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This picture tells it all! How to properly EQ the various sounds in your mix.

Guess who’s back and is ready to thrill the crowds once again? None other than Beati Sounds! This time, he unveiled “Touch The Rainbow”, a tune that fuses big room influences with future house vibes. It’s not too easy to combine these two genres, but for him it was just piece of cake! Captivating melodies and dreamy sounds are just the silence before the storm, because its heart pumping bass lines and heavy kicks are quickly changing the track into a wild one!

There is no reason to settle for lackluster kick drum sounds on your home recording. This article explores some great mix recipes for equalizing and compressing your kick drum tracks. While every kick drum has an individual sound there are some general guidelines you can follow to get a great start in shaping your drum’s sound. Start by trying a few of these eq and compressor settings and tweak them in to suit your specific starting drum sound and desired results. All you need in your home studio is a four band eq to start shaping the kick drum sound of your dreams!

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.

Boom is where the low end thud of the kick drum comes from. You can find a cleaner, modern sound boosting around the 50-60Hz area. A more traditional, ringing boom will be found a bit higher, perhaps in the 100Hz range. I typically use a normal, peaking band for the boom but you can experiment with a low shelving band here if your kick drum is lacking girth. Be careful not to overdo it with the shelf though, things can get blurry fast in the sub frequency ranges.

Smack is the primary attack of the kick drum. This is the frequency range that helps the ear identify individual kick drum hits. I like to start my search for smack in the 3-5kHz range. Microphones specifically tailored to kick drums will often have a bit of a presence bump somewhere in this range. I always use a peaking band for the smack and keep the Q parameter in the 1 to 1.5 range.

Click is exactly what you think it is. At first thought you might not attribute click as a quality desired in a kick drum sound. Click works in conjunction with smack to help bring a kick drum through a dense mix. This is the sound of the beater actually hitting the drum head. You can find the click up around the 6-8kHz range. A peaking band works well on the click (Q around 1.5) but a high shelf can be used to enhance the bleed of the snare wires in the kick drum mic.

Mud is not one of the big three because it is a bad thing! We want the opposite of mud in our mix, especially on the kick drum. You remove some of the mud and clean up your kick drum sound by cutting a thin band in the 250-300Hz range. I will often use a peaking band with the Q set to around 3.

Kick drum big three eq quick chart

More boom (modern) +6dB at 50Hz
More boom (solid, classic) +6dB at 100Hz
More smack (attack) +7dB at 3.5kHz
More click (beater) +6dB at 6.0kHz

Kick drum eq recipes

Start here to get a solid, full kick drum sound with plenty of click
• Band 1: +6dB at 55Hz
• Band 2: -9dB at 275Hz (narrow)
• Band 3: +7dB at 3.7kHz
• Band 4: +8dB at 6.2kHz shelf

Start here to get a more traditional kick drum sound
• Band 1: +6dB at 100Hz
• Band 2: -10dB at 800Hz (narrow)
• Band 3: +6dB at 1.5kHz
• Band 4: +6dB at 7.0kHz shelf

Start here to get a ringy bottom end with less attack
• Band 1: +6dB at 100Hz
• Band 2: -5dB at 250Hz (narrow)
• Band 3: +3dB at 4.0kHz
• Band 4: +3dB at 10.0kHz shelf

Kick drum compression recipes

If I have a very consistent drummer with great dynamics then I often will skip compressing the kick drum at all. Sometimes you need to bring up the sustain or level out an uneven performance or you might be looking for the ultra compressed modern sound.

Reduction level is the amount your kick drum is being compressed. All good compressors have some kind of meter or way to gauge your signal reduction. This will sometimes be labeled gain reduction or will just be a meter that seems to work backwards, going down or showing negative values on each kick drum hit. You should be able to see the reduction increase (more into the negative range) as you lower the threshold of the compressor. I like to get about -3dB of gain reduction for subtle kick drum compression. I’m not afraid to get the gain reduction up to -10dB or higher when necessary though. You don’t have a reduction level control on your compressor. You adjust the threshold control until you are getting your desired reduction level.

