Low-Sub effect

[Irish614]

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum but not to the music scene. My band and I are wondering how to get that low-sub effect when tweaking the recording in the editor. We have a part in this new song we just recorded and I hit the floor tom and to give it an extra effect we want it to be emphasized with a sub woofer sound. Heres my myspace page, listen to that song and about 10-15 seconds (if that) into the song you can hear the BOOOOOM http://www.myspace.com/iheartorgasms36 . Those of you who have a sub woofer with your pc will hear it better im sure than those who dont. How did they achieve that effect? Thanks and ROCK IT

[thesilentdrummer]

profile private. Got another place to post the sound?

I was playing around with EQ's and stuff the other day, and I believe that the 20hz-200hz is the region where the sub takes over. So I would say boost the 20hz-200hz frequencies until you get what you want. That's just my blind recommendation.

[Irish614]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...b-8911e0220513

sorry try this one, same song

[thesilentdrummer]

So what is in the myspace profile is what you are trying to emulate? If this is the case, could you post what you recorded so we can hear what you are working with?

[Irish614]

Originally Posted by thesilentdrummer

So what is in the myspace profile is what you are trying to emulate? If this is the case, could you post what you recorded so we can hear what you are working with?

At this time I cannot post the song we recorded because it is on my friends laptop and he is in washington dc at the moment. As I wrote prior, in the beginning of that song that is on my myspace page and the 2nd link I sent, I am wondering how to get that low sub frequency that you hear all throughout that song. If you do not wish to listen to the whole thing then listen to the first 10-15 seconds of it and you will hear a (BOOOM). I know it is an effect, I am just wondering what its called and how to use it or just my luck its a drum trigger. Thanks for the reply.

[Andrew07]

What recording sequencer are you using? That sample is most likely from a drum machine, keyboard, or soft synth. That sub bass boom is in the 50-90hz region, probably closer to 50 or 60. You could boost the shit out of this on a kick drum and send it to a reverb with a gate. Waves' RBass works really well for getting the sub bass too.

I'd try using a signal generator (theres a stock one in Pro Tools), generate a signal in this region, paste it over each kick hit and send it to the reverb.

[brandondrury]

I'd recommend that you fire up your recording software and try to "build" this sound. It's going to take a lot of work to manipulate a floor tom to do this. In fact, I'd probably do what Andrew07 recommended and start with a noise generator of some kind.

This big low end thing is a popular demand, so there are probably samples out there that'll do it right out of the box.

Another idea is to play around with a synth that has lots of flexibility. My area of expertise is not in synth tweaking, but this is a great way to do it.

Brandon