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Original Message 1/9 08-Mar-01 @ 09:52 PM - Plug in Comp.

Foo!

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This seems to be Quite the hot topic recently, there has been a lot of talk but i have not really heard any real deep discussion into this and well this is what i have found.
I am trying to get a real pumping thick sound out of this kick i got, and i have it in the Cubase compressor. I have tried many settings but for the most part i always seem to have this high pitched THwack going on. The more extreme i get with the settings the more harder time i have getting rid of it. It does not sound warm to me at all like what a hear on the pound ass Techno rekids. Just THwack THwack THwack! I have tried it all, short attack long attack, etc etc, and for the most part it DOES NOT sound like that warm pumpin thump we all are after. Several of you have been converting to the plug in factor and i am interested in if you notice this also? I have also tried the waves this seems to have better results but still not Pumpin....
Are the resuts i'm after only possible with a tube Compressor?

Foo!

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Message 2/9 09-Mar-01 @ 09:19 AM - RE: Plug in Comp.

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it's the threshold you want to mess with & eq... try dave brown compressor, it's in the file library - search for 'vst'

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Message 3/9 09-Mar-01 @ 12:04 PM - RE: Plug in Comp.

Jasper

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erm, you may be barking up the wrong tree though.. if you have a kick thats allready been compressed previously - (and unless it's a plain old vanilla 909 it probably has) then try eq'ing some of the mid range out before compressing it. 400-500 hz or whatever you like the sound of.

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Message 4/9 09-Mar-01 @ 07:31 PM - RE: Plug in Comp.

Younghead

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Ya never going to get that pumping kick drum sound with plug-ins. You wanna get yourself a DBX160x. An underated compressor but you'll find one in every top studio. It'll cost ya about 325 dollars.

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Message 5/9 25-Mar-01 @ 09:18 AM - RE: Plug in Comp.

casparproject

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if you're gonna push him in that direction, you
might as well go all the way and tell him to buy
a tube comp.... they work much better on kicks
anyway.

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Message 6/9 25-Mar-01 @ 09:34 AM - RE: Plug in Comp.

casparproject

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if you're gonna push him in that direction, you
might as well go all the way and tell him to buy
a tube comp.... they work much better on kicks
anyway.

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Message 7/9 25-Mar-01 @ 07:55 PM - RE: Plug in Comp.

BassProShop

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Bah! I like VCA style better on percussion. Save the tubes and opticals for something that needs musicallity and warmth. Vocals. Bass. Horns. For a kick or snare, gimme that hard IC squish. Maybe for the overheads on an acoustic kit. I assume that isn't the kind of music you're talking about.

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Message 8/9 25-Mar-01 @ 08:25 PM - RE: Plug in Comp.

casparproject

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nah, I mean the charachter a slightly
overdriven tube can give a 909 kick

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Message 9/9 26-Mar-01 @ 02:59 AM - RE: Plug in Comp.

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whale then, if yer gonna be that way, run it through a big ol' bass rig, mike it up, and get ready to cream yer jeans.

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