Adam "Nolly" Getgood shows his process for creating a kick drum sample track in this tutorial. He uses Logic Pro X, but you should be able to adapt the process to any DAW and stock plugins.
He touches on:
- Choosing which acoustic kick track to use as the basis for your sample track
- Pre-processing the acoustic track with SPL Transient Designer and Fabfilter Pro G
- Converting the acoustic track into a MIDI track that will trigger the kick drum sample
- Manually adjusting the timing and velocity of the MIDI notes
- Adding an instance of the Getgood Drums Matt Halpern signature library
- Checking for phase alignment and other issues
- Printing an audio track of the final kick drum samples which can then be blended in with the acoustic drums
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