My db Meter Is To Long

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  1. David-93

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    Hi Guys
    Well I Have Problem With My Computer I Use Abelton 9 and when i want pick kick drum sample in Vengeance packs when i select any kick its have sub frequency and its too long
    For Example the kick sample in VHE 4 kick 001 its boom but in my computer i hear boom mmm its have sub
    i see the deadmau5 live steams and Masterclass when he select any kick in Vengeance pack sounds with no sub and real time
    the other thing i see in db meter when i select a kick its going 0db and very slowly down but deadmau5 select that kick i select i see 0db and fast down and its real sound with no sub
    so what i can do ??
    please !!!
    Thanks guys
    Merry Xmas

     
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  3. Qrchack

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    Cut the sample up so it's shorter. Also, practice English. It's cool that "your kick is boom", but it took me a while to understand what you're asking.
     
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  4. Nimbuss

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    I'd say Deadmau5 is editing his Vengeance samples to sound the way he wants them to so he doesn't have to waste time fine tuning kicks, a lot of EDM producers do it, Afrojack and Steve Aoki are known for using the same kicks over and over again, which makes sense for saving time and makes your songs easier to mix live or compile for album.

    Add a High Pass filter to remove the sub Hz and make use of your ADSR knobs to remove the tail of your kick.

    Just my thoughts.
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  5. Baxter

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    Amplitude envelope (decay/sustain) ftw. All samplers have it.
     
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    never seen a guy complaining his "was too long" :rofl:
     
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  7. flyingsleeves

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    Make sure your kick samples aren't being timestretched
     
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  8. Moogerfooger

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    Joel uses the Waves C1 in Expander mode on kicks a shit ton. I've also seen him use UAD's version of SPL's Transient Designer quite a lot. You can always sculpt away the "Mmm" frequencies with Simpler's Amp envelope or by using a parametric/hi-pass eq.
     
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  9. Impressive

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    My db meter is so long the insane urge to vigorously beat it around is too damn high sometimes.
     
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  10. Kingvrage

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    that's what she said
     
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    Like someone mentioned before, make sure the Loop/Warp Short Samples is set to Unwarped one shots.
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    There are so many different ways to get rid of the boominess of kicks. Eq, Transient shaping, ADSR, or even straight up fading or chopping the boom out of the sample. Pick one.
     
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  12. Fudsey Plange

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    Yeah it's always the other way round innit.
     
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  13. Baxter

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    Btw, this has nothing to do with a dB-meter.
     
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    must be this
     
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