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I can't explain, but you often hear this deep bass rumbling in movies. Is there a particularly instrument, or do I have to edit the instrument/sound?
For what it is worth, you can hear the rumbling in Hot Fuzz, 19.54-20.00.
Logic Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
And yes, you can also hear the rumbling when large doors are closing, when t-rex is walking in Jurassic Park.
The deep bass is refered to as Sub Bass, i.e. the lower realms of bass EQ, i.e. 60hz and below, it takes some good equipment and educated ears to get the sound as great as the movies though. Not all speakers will cope when dropping down to 50hz for example so if you've not got that you're already in an uphill battle.
If you wanted that 'stomp' then you could find a suitable bass drum sample for example (That's as close to the sound you want), pitch it down so that it's still relatively clean and then EQ it to raise the sub (<60hz) gain. If you wanted that 'humming' rumble that is continuous then you would have to look for some harmonic synth sound with plenty of sustain and drop it down in to that range too.
Also adding reverb will add to the heaviness of the rumble.
If you have Kontakt that there will be plenty of libraries out there with ready prepared samples i imagine? like from cinesamples.com etc.
Bottom line is experiment with the EQ to get a feel of what 50/60/70hz sounds like. Logic is very good as you can adjust in real time and hear the results as you drag.
Logic's Sub Bass plug-in isn't that bad, you just have to remember to change the mix level when you've made volume changes to the trqcks themselves - its a basic thing to work with, anyway and I like basic as much as possible. The last throes of a project's development can be very diverse and its probably all best kept until then, anyway.
I have speakers and sub which will go far, far deep. No problem 🙂
I recently bought Kontakt 5. Just waiting for it to arrive.
I'll check out cinesamples.com, and also look for harmonic sync. But if cinesamples have got prepared samples, I rather go for that. But on the other hand, I could do well learning that.
Thank you very much for your great answer!
By the way, you said suitable bass drum. I'm considering 'Drums of War 2'. I'm guessing they have a lot of good drums? By listening to some sambles, I can imagine some of the drums could work, especially the sub boom.
Hi Mate, Sorry i meant to point out Drums of War when i put the link up, yes that's the pack i had in mind.
By all accounts the original (and cheaper!) Drums of War is better if you want the most 'rumble' 🙂 ..how true that is, i don't know. I've heard/sat in on the original being used and it's a really big sound, you would pretty much be 90% there with it i'm sure.
Got no experience of the 2nd volume, sorry!
Thank you, skijumptoes!
I was actually thinking of the first Drums of War. It's cheaper and it's the first one. I'll try that one. I just had the second one because I heard some samples on Youtube...
Greatfull for your help!
How to create deep cinematic rumble?
