Elektron Musical Instruments

Hi,

> ...and I'm happy to be criticised for that.

Correct, but I'll try to be constructive! :)))

> Listen to that kick drum, and then check out the kick in the wav sample on
> this page:
> http://www.infected.co.il/Studio/Bassdrum/How_Bassdrum.htm
> and then keep in mind that the Kick.wav on their page is much less
> powerful than the kicks they feature in their full tracks.

Well, if it's the small wav file you mean, then it can not be used in a normal
mix imo. Actually, I used to make such bassdrums myself as well and every time I
went with my "master tapes" to any mastering engineer, they started complaining
about the bassdrums: there are waaaaay too many low freqs in it! Try to put this
on vinyl and you're in big trouble, I assure you. At least, you have to compress
this sound like crazy and then EQ it to make it suitable for normal mixing.

> At any rate, the md_bass demo's kick is just weak and hollow compared to
> the kick.wav.  I can understand if it were an "analogue kick", but if
> you're using a digital dsp, you should be able to get a pretty sharp kick
> if you want to.

???? The best bassdrums are made with analog drum-machines imo. :-) Apparently
our taste differs a lot. :)
A good reference is the Jomox XBase which is known to have one of the best
bassdrums on this universe, next to the good ol' 909 of course.

Anyway, I won't send my final comments on this new MD demo tonight because I
want to listen to it on my monitors, but as for now, I'd say: it's much better
already, but still not "perfect".

Bye,
Joeri


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