dang.

did you hear that sample above?

shoot, we can finally get rid of that spinz808 sample you’ve been using for the past 5 years and make some of your own dirty, chest-pounding 808 samples.

for this tutorial, i’ve utilized serum and izotope trash 2.

if you’re looking for free alternatives, i’d recommend substituting each with 3x osc + fruity fast distortion, respectively.

also, if you’re interested in learning drum synthesis for more percussive elements, check out my other production posts here.

let’s get into this sh*t.

1. xfer serum.