EQ Kick Drum.

[sass that frood]

How do you figure out what Hz your kick drum is?

 

[ssscientist]

Start at 120Hz minus 10 Db on as narrow a bandwidth as possible and sweep up and down the frequency range from about 250Hz down to 50Hz. When you hear the fundamental drop out you've found the frequency of the kick drum.

 

[timboZ]

How do you figure out what Hz your kick drum is?

((r2 - 2cr cos( - ) + c2 = a2)) x (( (x-j)^2 + (y-k)^2 = r^2 )) / 3.141592...
That should do it for you.


Is this a trick question?

 

[Massive Master]

((r2 - 2cr cos( - ) + c2 = a2)) x (( (x-j)^2 + (y-k)^2 = r^2 )) / 3.141592...
That should do it for you.

(( (x-j)^2 + (y-k)^2 = r^2 ))

Dammit... I've been doing it wrong all this time...

 

[sass that frood]

oh geeze. I thought that was the formula to prove how you amount to nothing.

thanks triple S

 

[sass that frood]

I just wanted to know since I'm trying to figure out how to make the kick punchier through the mix. And I guess I don't want to cut out the fundamental part do I?

My Eq set up goes like

Gain -12 to +12
Lo (40-1.5) Mid (200-8.0) Hi (500-16.0)
Q: 0.5-16.0

So to do what you suggested, I'd just have to set the Low setting to 120Hz and -10 Gain? And by narrow bandwidth that means the Q? And sweeping would just be messing around with the low frequency?

Sorry, hopefully no more dumb questions. But I guess the next question should be.. what to cut out of the kick?

 

[StarvingEyes]

try cutting a considerable portion at around 400Hz to take out the "flabby sound". usually does me right. bump at 80 hz for thump. boost at maybe 2.5 khz for beater smack.

 

[timboZ]

oh geeze. I thought that was the formula to prove how you amount to nothing.

I’m sorry if you didn’t like my answer.
I thought that this was another one of Walters’s questions.

 

[sass that frood]

I actually thought it was funny, and tried to get the one up.

 

[Ronan]

Every kick is different but try dipping at 500, boosting at 4k and maybe cut everything below 50. Boost around 10k if you are doing new metal.

 

[Kevin Deschwazi]

*anti-spam Bump*