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Super Easy Trick to Make Your Own Kick Drums

By Freddie HarbJanuary 25, 20230 min read
Create Custom Kick Drum Samples

In today’s video, I’m going to share with you a super easy way to create your own custom kick drums. Ever run into a kick drum sample that has a nice tail but a horrible transient? Or maybe it has a great initial transient but has a horrible and flabby tail. Just use this simple technique to modify your samples and make your own kick drums!

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