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I’ve been reminding myself of some older mixing techniques I used to use a lot some years ago.

Let’s revisit Bob Power’s low end kick technique to give a house kick some extra weight. Will work on any genre.

Try it if you’ve never done this and you may find it can really make your kick feel bigger!

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How to get a heavy low-end kick

This technique will improve the low end presence of your kick. In other words, how to get a phat kick. This technique was introduced originally by Bob Power if I’m correct. I'm a mixing and mastering engineer and a producer. My website: http://www.fanumusic.com My social media links: https://www.facebook.com/fanumusic https://soundcloud.com/fanufatgyver https://instagram.com/fanufatgyver https://twitter.com/fanufatgyver https://bandcamp.com/fanu

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Jack Carter

nice tip! curious if this would cause phasing / clashing in the lows since its a duplicate "sub" added in. would the compression help mitigate that?

Matt Petters

also curious about this. or maybe because it is the same signal it is just a boost?

CARTER

Love this technique, great watch. Also like the Lindell SBC (api 2500*) in SMASH mode instead of the dbx160 for drum parallel . dbx160 sometimes is too poppy & sharp - Have you tried the SBC fanu? its my new favourite for api 2500 clone.

Fanu/FatGyver

It’s true the DBX160 is real sharp! This technique isn’t that super dependent on the type of compressor, I’d say. Haven’t tried the SBC!