I always distort the 808s in parallel, send the original and blend the distorted to a bus channel where I EQ it. A 60Hz boost and 200-300 Hz cut with a low cut at 25Hz. This pretty much makes for a solid 808. It’s much easier though if you start out with a good 808 sample that properly balanced.
That frequency splitter is a game changer. Looking forward to utilizing this in my workflow with 808 distortion, and playing around with melodies. Excellent tutorial as always. Keep up the good work!
Really appreciate the editing/meme efforts on this one ! Made it really entertaining and informative at the same time. Keep up the good work of explaining in detail, it helps making people smarter (I hope).
5:10 and that's how chat, Navie lost more than half of million of his subscriber because he told the subscribers to light up the grey subscribed button 😂
Love you navie have to point out a few errors. Distortion on 808s is what makes good 808s, an 808 itself is a distorted sine wave. I think this video only applies to a very select few sub genres of trap beats so for musicians looking at all genres this is bad advice. Distortion makes everything better if you learn how to use it. Never avoid anything in beat making, even mistiming something can make a song better
The point I was making is that distorting a sin wave, and moving it away from a perfect sin shape, has an effect on how much low end it generates. And that people should be aware of this.
@@NavieD Video was good overall bro, I have just been making a lot of house music recently and I have been noticing the difference in the way 808s are used. In trap sub bass is the main goal with 808s, where as trap music is more driven by moog style sub bass. Learned a lot from you over the years and I have massive respect for you, apologies if it came across snarky
quick tip: if you do sounddesign you can do multiple layer for your sub and basses. i always use at least a highend, midrange, bass and sub. you can now distort any layer as much as you want without huting the other frequencies BUT BE AWARE there might be some polarity problems if you don't take care well of your mix and sounddesign
PLS HELP: Are there settings that can be adjusted so that an 808 sample changes pitch according to where it is placed on the piano roll, without the length of the sample changing? In other words, so that my 808s on higher notes ring out as long as the ones that are on lower ones. (Without using the stretch Mode, the 808 sounds in stretch Mode like 🤮) When i listen to Tracks from lil baby or someone else, the 808 always has the same length, even if its played at first at c5 and then on a5
OKAY I NEED BEATMAKING HELP I've been trying to find out how to turn one note from a sample into an instrument for ages now, and I'm starting to think its impossible. I've watched every video under the sun on this, and I now know how to get the note onto a piano roll, but Inow I don't know how to lengthen the note to be able to play it like an instrument with longer and shorter notes all in the same piano roll. I want the note to play as long as my fingers on the key, and if not, just how to make a note longer than it originally is. CAN ANYONE HELP? If your open to helping and need more clarity just let me know. Any guidance would be helpful! Thank you!
I know this is a wild idea, but have you tried not using an 808? Edit: 11:52 see, 808 isn’t always the answer, in fact outside of modern trap it’s rarely the answer.
Use a bass guitar :) sounds sexy. Sounds awesome. One hell of a sound it makes. Slap your fongers on the strings and slide you fingers in the fretboard to make sounds that can make the listener moan :)
I use Camel Crusher, mainly the British Clean preset, my 808s always slap🔥. The 808 punches without the high end distortion sound, and the compressor if you turn it up will bring the high end distortion out.
Navie, I would recommend someone on here rent an actually TR808 and sample the sounds You’ll notice the 808 is out of tune A cool trick is to use melodyne to fine tune them by key and use them that way
IMO Sosig always sounds best at about 3-8% as a slightly gritty gain boost... making the sosig too angry tends to muck things up a bit. Good looking out Navie.
You can manipulate each frequency band individually in maximus as well but in some cases it's definitely more beneficial to do it in parallel or manually as you demonstrated
