Posts tagged “808”
Jul 8, 2026
How to make drill 808 slides: the sliding bass guide
Drill 808 slides come from one shape: a root note on the downbeat, space in the middle, and a gliding chord-tone fill at the end of the bar. Playable examples inside.
Jun 22, 2026
How to make drift phonk: cowbell riffs, crushed 808s and drive
How to make drift phonk: write an ominous Phrygian cowbell riff, drive it with a crushed 808 and a relentless beat, then distort the whole mix.
Jun 14, 2026
How to make your 808 hit hard: a complete trap 808 guide
Everything that makes a trap 808 knock: tuning it to the key, carving space against the kick, placement and patterns, and the advanced moves (slides, octave jumps, switching 808s, saturation and clipping).
Oct 1, 2025
How to mix a trap beat: a step-by-step mixing guide
Mix a trap beat from a flat balance to a finished record: gain staging for headroom, leveling, treating the melody first, seating the kick and 808 together, and glue reverb.
Jul 16, 2025
How to make trap drums hit hard: the complete guide
Get trap drums to hit hard: pick the right samples, write the kick and 808 to smack, level by ear, and use one soft clipper on the master for loudness instead of a plugin stack.