(Release sets how quickly the compression effect will “let go” after the signal drops below the defined threshold level. Using slow attack times – something like 30ms and above – is usually the way to go when you want to add sharpness and snap especially for your percussion sounds.) (Attack sets the time how quickly the compression starts to affect to the start of the signal. After experimenting with different values, I found that 2.05ms gave what I was looking for: it smoothed out the excessive punch part, leaving a tiny snap to the attack part of the kick. ( Ratio sets how much of compression will be applied once the threshold level is exceeded.)Īt this point I also raised the Gain (this is the output gain or make-up gain) to 13.5dB to compensate the volume reduction caused by dropping the Threshold and adjusting the Ratio. Then I adjusted the Ratio to 5.1:1 as it sounded just about right to my ears. If the Threshold is left above the level the incoming signal is peaking at, the compressor doesn’t do anything.) (Threshold sets the dB level above which the signal will be compressed. I needed to drop the Threshold down to this level to get the desired effect. So, I went and dropped a Fruity Limiter to the kick Mixer track.įirst, I switched on the compressor mode by clicking on the “Comp” and started by dropping the Threshold level to -28.9dB. My goal was to flatten a little the punch part at the beginning of the kick and bring the kick body (tail) alongside with the slapback echo more “in-yer-face”. Next, I planned to use compression to shape the kick. Rest of the adjustments are pretty minor: I turned off the LowCut to leave all the low frequencies to the input signal, set the HighCut to 4.6 kHz, RoomSize to 46, Color to Warmer and Reverb level to 30%.
Short decay time works best when creating basic slapback echo effect with reverb. Predelay is the key for a slapback echo effect and with a tempo of 145bpm, 189 ms seemed to be just a right value to make the echo appear exactly on the offbeat after each kick. So, I opened the Mixer, loaded a Fruity Reeverb to the kick Mixer track and first set the Predelay to 189 milliseconds. Slapback echo came first to my mind when I was thinking how typical harder style kick would sound. Now, the kick was a bit too dry and weak to work in a harder style beat as is so it needed quite a lot processing. In the Playlist, I added a new pattern to the Clip Track, renamed it as “drums”, opened the Step Sequencer and placed the kick on each 4 steps and voilà: I got a steady four-to-the-floor rhythm pattern 🙂
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I picked a kick sample titled “kick02.wav” (originally from the Prime Loops Drum Sample Tasters 2012 free sample pack, but for this tutorial, I gathered all the sample material to a one single folder which I am also sharing with the FL Studio project file at the end of this tutorial), opened it in a new Sampler Channel, renamed the Channel as “kick” and assigned the channel to a free Mixer track (and left the kick Mixer track volume to 0.0dB). Next, the most essential element of this beat: the kick. In the Mixer, I also dropped the Master track volume fader to -6.0dB to leave enough headroom for the mix to be safe from clipping. Preparationįirst, I set the project tempo to 145BPM. Here’s the exact steps how I made this beat. It’s probably a bit of like old school hard trance maybe.?Īnyway.
I’m not hundred percent sure in what specific genre or sub-genre this beat falls in to as everyone has their own opinion, but it does belong to the category of a harder style electronic dance music for sure. In this tutorial I will show you how I made a bit harder style beat in FL Studio.
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