Designing the kick drum

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NoSleep’s kick drum is a composite of two samples, as Tom explains. “We’ve layered two kicks together, which is something we do quite a lot. It’s rare that we can find one sample that we like absolutely all of, so as you can see with this example, we’ve added another on top for texture.”

“It’s just got that live acoustic,” Ian interjects, describing the secondary layer, “to add room.”

“That’s just something we’ll experiment with until we find something we like,” Tom continues, “and that’s the main bulk.

“The main kick sample is quite a clubby kick, but then, if it was on its own, it probably wouldn’t end up sitting in with all the other drums as well, which is the reason why we wanted to add in more texture.”