Anyway, I continued to work a bit on it.įirst thing that came to mind was using a noise gate on the original kick to remove some of the trailing noise I think I was hearing. To be honest, I did not really like the combined sound (to my defence, the goal of this tutorial is not to produce the best beat, but to show you techniques). Notice the (somewhat subtle) fattening of the sound when you play both kicks at the same time. Listen two both channels individually and combined (also disable/enable the compressor to understand its effect). I suggest you play around with this a bit.
Note that I’ve adjusted the volumes for both channels a bit. As a starting point you can copy my settings. This is quite an individual thing, but what you want to emphasize is the thump of the kick. I play the sound and tweak the compressor controls until I am happy. Now, in the Mixer I add the Fruity Compressor to Insert channel 1. The second I route to Mixer insert channel 1. This is the original sound that I will not compress. As you can see in the screenshot, I’ve muted the first channel with FLS_Kick_07. This is already a decent kick, but let’s try to fatten it up a bit. Maybe not the best sample, but I merely use it for illustration purpose. You know what, let’s put it to the test and try to make our beat fatter using this technique.Īs the basic kick I use FLS_Kick_07, which you can find in the Browser under Packs | Drum Kit 07. See the illustration below where the original sound is mixed with a compressed version:ĭoing this will allow you to preserve the original dynamics while also giving the beat more thump. This will often results in a better, distinct sound. See: Compression explained - part Iīut compression needs to be used with care as you risk affecting too much of the dynamics, resulting in a duller sound.Ī very useful technique is referred to as layering where you for example mix the original (dry) sound with the same (but processed) sound. I discussed compression in another tutorial by the way. What compression can do is compress volumes above a certain threshold while preserving (or rather bringing out) the lower volumes and frequencies that give the kick its thump.
Using compression is one of the most common suggestions when it comes to fattening beats/giving them more punch.
#Fl studio swing beat how to#
In this tutorial I will illustrate a few techniques for fattening beats and how to sample them off for your own library, so you do not have to go through the same process each time. If not for making the sound fatter, then for simply making new sounds alltogether (maybe you are bored with using the same sounds over and over again, maybe you do not have that many samples in the first place). Then again, knowing how to enhance/fatten your beats and basses is actually very useful knowledge in my opinion. While it is definitely true that you can combine less than perfect samples into better sounds, having a good set of quality samples in your library allows you to focus more on the actual composing and arranging. If you want a fat beat, then get samples of fat beats and start from there. The one that really stands out is that you should get some good samples. When I started investigating how this could be done I got a few advices.
Numerous times I have received the constructive criticism that my beats are a bit weak and that I need to make them fatter and punchier (same goes for my basses). Fl Studio 9 tutorial explaining how to create fatter beats
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