Hardstyle Kicking....

[Darktrot]

Well i cant manage to perfect my hardstyle kick. Ive got a remix of Live the Moment by jdx due soon. Anypony lend a hoof?

[Navron]

I believe a common technique for getting a more powerful kick is to layer a 909 style kick, and adding a compressor so it doesn't reverberate as much.

I could be wrong though. I haven't gotten into making hard kicks quite yet.

[bartekko]

909? yes.

but instead of compressor, I think it's overdrive.

[Aussie]

909? yes.

but instead of compressor, I think it's overdrive.

Or both. The harder the better.

I think certain VSTs like Ohmicide also help to get that certain kick.

[bartekko]

909? yes.

but instead of compressor, I think it's overdrive.

Or both. The harder the better. ;)

I think certain VSTs like Ohmicide also help to get that certain kick.

overdrive already works like a compressor, so there's no need to double that effect.

a compressor after overdrive won't do much, and a compressor before overdrive would make the kick sound more static IMHO

[Aussie]

909? yes.

but instead of compressor, I think it's overdrive.

Or both. The harder the better.

I think certain VSTs like Ohmicide also help to get that certain kick.

overdrive already works like a compressor, so there's no need to double that effect.

a compressor after overdrive won't do much, and a compressor before overdrive would make the kick sound more static IMHO

haha dammit stop being smarter than me. <3

[Icky]

Here's a video of Zany explaining how to make a basic hardstyle kick, altough he's speaking dutch it's subtitled.

[Darktrot]

Thanks all for the help. So far so good me and a pal named "Sean M" are hard at work

[ArtAttack]

hard at work

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[F3nning]

I'll just leave this here:

Free, awesome, and completely legit hardstyle sample downloads.

[PrincessAddictia]

Hi there, I'm new here but I kinda now a thing or two about hardstyle kicks.
First off all: Don't layer anything, just use one 909 kick or a kick from Junglist or hydra, otherwise your kick won't sound like one solid sound.
Another thing that I found pretty usefull is to add distortion step by step and allways put a EQ between Distortion effects even if you won't change anything to them directly, later on it gives you mor control about everything.
To get this typical "WROAM" sound in your kick it can be usefull to take the beginning of your kick cut out the middle and crossfade the beginning with the end of your kick where there is less high frequency.
you can also do this with an effect called autofilter but it is not free and it sounds a bit to artificial to me.
Oh, and one last thing: NEVER use sample Hardstyle kicks (most of them are ripped of anyway)!

[ArtAttack]

Awesome, addictia's finally in on the fun.

[PrincessAddictia]

yeah, I lurked long enough