THE SCIENCE OF ELECTRONIC KICK DRUMS

THE SCIENCE OF ELECTRONIC KICK DRUMS

Learn how to get big, fat, full, kick drums which cut through the mix and make your tracks sound professional and huge. Understand how kick drums are synthesised electronically. If you make electronic music, this course is for you.

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Course curriculum

1. Introduction to kick drums
1. The two envelopes
2. Synthesising a kick
1. Drum machines
2. Roland kicks
3. Synth VS 808 VS 909
1. Sample packs
2. Some kick samples
1. Kick terminology
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1. Gain
2. Alignment
3. Polarity
4. Ringing
5. Still not right
6. Stacking
7. The rumble kick
8. Distortion
9. Side-chaining
10. Mix Side-chaining
11. Gating
12. Workflow tip
13. Delay
14. Layering
15. A note on EQ
1. Hardsyle kicks
2. Boom kicks
3. Pitched kicks
4. Aphex Twin style bouncing ball kick
5. Intermodulation kicks
6. Reggaeton kicks
7. Recording unique kicks with a microphone
1. Hat Sidechaining
1. Thank you
2. Feedback and contact
3. Discount on all other AP Mastering courses

About this course

€49,00
35 lessons
1.5 hours of video content

Master the foundation of electronic music

This isn't the usual stuff. This is an in depth course on exactly how to synthesise, record, process and mix kicks from scratch. The kick is the most essential element in electronic dance music. With a solid understanding of kick drums, your ability to create and mix solid sounding tracks will be instantly elevated

Purchasing this course unlocks a 10% discount of all other AP Mastering courses

REVIEWS

Very Informative and Thorough Explanations

Aaron Gardner

Alain is an expert at explaining things, and this course well breaks down the fundamentals of kick production and mixing. I definitely recommend this!

Alain is an expert at explaining things, and this course well breaks down the fundamentals of kick production and mixing. I definitely recommend this!

Really enjoyed it!

Y L

What I like about the course the most is its systematic and comprehensive approach. From the physics behind a kick drum to the comparison between classic drum machine kicks * in context* to tricks for making modern sounding techno kicks, not only ...

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What I like about the course the most is its systematic and comprehensive approach. From the physics behind a kick drum to the comparison between classic drum machine kicks * in context* to tricks for making modern sounding techno kicks, not only have I learnt something new but the course also helps me connect concepts I already knew. Highly recommended

Some good bits

Robert Burgers

There are some good bits in this course, but overall, I found this course a bit too generic for my needs. Then again, perhaps I was expecting too much. I had hoped for an in-depth tutorial on kick drum building. Alain has delivered plenty of in-de...

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There are some good bits in this course, but overall, I found this course a bit too generic for my needs. Then again, perhaps I was expecting too much. I had hoped for an in-depth tutorial on kick drum building. Alain has delivered plenty of in-depth stuff on his YT channel and I very much enjoyed his EQ course.

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