Not another ' how do you get this sound ' post but..... :O)

[TascamJimi]

Hey folks, I'm sure folks will roll there eyes at another post like this, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway. One of the things I've always liked about Danial Lanois' recordings is the atmosphere and ' air' around all the instruments. I especially like what he does on kicks at times where it sounds so low, but with no attack. Is he doing something magical to a regular kick drum or is it actually a synth ?? Even broke out my trust Boss-DR-770 to see if it had one of those big orchestra style bass drums but nada....I have VERY limited gear that's from the 90's so I doubt I have the tech. to do it... so I guess I'm just wanting to learn for now... I'll include a link of just one song I've heard him do this on. Maybe just cut it really low and drench it in reverb ?? Thank you for any info I can squirrel away for a later day !! Love this place !!


On a lap top the bass is non-existent so maybe a bad example... :O(

Jim

 

[Papanate]

Hey folks, I'm sure folks will roll there eyes at another post like this, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway. One of the things I've always liked about Danial Lanois' recordings is the atmosphere and ' air' around all the instruments. I especially like what he does on kicks at times where it sounds so low, but with no attack. Is he doing something magical to a regular kick drum or is it actually a synth ?? Even broke out my trust Boss-DR-770 to see if it had one of those big orchestra style bass drums but nada....I have VERY limited gear that's from the 90's so I doubt I have the tech. to do it... so I guess I'm just wanting to learn for now... I'll include a link of just one song I've heard him do this on. Maybe just cut it really low and drench it in reverb ?? Thank you for any info I can squirrel away for a later day !! Love this place !!

On a lap top the bass is non-existent so maybe a bad example... :O(

First off the arrangement is such that you don’t have to put a lot of attack on the kick drum to get through - second their is a reasonable amount of bass on the track - and he’s got the instruments pretty much separated by frequencies - some of that is the arrangement and some of that is EQing - which is mostly subtractive instead of additive - except the vocals which seem to me to have boosted the EQ.

Listen to the other tracks on the album - they are mixed the same way - nothing is boosted - a lot of the tracks use subtractive eq them.

 

[Slouching Raymond]

You can almost hear the bass drum head flapping.
I'd say tune it as low as it will go, and use a soft beater.
Thats's my 2c.