Kick Samples From Songs - House

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Kick Samples From Songs - House
Posted on: 05.08.2012 by Jovita Schulist
Looking to sample some kicks from tunes that are already out. Normally use sample packs, (vengeance), but they all got deleted, and its a pain in the ass to get them back. (I actually bought them the first time, but now I have installed them too many times).

Anyone know of any CLEAN ( Kick ONLY! ) samples i can take from tunes? Found some afrojack kicks, but eh. not quite punchy enough.
Thanks,
J
Garfield Bangle
29.08.2012
Originally Posted by ksandvik
...especially the crackle and noise from the vinyl sample will make the kick sound fascinating. Anyway, there are millions of kick samples out there, even built into DAWs. I find it fascinating if someone can't get one they like from all those and need to sample from a record. Chasing for sounds on records takes as long as try out pre-existing samples.

Or then we live in a new world where producers can't even create their own kicks and need to steal from others. Oh well.
i wasn't specifically talking about kicks but anyway,

thing is you dont chase for it. sometimes you are listening to your favorite tune and just find one bit that just inspire you and you cant resist form building your track based on it. that feels way more natural then blindly auditioning 10-15 sample packs that you own. well, you can try to create it from scratch but probably it won't end up the same.

just to clarify i'm not an expert of sampling, i'm more of a synth guy.
Celine Surico
29.08.2012
Originally Posted by lolski
this post is going to get me shot down but imho buying sample packs are pretty pointless: out of 4930483 samples they have chances are i'll only like a few of them. i always liked the idea of sampling from a song as long as its creative of course. i do wish i could just sample a bit of hits and stabs from songs that i really like and incorporate it. it feels much more inspiring and way more exciting than auditioning sample after sample from a sold sample pack.

in the long run, when you sample yourself you'll build yourself a collection of samples that consist of sounds that you actually like and know how to make it work.
...especially the crackle and noise from the vinyl sample will make the kick sound fascinating. Anyway, there are millions of kick samples out there, even built into DAWs. I find it fascinating if someone can't get one they like from all those and need to sample from a record. Chasing for sounds on records takes as long as try out pre-existing samples.

Or then we live in a new world where producers can't even create their own kicks and need to steal from others. Oh well.
Sylvia Greener
20.08.2012
Originally Posted by liam1895
If you want samples from house songs have a look at the vengeance packs, just about every kick is there. Also you'll be surprised how many artists use them.
Yep! Would suggest this either. Saves a lot of time and should probably be worth the 80 bucks which seems a lot at first sight but should pay.
Arline Receveur
20.08.2012
Originally Posted by RockingClub
Helps a lot but you probably won't end up with the original sample in the end. Often you'll have to cut too much high frequencies for example so that your kick sample will lack there. Then you will have to layer again...
It's to hard to end up with an original sample unless its a simple kick. Electronic music producers spend hours just working on percussion sometimes processing and editing then repeating the process.

As you said layer them, but personally I believe every kick should be layered regardless.

If you want samples from house songs have a look at the vengeance packs, just about every kick is there. Also you'll be surprised how many artists use them.
Sylvia Greener
20.08.2012
Originally Posted by liam1895
drumazon, eq and effect!!
Helps a lot but you probably won't end up with the original sample in the end. Often you'll have to cut too much high frequencies for example so that your kick sample will lack there. Then you will have to layer again...
Kesha Pietrak
29.08.2012		For some songs you can find stems with some decent kicks. One of the ones I have in my library is the kick from leave the world behind. Just google for the remix stems of leave the world behind and youll find it pretty easily. Also recommend going through your own library to see if you can find songs with kicks you like that you might be able to cut out easily
Garfield Bangle
29.08.2012
Originally Posted by ksandvik
...especially the crackle and noise from the vinyl sample will make the kick sound fascinating. Anyway, there are millions of kick samples out there, even built into DAWs. I find it fascinating if someone can't get one they like from all those and need to sample from a record. Chasing for sounds on records takes as long as try out pre-existing samples.

Or then we live in a new world where producers can't even create their own kicks and need to steal from others. Oh well.
i wasn't specifically talking about kicks but anyway,

thing is you dont chase for it. sometimes you are listening to your favorite tune and just find one bit that just inspire you and you cant resist form building your track based on it. that feels way more natural then blindly auditioning 10-15 sample packs that you own. well, you can try to create it from scratch but probably it won't end up the same.

just to clarify i'm not an expert of sampling, i'm more of a synth guy.
Celine Surico
29.08.2012
Originally Posted by lolski
this post is going to get me shot down but imho buying sample packs are pretty pointless: out of 4930483 samples they have chances are i'll only like a few of them. i always liked the idea of sampling from a song as long as its creative of course. i do wish i could just sample a bit of hits and stabs from songs that i really like and incorporate it. it feels much more inspiring and way more exciting than auditioning sample after sample from a sold sample pack.

in the long run, when you sample yourself you'll build yourself a collection of samples that consist of sounds that you actually like and know how to make it work.
...especially the crackle and noise from the vinyl sample will make the kick sound fascinating. Anyway, there are millions of kick samples out there, even built into DAWs. I find it fascinating if someone can't get one they like from all those and need to sample from a record. Chasing for sounds on records takes as long as try out pre-existing samples.

