Extracting sounds from samples / Drumkick

Hey,

1. Question:

I got a question about the sound design regarding samples. For example, do you guys use Plugins, Filters etc. to remove drum sounds for example.

If I want to use a sample which includes drums, I chop the pad to begin with the snare. Afterwards I layer the chop over the snare drum of the beat and with some eq'ing and filtering I try to let both Snares, sound like one.

In general, this works most of the time. But sometimes I listen to a beat, then to the sample of the beat. I noticed that some producers are able to nearly delete sounds they don't want from a sample. And it just sounds like the original sample, just without that one specific sound. In the most cases I noticed it with saxophone and flute samples

2. Question:

I tried to get a fat and wide sounding kick drum. Sometimes I sample my kick drum from vinyl but I also use some packs available on the internet. The last days, I really was into trying to get a nice and fat Kickdrum. I tried to use EQs and LP filters, played around with attack etc.. I never was statsified with the results. Maybe someone got a good Kick technique or a good drumkit he could recommend.

Thanks @all

What Lamp said. Layering. But it starts with the right source material. Make sure the kickdrums individually already contain the frequencies you’re after. Two skinny kicks layered together won’t make you a fat kick. One of the best trick I’ve learned is EQing, especially the rest of the mix in relation to the kickdrum. Understand which frequencies your kickdrum fills out in the mix and make way in your mix for those frequencies to shine through.