Effects • Why does my Kick get sucked in? even with sidechain? (optional: Snare)

hi guys,

im wondering with 2 tracks and wonder if someone has maybe some similiar experiences and maybe good tips?
normally to have a kick punch through i have no problems, my steps:

1. solo the kick, eq, comp, saturation, maybe some low end boost with mbassador, rbass or something
2. sometimes if i think something is missing i layer a 2nd kick and sidechain it to the main kick so it doesnt clash with it.
3. then i put them to a Drum Bus mostly
4. i sidechain this drum bus to everything having some bigger low end e.g. low drone, pad, bass etc.

normally thats doing the trick or am i missing something?

Additionally to the above points.
thats how i proceed with snares as well but i put them to a Snare Bus then to the drum bus mostly but i dont sidechain snares normally, guess this is the mistake? cause in some tracks i got a snare (snare bus) sounding really fat/punchy and im like, yes this is it, and in the full mix it gets unpunchy. would you do the above just with the snare? so mostly either/and eq the other elements with the fundamental of the snare and sidechain these elements?

thanks

Statistics: Posted by Caine123 — Tue Jun 18, 2024 7:13 pm — Replies 0 — Views 43

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