOOM!