Lower the kicks in a song
Hey, I have this problems with the kicks in some of my house tracks. If I wan’t to play them at the same time it sounds like the kicks are in top of eachother, wich sounds really bad. I’ve tried to set up as good beatgrids as possible using a tutorial on youtube, but sometimes it still sounds bad. When I press “Tick”, should I then hear the tick on top of the kick or should I not hear it at all?
Please help, best regards Jack H.
The tick and the kick should blend into one sound if in phase. They will both be audible. If you don’t spend the time to beatgrid or don’t do it correctly you will need to pitch bend one of the tracks to be what Traktor believes is out of phase.
if you dont set your beat grids correctly thatll happen, try fixing your beat grids and then try syncing. If not then just beatmatch by ear or learn how to or w.e
If your beatgrids are set correctly then you might be mixing some songs that just dont sound good together or you have to brings down the lows on one of the tracks and mess around with the EQs
^^^this
Sounds like things are slightly out of phase or your gains are too high. I’d bet the former, but I can’t quite imagine what you’re describing. Worst thing I’ve heard like that is when kicks would phase each other out of the mix and make the bottom end sound thin…but that really only happens if producers are all using the same kick sample and it’s insanely easy to fix with a tiny nudge.
Also, what tutorial is this? You shouldn’t be using the metronome to beat-grid…the graphics are significantly more precise than your ears are.
I’m pretty sure it was a dubspot tutorial that said this which made it way more complicated than it needs to be.
I just turn auto grid on and adjust if needed. Usually it’s spot on and if it’s not it’s usually because it’s started at the wrong transient and is off by a couple beats. I just delete the grid and press the grid button and place it on the first kick and then the rest is fine and you may need to nudge it slightly. It’s very rare that the bpm is wrong and if it is it usually just needs to be doubled. There’s no need to ever bother with the metronome- if something is really a pain just sync it with another track to test.
Okey, but I never use the sync function and still I got this sound like when they are on top of eachother, maybe I just have to be more patient when I place the beat grid.
if you dont use the sync function then you have no use for setting beat grids. So are you doing it by ear or not?
Beat grids are good to have even if you aren’t syncing. A lot of the fx rely on a proper grid.
yes that i know, but his problem is with the kicks which has to mean something is off lol Im confused now
If you’re not using sync and you’re getting issues with kicks sounding weird…it means you need to get better at beat matching.
Here is how I do it. I load up a song WITHOUT having “set beat grid when detect bpm” on. Then I place my first marker(cue point) at the first kick in the track. Then I use the tick if it sounds good, wich it usually does, then I’m finished. I never use the sync botton, since I find it to mess up my cue points, meaning that when I press my cuepoints it doesn’t go off directly when I press it. When I wan’t to load in a diffrent track (wich has been “beat gridded”) I use the jog-wheels to get it to line up with the other track. But sometimes, even if they are lined up I hear this “ticking” sound on the kicks when they are playing simultaneously.
Best regards, Jack H.
Wait, what?
Don’t use the metronome if you’re beat-matching manually…it serves no function.
First off just turn off snap/quant and that should fix the jumping thing
IF you ear ticking nudge the grids using the button in the grid panel and see what happens. Don’t use the metronome/tick function.