Hi-hats rolls are another defining characteristic of trap beats they help carry the rhythm of your beat and can deliver the “head bob” that every beatmaker is after. Another option is to insert MultiMod Rack on the original 808 track and simply distort the mid and top-end bands.Ĥ. You can now apply saturation to the top-end of your 808 without affecting frequency content below 100 Hz.Īpply a saturator like J37 Tape after the C4 Multiband Compressor on the “Top-End” track for a mild distortion effect, or go all out and run the top-end of your 808 through Berzerk or MDMX Overdrive. What you’ve done is split the frequency range of your 808 in half at 100 Hz. Place a different C4 Multiband Compressor on the “Top-End” track, set the low-frequency crossover to 100 Hz, and then solo the low-mid, mid, and high bands ensure that the Range value for all of these bands is set to zero as well. It’s easy to apply custom multiband processing using a multiband audio effect like the C4 Multiband Compressor.ĭuplicate the track you plan to apply processing to label one of these tracks “Top-End” and the other “Low-End.” Place the C4 Multiband Compressor onto the “Low-End” track, set the low-frequency crossover to 100 Hz, and solo the Low band make sure the Range value for this band is set to zero so that no gain reduction is applied. You can process the low-end and top-end of your 808 independent of one another using multiband saturation.
Typically, you want the extreme low-end of your 808 to remain pure and non-distorted, and the mid to top-end of your 808 obliterated. There’s a fine line between “dirty” and “muddy” when it comes to processing 808s. Seriously, listen to how raw this thing is: “Sumo” by Denzel Curry contains a mean 808 that acts as the main driving force behind the entire track. Nothing screams “trap” like an 808 that makes you grit your teeth. To finish this effect off, run the widespread snare through the L2 to glue the three snare signals together. Enable voice 1 and 2 in Doubler, pan them hard left and right, and then delay voice 1 by around 20 ms and voice 2 by around 40 ms.īalance the level of the Direct signal with the level of voice 1 and 2 so that they sound evenly distributed across the width of the track’s stereo field. The unique widespread snare effect can be achieved with the use of a delay like Doubler and a limiter like the L2 Ultramaximizer. You may have noticed that the snare in Pouya’s song sounds like a “splat” that spans the entire width of the song’s stereo image this takes a bit of a detour from the common punchy, center-panned snare that you hear in most other genres. When the two samples are in-phase with one another, they will sound more powerful and impactful when they playback through your speakers than if they are out of phase with one another. Apply a fade to the beginning of your 808s to allow your kick to come through, or use a sidechain compressor like the C6 Multiband Compressor only to attenuate conflicting low-end frequencies.Ĭheck the phase correlation of your kick and 808 when you layer them together using InPhase. The reason that trap kicks are often short and punchy, as opposed to long and dense, is that they’re regularly layered with 808s the kick is used for its attack, and the 808 is used for its decay. You can hear both of these characteristic sounds in the track “Death By Dishonor (w/ Ghostemane x Shakewell x Erick The Architect)” by Pouya.
Trap beats usually make use of punchy kicks and dry, heavily compressed snares. This means that if you only want the vocals to affect a band centered between 1-5 kHz, then you can do so. The great thing about the F6 is that you can toggle the SC Source of bands individually to EXT. To do this, place the F6 on your melody track, and route the vocal to the F6 as an external sidechain. If there is some unwanted frequency overlap, use an EQ like the F6 Floating-Band Dynamic EQ to carve out space in the melody for your vocals. When it comes to the sound design of the melody you select, choose a sound that won’t conflict with vocals in the 1-5 kHz range this is where the intelligibility of vocals comes from, so it’s best to avoid frequency masking if possible. It’s easy to over-produce a beat when you don’t have vocals filling space in your mix, so anticipate the addition of vocals and arrange your song accordingly.
Keep in mind that you’ll be adding other elements to your beat, so the melody should be catchy, but it doesn’t need to carry the entire weight of the song.
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