How do Treasure Fingers and Breakbot get those heavy kicks

Performance & Techniques Music Production
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How do Treasure Fingers and Breakbot get those heavy kicks

Hey just wondering if anyone can offer any advice on how to get a nice kick drum like Treasure Fingers and Breakbot. It’s got such a solid punch to it.

I’m using Maschine as my main tool for production, are these sounds dependent on samples or using the proper Fx?

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Sounds like he’s layering a BD with a “pop” on top of a sub-bassline. Regardless, the key is layering. BDs are constructed from three sounds layered on top of each other:

  • A high frequency “pop”
  • A midrange “thump”
  • A subbass “boom”

as shown in this tutorial: http://sonictransfer.com/kick-drum-design-tutorial.shtml