Finding a huge bass drum in Ultrabeat or another plug-in.

[SvenArvidTadhg]

I try to record my music with as few drums as possible. I love having percussion-driven songs, but I don't like drumsets for various reasons (partially because they're overused, partially because I don't have the room). So I use a cajon and a tuned drum, but I find that I'm often missing that real bass hit. And even adding bass to a song doesn't quite give it what it needs for that lower register punch to the sternum.

 

I've been searching around Ultrabeat and other plug-ins in Logic, and most everything I've found sounds either really cheesy or really techno-y (electronic-y?), and I'm hoping somewhere I've just overlooked a very big bass drum sound that I can trigger with the press of a key instead of finding one and buying it.

 

Thanks.

Sven

 

Edit: Thanks for moving it, mod. I thought Logic was the best place to post this, but I suppose not. Thanks again.

[duncanrs]

Have you attempted to eq existing kick samples in logic, or even layering two kicks in two different frequency areas, or layering low freq bass tones over a kick? I'm sure if you get creative enough you can find the punch in the guts you're after. Failing that I've used Battery 3 in the past, has some good kicks in the standard sample library.

 

Good luck!

[johnnyalan]

Go to the Orchestral Percussion Kit (ESX24 or use the CST) and you will find some very big sounding bass drums. They have a lot of sustain though so it may be a bit much.

[Ruby Doomsday]

Hey -- i found nothing on Ultrabeat quite satisfied my desire for a deep dark bass sound either. Of course, you could play around with Ultrabeat 'til you create your own, but also try using the ESX24's timpani for a really huge throbbing bass drum. If it's too sustain-y, then gate it.