How To Create 808 Kicks With Reason Subtractor – ‬With Oh Drat Digital.com


LoopTV present this sound design tutorial from Oh Drat Digital on how to create your own 808 bass sounds with Reason’s Subtractor synth!

The Roland TR-808 is such a classic machine that people tend to call any boomy, subby kick an ’808′. The truth is that the huge great ‘booooooooom’ sound that people associate with them doesn’t come straight out of the unit; whilst the TR-808 creates a really meaty sound it’s the extra effects that people have used over the years along with modifications, clones, and generally sounds that are in the spirit of the 808 that have turned the 808 into sub kick royalty.

In this video – Chris shows you how you can create a huge subby kick (or even just a deep sub bass) that you can use straight on a track, layer underneath another kick for added grunt, or use as the basis for some extra processing to get a really unique sound.

808s have never been out of fashion, but recently they’re everywhere, and you can get such a nice sound out of a synth with way more configuration options than you can with a sample. Here Chris is using Reason’s simple Subtractor synth to make the bass kick, but you can use just about any subtractive synth to do exactly the same thing.

Enjoy!

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2 Responses to “How To Create 808 Kicks With Reason Subtractor – ‬With Oh Drat Digital.com”

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  2. Luke says:

    Amazing tutorial,great explanation of the “how” to make this sound and the ” why ” we do it in the way you explained.
    Just saved the patch i made,and now forever i have a tweakable and pure as can be 808 bass drum.
    Thanx man for what you do,will definitely bookmark this spot.
    Peace

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