Akai MPC/Force Basic Sound Design: Kicks (Video)

“AKAI MPC/Force Basic Sound Design: Kicks” by Harlem-Instrumental AKA B-Wise.
Akai Force: Internal sample that I convert to mono.
Recorded: 2024-05-12
Camera & Line-in audio: Panasonic G9
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c91M27f4CqU


This video is just me showing some very basic ways to edit the sound of a sample using some of the tools of the Drum-Program. I’ll take 1 Kick & make 15 new Kicks out of it. I tap the pad as I go thru the parameter values to give you sense of the sonic range that can be achieved before I move on to the next pad. I want people to start thinking how easily it is to change 1 sound & hopefully start hearing sounds as they are but also as they could sound with what's possible with the sound-shaping tools in the Drum-Program.

There’s so much more I’ve could’ve done, but I’ll keep it simple for now, tho, I’m thinking of doing a series with more advanced tips & tricks, & demos like this with other sounds like: Snares, Hats, Bass…etc. I didn’t use any insert FXs, but I could do demo just changing the sound with those & with the Drum-Program. I may just do a demo on just using each filter for the same sound.… So many ideas!

Let me know if you would like more of these types of demos by giving the video a like so I know there’s an interest. Also, drop any sound design tips in the comments. Thanks

Peace & dope beats!

Chapters
00:00 - Making copies of pad-1.
00:25 - Pitching the sample down & up.
00:35 - Pitching the sample up.
01:34 - Warping the sample down.
02:50 - Warping the sample up.
03:40 - Warping the sample in the default position.
05:08 - Low-pass filter.
07:49 - AMP ADSR & Note-On mode.
10:05 - High-pass filter with mid cutoff.
11:30 - High-pass filter with low cutoff & high resonance.
12:11 - Drum FX - BassE (Tight).
12:52 - Drum FX - BitCrush.
13:34 - Drum FX - Decimator.
14:24 - Drum FX - TubeDrive.
14:57 - Drum FX - HighPass.
15:17 - Drum FX - SoftClipper.
15:43 - Recap of all 16 pads.

To make sense of when I was Warping the sample the Project tempo was 100BPM

Thanks for your efforts and for sharing!
I will check it out tonight.
Bigup!

Low3001 wrote:Thanks for your efforts and for sharing!
I will check it out tonight.
Bigup!

Thanks & I hope you like it. It's nothing too deep but I just want people to know you don't 1000s of kicks & stuff if you know how to use the sound shaping tools that there. Like you can make a bass sound from a open-hat... I'll get to that later. Let me know what you think in the comments section. Peace & enjoy!