my kick drum has no thwack..can you help? also comments on the overall mix appreciated. thanks in advance.

Here's drums only mix..I figure 45 views with no replies must mean you can't hear the kick at all:

Unfortunately i can't hear anything. It's just not working. Additionally i'm not the guy to give advices, i'm still the one who asks questions, but... There are some great videos here: You should have a look in ReaFIR_2_rescue.wmv But maybe just putting a compressor to the drums track will be efficient enough.

I'm not real impressed with whatever this embedded music player is. Half the links I click don't play. If you copy that link and paste it into a new browser window it will play (please). I assure you the link is good. thanks for the material, I'll give it a listen/look. I've compressed the fire out of it and still it seems I can only approximate the sound of someone smacking a cardboard box with a stick :(

hmm... i think it doesn't work because it links directly to your homepage. Most of the files which are played with the embedded player are hosted at stashbox.

Dunno. When I click the link(s) it plays in the player as expected. It's a good link, and I ain't signing up for some third party service when I have my own server already. It still doesn't play for you?

Sounds like the bass is really overpowering the kick. It's a fine balance to get these 2 elements to sit well in the mix.

hellifino, it's a sample. I think it sounds bad cause I've roasted it trying to thicken it up. Here's dry sample without any huxinatoration: ~4 meg 16 bit wav which sounds to me to be a reasonable sample of a real kick drum. The sound I'm going for is your standard tightbutthick hard rock kick drum. Think Tool. I should add - I don't want to replace the sample, since it's part of a jamstix kit..I'd rather learn the 'real' way to do this if possible.

is a quick and dirty version with the kick fixed. It's done at work with some crappy earbuds and crappy realtek soundchips, but i hope you get the idea. The .rpp you can find . From ~10s on the solo bassdrum track is different from the bassdrum in the drums only track, so it sounds a little strange.

Track 1 'toms_song_kick': ReaEQ: Band 1: HiPass 79.4Hz, Bandwidth 2oct Band 2: Band, 372.3Hz, Gain -22.5dB, Bandwidth 2oct Band 3: Band, 1234.7Hz, Gain -21.2dB, Bandwidth 2oct Band 4: High Shelf, 1541.7Hz, Gain +24dB (!), Bandwidth 1.86oct Band 5: Band, 112.3Hz, Gain +12.5dB, Bandwidth 3.28oct Gain -3.28dB Track fader @-0.47dB Band 1 to cut muddy lows Band 2&3 to remove cardbox sounding mids Band 4 enhance attack Band 5 enhance punch Track 2 'toms_song_drums_only': ReaEQ: Lowcut @106.5Hz to remove muddy lows Track fader @-13.4dB to bring up the drums a bit Track 3 'toms_song': nothing changed Track fader @-12.3dB No other FX used. Maybe the EQ settings can be chosen less extreme in a new mix (without having to compensate the bassdrum as it is in the original mix).