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STYLE DIRECTION

How to Build an Experimental Music Kick

STARTING POINT

Build a Experimental Music kick around an intentional envelope and spectral role even when the source, timing, or texture is unconventional. Start with the ILLUSTRATIVE KX1000 STARTING VALUES below, then choose a direction only when the arrangement needs a different amount of length, density, or attack.

ILLUSTRATIVE KX1000 STARTING VALUES

Build the style foundation

Transient0.72
Body0.76
Sub0.46
Length480 ms
Punch58%
Tone0.30
Drive12%
Impact64%

METHOD

How to shape it

  1. Set the kick envelope for the tempo and groove.
  2. Balance Transient, Body, and Sub as one event.
  3. Use Length to protect the bass and next rhythmic hit.
  4. Add Punch, Tone, Drive, and Impact only for a specific audible need.
  5. Check the result in mono, at low level, and in the full arrangement.

ARRANGEMENT DIRECTIONS

Choose the version your track needs

Intimate textured

A softer, more human-feeling version

A softer, more human-feeling version.

Transient0.56
Body0.76
Sub0.40
Length500 ms
Punch46%
Tone-0.70
Drive12%
Impact54%

Club direct

A firmer version for dance-floor use

A firmer version for dance-floor use.

Transient0.82
Body0.80
Sub0.46
Length420 ms
Punch70%
Tone0.80
Drive13%
Impact66%

Processed abstract

A denser, more unusual version

A denser, more unusual version.

Transient0.74
Body0.70
Sub0.39
Length470 ms
Punch62%
Tone1.40
Drive26%
Impact64%