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Stupid question I know but does anyone ever use there kicks as sub bass in dubstep like in house or electro-house. I swear sometimes when hear real hard dirty crazy dubstep the kick is the bass instead of just a sine.

a kick layered delicately with a sine, yeah. good technique if done well (and used sparingly).

You can use a tool called Corpus in Ableton which allows you make nice subby kicks. Sounds good if done properly...otherwise, layering.

Find a nice sustained 808 sample and put it in a sampler. Work out what note the sample is and set it so C is C on the keyboard etc, then play it like any other bassline.

the new EKS-9 kick drum synth by Synapse-Audio makes some very nice subs.



http://www.synapse-audio.com/eks9.php

example:
Soundcloud

hell yes your kik can be your sub if you want it to be. i like to take my main sub line and chop it out where the kik hits and put a low deep sine or 808 under it. BOOOOOM

808=king of sub

Yeah I'm working on some Harde Dubstep style stuff and really want to make some grinding mids and fast beats that hit hard kinda broken note/16 bit style stuff. So I have a kick for my low end. Sounded good but Just wanted to get some input.

gbass wrote:the new EKS-9 kick drum synth by Synapse-Audio makes some very nice subs.



http://www.synapse-audio.com/eks9.php

example:
Soundcloud

That sounds fucking beautiful.

I think some big producers such as Ramadanman do this already. Its a great technique I'm gonna try it on my next track

I dont understand, do you just let your drum rhythm with the 808 kick make the bass line or do you throw kick in a sampler, create bass line from this and then add the rest of your percussion to match?

yamaz wrote:I dont understand, do you just let your drum rhythm with the 808 kick make the bass line or do you throw kick in a sampler, create bass line from this and then add the rest of your percussion to match?

1st one not the 2nd.... now that i reread the OP im not sure what the hell hes asking actually,

jsills wrote:

yamaz wrote:I dont understand, do you just let your drum rhythm with the 808 kick make the bass line or do you throw kick in a sampler, create bass line from this and then add the rest of your percussion to match?

1st one not the 2nd.... now that i reread the OP im not sure what the hell hes asking actually,

he's asking about sidechain compression i think

surprised no one has mentioned loefah...

Second track on monstas new release... Knockout...

i don't highpass my kicks, so they usually give some subby punch down there add with sine bass and compress, and bam, you got some real thumpin goin on..

deadly habit wrote:

jsills wrote:

yamaz wrote:I dont understand, do you just let your drum rhythm with the 808 kick make the bass line or do you throw kick in a sampler, create bass line from this and then add the rest of your percussion to match?

1st one not the 2nd.... now that i reread the OP im not sure what the hell hes asking actually,

he's asking about sidechain compression i think

Is it side chain? I'm thinkin Hard kicks with grimey distorted reece sounds for the mids kinda just all over the place like broken Note!

We Bang wrote:

deadly habit wrote:

jsills wrote:

yamaz wrote:I dont understand, do you just let your drum rhythm with the 808 kick make the bass line or do you throw kick in a sampler, create bass line from this and then add the rest of your percussion to match?

1st one not the 2nd.... now that i reread the OP im not sure what the hell hes asking actually,

he's asking about sidechain compression i think

Is it side chain? I'm thinkin Hard kicks with grimey distorted reece sounds for the mids kinda just all over the place like broken Note!

ah distorted 808s and 909s parallel compressed then. used to be huge in dnb

Does O.P. want granular repetition of a slice from the 808 kick, you know, ole grime sub tech n shit?

Or maybe he wants Knockout by monsta... I really think thats it...

Can't find Knockout anywhere to listen