Rumble kick ( techno kick )

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#1

Any suggestion for Rumble kick processing ? Any lfo tricks for rumble movement ?

#2

I don’t really make rumble kick techno bass, so YMMV

but I tried out the audio input filterbank technique (described in the manual), running a Rytm beat into AK and splitting the 4 tracks into low/low mid/high mid/high

With some overdrive and resonance on hp & lp filters the kick turned into a long resonant rumble, without even using any reverb

I imagine if you soak a kick in Verb then try that it should get somewhere close

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#3

Trigger LFO (Ramp up) on Tune with a 32.00 x 16 setting. Mix to taste

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#4

Hej!

I’m using a Rytm MK1. This trick made me happy when I figured it out and I wanted to share it.

Here goes my thinking:

  • Sending a kick to reverb creates a nice rumble but the click/transient forces me to pull down the lowpass of the reverb.
  • Lowpassing the reverb makes it unusable for the other the sounds
  • I only have one reverb :frowning:

Instead:

  • Allow the reverb’s filters to let almost everything pass, tune to taste.
  • Send a good amount of kick to the reverb, I used 44.
  • Use the kick track’s LFO to duck the reverb send level during the transients.
  • LFO settings: mod=ONE, wav=exp, dep=-40, spd=11, mul=256.

Making the LFO faster makes the reverb tail brighter and vice versa.

Have fun!

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