Making drum hits (SoundForge)

How to get a good kick / hi hat / snare from a sample.

KICK DRUM
1. Isolate your kick drum.
2. Delete the end and apply a smooth fade to your kick (Process / Fade / Out).
3. Add a little Compression for the impact.
Effects / Dynamics / Graphic.
Choose Maximize Volume preset.

SNARE
1. Isolate your snare sound.
2. Fade the end out.
3. Add some body with a reverb.
Effects / Reverb
Choose the Warm Ambiance preset.
Set Dry to 0 and Reverb to about 25.8 db.
4. Normalize at -0.30 db.
5. EQ Paragraphic : enable Low Shelf at 150.
6. Normalize at -0.30 db again.
7. Add some compression.
Effects / Dynamics / Graphic.
Choose Maximize Volume preset.



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