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PRODUCTION TIP OF THE WEEK SATURATE YOUR 808


DANNY J LEWIS SHOWS YOU HOW TO USE A SATURATOR TO BRING LIFE TO AN 808 KICK DRUM BASSLINE WITH NATIVE INSTRUMENTS’ MACHINE


“AN 808 kick drum sample also makes a great bass sound, we all know that, but what can you do to bring the sound alive and add an extra dimension? Let’s have a think about the sound itself - it’s comprised of a short punchy ‘front’ and a long booming ‘tail’. It is not bright enough for example to apply a low pass fi lter with modulation; the fi rst thing many people will think of when wanting to add ‘movement’ to a sound. The fact is that the source sound is simply too ‘dull’ in tone to get suffi cient excitement. If we want to add more energy across the frequency ranges we’ll have to put our thinking caps on.


“Have you ever listened to an electric ‘rock’ guitar without distortion? It’s a pale comparison of the sound people know and recognise; more like an amplifi ed acoustic guitar than a searing lead sound. So if we apply an effect that a rock guitarist might use to spice up a dull sound we might be onto the right track. Native Instruments’ Maschine has a great


complement of built in effects devices and in the list you’ll fi nd the Saturator. This is an effect device that creates


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