7/25/2019 The Kick DrumBig Three
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The kick drum big three: boom, smack, click
These are three key elements that can be used to describe the
sound of a kick drum.
Boomis where the low end thud of the kick drum comes from. You
can find a cleaner,
modern sound boosting around the 50-60H area. ! more
traditional, ringing boom will be
found a bit higher, "erha"s in the #00H range.
Smackis the "rimary attack of the kick drum. This is the
fre$uency range that hel"s the
ear identify indi%idual kick drum hits. You can search for smack
in the &-5kH range,
whilst using a "eaking band for the smack and kee" the '
"arameter in the # to #.5
range.
Clickis e(actly what you think it is. !t first thought you might
not attribute click as a
$uality desired in a kick drum sound. )lick works in con*unction
with smack to hel" bring
a kick drum through a dense mi(. This is the sound of the beater
actually hitting the drum
head. You can find the click u" around the 6-+kH range. !
"eaking band works well on
the click ' around #.5.
Mudis not one of the big three because it is a bad thing /e want
the o""osite of mud in
our mi(, es"ecially on the kick drum. You remo%e some of the mud
and clean u" your
kick drum sound by cutting a thin band in the 50-&00H range,
with use a "eaking band
with the ' set to around &.
1ick drum big three e$ $uick chart
2ore boom modern 36d4 at 50H
2ore boom solid, classic 36d4 at #00H
2ore smack attack 3d4 at &.5kH
2ore click beater 36d4 at 6.0kH
1ick drum e$ reci"es
tart here to get a solid, full kick drum sound with "lenty of
click
4and #: 36d4 at 55H
4and : -7d4 at 5H narrow
4and &: 3d4 at &.kH
4and 8: 3+d4 at 6.kH shelf
