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Now we want to talk about mixing the kick. Now the kick is the first thing you want to
mix when you are mixing a rap song. Why? Because the kick most of the time is the loudest thing
that you have in your song. So what you want to do is get your kick, mute everything else.
Mute everything else and just have your kick something like this. That is a kick. Now you
want to have your kick, you want to get your kick as loud as it could go but without distorting.
So you just want to kind of fool around, adjust your kick, you want to keep fooling around
with your kick, adjust it until you get it as loud as it could get without distorting.
Sometimes if you have too loud, it will start clipping and you would get a distorted sound
but what you want to do the first thing you want to do is mix your kick. Eq it make the
bass that you want it, have the kick where you feel it. Whatever you feel for the mix
for the song. But keep mixing that kick until you get the kick by itself and the way that
you want it to sound. Once you have that done, then you are ready to go to the next step
but just continue to listen and just listen to the kick. If it needs a little extra bass
turn up the bass. If it is needs a little coming down then turn it down but just continue
to fool with it mix it get it to the highest level that you can. Then you are ready to
go on to the next thing.