Bit of a journey on this one today but I thought it could be useful to show a bit more of my process when writing a drum loop. For this one I tried using some ideas from a Randomer video I saw a few years ago. The plan was to use samples that aren't actually drums and then make the loop from that.
Go fully ham on your drums with Echo. Crank the input and get yourself a big bucket of analog emulated distortion. Also here is a link to the 808s from Legowelt: http://legowelt.org/software/
Erosion is such a useful tool. Ignore it at your peril! It can be used to add high end where there isn't any, grit and texture to bring elements to life and help them punch through in a mix.
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