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When the drop arrives there is a brief pause of some expected sounds (like a kickdrum) then resumed after a brief amount of time for emphasis. I find pausing the kick, cymbal and sub at 0.55 then resuming them at the first snare hit is sometimes a sweet spot.

What do you think?

What about doing a real lazy drop and just don't drop it at all. Just loop the buildup for 36 more bars and go back to the intro.

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I generally leave the first kick out in certain areas in a track, but not normally on the drop. Sometimes I do, and it's all good.

I call this a ghost kick because you expect a kick to be there in your mind but it never shows up.

I'd be careful with that terminology, ghost hits commonly refers to something else.

ya I would associate 'ghost kick' with a kick that u cant hear but used for sidechaining.

^ nope. A ghost hit is a usually used before something like a kick or snare to lead in and provide swing, v common in styles that revolve around swung drums like garage and house

Ghost hits are just quiet hits that don't really impact, but really help move the beat.

A silent kick track used for side chaining is usually called a trigger track.

Gotcha there. Thanks for clearing that up.

Ghost hits are also when you inhale through your nose, drawing from the reservoir of smoke in your mouth. Or alternately when you inhale a milk shot and hold it until you only exhale thin nearly-invisible vapor.

It is also when you are walking down the street, and a maroon Monte Carlo slows down next to you and a dude with a bandana leans out the window with two mac 10's and blazes at you. You jump for cover behind a parked car, but then you realize you just hear ordinary traffic noise. Looking up, no one is there.

But it is not this:



Nor is it a cure for baldness.

i often throw in an extra bar of like nothingness/delay/verb trails before the drop to a) fuck with djs and b) add suspense

and as far as I know, setting the listener up for something expected and then not delivering on that expectation (tastefully of course), is called a 'stunt'...

Fuckin' with DJs is the best doe.

what you just described is a french inhale. a ghost hit is making a smoke cloud that pops out of your mouth that you suck back in. CMON GET YOUR STONER LINGO SHIT TOGETHER YA GOONERS
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Or you could have the track instantly drop the second it starts then just add shit and switch bits up.



unless the bit at 1:27 is the drop. I don't know.