Kick drum compression recipes

Subtle kick drum compression
• Ratio: 3:1 or 4:1
• Attack: 4ms
• Release: 200ms
• Threshold: adjust for about 3-6dB gain reduction

More “in your face” kick drum compression
• Ratio: 6:1
• Attack: 3ms
• Release: 200ms
• Threshold: adjust for about 8-10dB gain reduction

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Beati Sounds has released their EDM Bigroom with a very Future Electro vibe. Grab your copy now:

Touch The Rainbow – Beati Sounds Video: EDM Electro Future Bigroom

Beati Sounds has released their #EDM #Bigroom with a very #Future #Electro vibe. Download from: http://beati-sounds.com/2016/03/13/touch-the-rainbow-beati-sounds-download-free/ Or if you are on any portals listen to the tracks using these links: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv-Xf5mD3KA&list=PLbXDYv6uUCeUnHx9u44NTsoX4oenUTvGs iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/touch-the-rainbow-single/id1082615953 Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/album/12352900 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Beati_Sounds_Touch_the_Rainbow_Single?id=Bsllke56o425o7n32txzio3yh2q Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/beati-sounds/album/touch-the-rainbow-single Tidal: http://listen.tidal.com/album/57064743 Amazon mp3: https://www.amazon.com/Touch-Rainbow-Single-Beati-Sounds/dp/B01BJDRDTM Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/2pPnqPUc8W9MCDQxuov5nG

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Touch the Rainbow – Single

Listen to Touch the Rainbow – Single on Spotify. Beati Sounds · Single · 2016 · 2 songs.

Beati Sounds has released their EDM Bigroom with a very Future Electro vibe. Download from:

Beati Sounds has proven his abilities in delivering high-quality music and he certainly established himself as one of the best in the business. He seems to continuously increase his skills and he doesn’t look to slow down too soon! That’s why you should keep your eyes on Beati Sound, he is up to big things! After he broke the barriers with his massive track “Winter Beats”, he went one step further and delivered another hard hitting track.

Entitled “Pounding Bananas”, this one is exactly what we were expecting from him: a mind blowing tune! With no doubt, it’s a creative track that features some interesting ideas, because it infuses progressive house vibes with big room influences. The break part consists in uplifting melodies and catchy sounds, that are preparing the listeners for the madness that is about to begin, seeing as the explosive part comes alongside some pulsating kicks and heavy beats! And you know what’s the best part? It was released as a free download!

“Pounding Bananas” is the ultimate dancefloor smasher that everyone should have!

Pounding Bananas by 🎶 🎶 Beati Sounds 🔑🔑🔑

Beati Sounds has released their EDM Big Room track with a very progressive vibe. Grab your copy now from your favourite portal below: http://beati-sounds.com/2016/02/22/pounding-bananas-beati-sounds-download-free/ Video Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjEnj5wcrhM If you are on any portals listen to all our tracks via these links: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/pounding-bananas-single/id1078767679 Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/album/12266498 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btxaiovqxiw565jooifcz7scpdu Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/beati-sounds/album/pounding-bananas-single Tidal: http://listen.tidal.com/album/56682740 Amazon mp3: https://www.amazon.com/Pounding-Bananas-Single-Beati-Sounds/dp/B01B45GPIA Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/1ly151KsTcCUR1L34AAR3m Or enjoy the FREE download by giving us some support!

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Beati Sounds has released their EDM Big Room track with a nice progressive vibe. Grab your copy now from your favourite portal below:

At Dancefair we followed the remix competition of Laidback Luke​. The assignment was:
-Receive some stems from one of his tracks
-You have two hours to remix it.

We are proud to share the result with you, that was made in two hours of high speed producing. And yes, we give this to you as a FREE download! Enjoy this remix!

Beati Sounds feat. Laid Back Luke – Love At Dancefair 2016 by 🎶 🎶 Beati Sounds 🔑🔑🔑

At Dancefair 2016 we followed the remix competition of Laidback Luke. The assignment was: -Receive some stems from one of his tracks -You have two hours to remix it. We are proud to share the result with you, that was made in two hours of high speed producing.