Or then we live in a new world where producers can't even create their own kicks and need to steal from others. Oh well.
Garfield Bangle
29.08.2012		this post is going to get me shot down but imho buying sample packs are pretty pointless: out of 4930483 samples they have chances are i'll only like a few of them. i always liked the idea of sampling from a song as long as its creative of course. i do wish i could just sample a bit of hits and stabs from songs that i really like and incorporate it. it feels much more inspiring and way more exciting than auditioning sample after sample from a sold sample pack.

in the long run, when you sample yourself you'll build yourself a collection of samples that consist of sounds that you actually like and know how to make it work.
Maricruz Mouw
23.08.2012
Golden Faubert
23.08.2012		if you're set on sampling them from existing tracks why not go through your existing tracks and find them, you cant really expect someone to just had over their work, production is a personal thing that takes a lot of time and effort, which you need to be prepared to put in
Lauran Freden
22.08.2012		I might make a tutoriaL on how to make a good kick in logic.
Clifton Khani
22.08.2012		Thomas Penton's Essential Drums is an excellent drum pack. A large pack of clean, various kickdrums, snares, percussion, etc. I just love it but I still do some EQ, layering, compression etc with it to get the sound I need.
Lauran Freden
22.08.2012		Look at some chilled house songs almost every song on Deadmau5's Random Album Title Hvae empty kicks that sound great.
I totally agree with making your own drums sounds. You can't be original if you never make anything yourself.
Galina Mancinas
20.08.2012		If you haven't been there, you owe it to yourself to check out Looperman

http://www.looperman.com/

It's a community driven deal where people upload loops, samples, acapellas, etc. It's not as easy as snagging a big loop pack, but if you have a specific "thing" you're looking for it's a deep, deep resource. The search function is nice too, try "House Kicks", or sort by percussion and see what you come up with.

Here's one I just found that kind of sounds like what you're going for (ballpark at least). A nice, chunky House kick.
http://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/18129

The volume of badass sounds there far exceeds the time I have to dig for them.
Sylvia Greener
20.08.2012
Originally Posted by liam1895
If you want samples from house songs have a look at the vengeance packs, just about every kick is there. Also you'll be surprised how many artists use them.
Yep! Would suggest this either. Saves a lot of time and should probably be worth the 80 bucks which seems a lot at first sight but should pay.
Arline Receveur
20.08.2012
Originally Posted by RockingClub
Helps a lot but you probably won't end up with the original sample in the end. Often you'll have to cut too much high frequencies for example so that your kick sample will lack there. Then you will have to layer again...
It's to hard to end up with an original sample unless its a simple kick. Electronic music producers spend hours just working on percussion sometimes processing and editing then repeating the process.

As you said layer them, but personally I believe every kick should be layered regardless.

If you want samples from house songs have a look at the vengeance packs, just about every kick is there. Also you'll be surprised how many artists use them.
Sylvia Greener
20.08.2012
Originally Posted by liam1895
drumazon, eq and effect!!
Helps a lot but you probably won't end up with the original sample in the end. Often you'll have to cut too much high frequencies for example so that your kick sample will lack there. Then you will have to layer again...
Arline Receveur
20.08.2012		drumazon, eq and effect!!
Linda Chavda
19.08.2012		if its not a lone kick youll get a shitty sample.
Gino Henderlight
19.08.2012		sure it's a beat only intro most of the time. but seriously... its no work to cut the kicks out
Sylvia Greener
19.08.2012
Originally Posted by TheNonWho
most of the intros are kicks only...
Very much depends on genre, of course. In those house-electro/ progressive-house music songs I know kick-only-intros are quite rare.
Gino Henderlight
19.08.2012		most of the intros are kicks only...
Sylvia Greener
20.08.2012		I believe there are very few house songs with unmasked kicks. It would probably be a lot faster to dig through all the kicks that are available for free everywhere on the internet.
Tbh, I would highly recommend taking some nice kick samples and building/layering your own kick. This will be most satisfying in the end, I guess. I personally went that way and finally got the super, tight and punchy kick drum I've always been looking for. I now use it in almost every track so it was definitely worth the effort. Probably should build one or two more soon...
Leisha Thirkield
20.08.2012
Originally Posted by jedkleb
Im just asking if you guys know any kicks which are un'masked' meaning they are alone in the mix at some point in the song. I've obviously been searching and am not only asking you. Looking for a house kick, punchy.
Thanks,
J

So you want other people to hand over everything they have taken the time to find/save/create and just spoon feed it? Just google it man. Internet is a wonderful thing.
Ossie Pooley
19.08.2012		http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sample+kick+vst
Jovita Schulist
19.08.2012		Im just asking if you guys know any kicks which are un'masked' meaning they are alone in the mix at some point in the song. I've obviously been searching and am not only asking you. Looking for a house kick, punchy.
Thanks,
J
Celine Surico
05.08.2012		Sometimes I believe internet is full of free kick samples.....
Bunny Sockel
05.08.2012		Get a maschine
Cole Maroto
05.08.2012		is there a reason you can't go through your own library to find the type of kick you are looking for? it's highly subjective and i can already see people's suggestions getting shot down because it's not exactly what you want. why don't you just contact vengeance if you've bought the sample packs from them and see if they can help you?

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