Create an 808 Kick Drum

Hi, I'm still rather new to music production and Studio One is the only DAW I've use and have. I'm running the professional version only have stock plugins....

I want to know how to create the deep bass 808 sound that is popular in rap/hip-hop music.

I usually just layer a sub bass instrument from Kontakt or Kore Player and a basic kick drum on two separate tracks while making the my beats, but I'm in the process of making my own sounds and styles.

So far I've just loaded a kick drum .wav in Sample One and EQ it 808 modeling from Pro EQ but it always sounds to distorted, gritty and just plain horrible. Even when I try to EQ it myself.

If anyone has any tips, tricks, EQ settings and/or any other advice I will be grateful.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 16/04/2014 22:43:09

Perhaps it would help if you used ACTUAL 808 samples. There's tons of them for free all over the net...like these:

http://hiphopmakers.com/free-808-drum-kit-227-samples

Or, for that matter, just download one the many free 808 VSTi plugins.....Like this one:

http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=912

Or this one:

http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=VR-08_free&id=1701

Google is your friend.