{"id":134,"date":"2018-01-18T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5722.temp.domains\/~audioor1\/how-to-make-a-kick-synth\/"},"modified":"2018-01-18T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T18:55:00","slug":"how-to-make-kick-synth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/how-to-make-kick-synth\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Kick Synth"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n As always, when trying to recreate a sound, we need to listen to it and hear what components it has. Drum hits tend to be short so this can be quite hard. Let’s instead look at the waveform of a kick drum (above) and see what we can decipher.<\/p>\n The first thing we can see is that it starts off at full volume and then fades down to a silence. This is essential for us to know because we need to control the amplitude envelope, if we get this wrong, it may just sound like a long synth note.<\/p>\n Looking at the very first part of the waveform, the top is flat. This could be because it sustains for a few milliseconds, but I have a strong feeling that this kick sound has been compressed, pay attention to small details like this because mimicking a feature of compression<\/a> might mean that when it get compressed in your mix, it may stand out even less.<\/p>\n