Loca people remix dj blend biography

A recurring question on discussion forums seems to be how to get a really clear, cutting kick-drum sound for mainstream chart-oriented dance tunes, and because this production provides a good example of that, I thought I’d take the opportunity to examine how it works.

The choice of sample is, of course, critical, and while this is inevitably a question of personal taste, there are nonetheless a number of practical considerations to bear in mind too.

Firstly, while it’s always a temptation to have lots of sub-bass rattling around, there are good reasons to avoid putting too much energy into the 20-40Hz region — and not just because it tends to eat into your available headroom at the mastering stage.

Even on a full-range listening system, it’s tricky to get extremely low frequencies to register as subjectively ‘bassy’ to the listener unless you allow them to ring on in time. However, if you do that, the gaps between kick hits fill up with low end, weaken