LAB 001 — Production — 6 min
The Weight of an 808
Distortion, tuning and space. How low end stops being a sound and becomes a feeling.
An 808 is not a bass sound. It is the floor the record stands on. Tune it to the key, then decide how much of the room it is allowed to occupy.
Saturation is not volume. Drive the harmonics until the sub survives on a phone speaker, then pull back until it stops fighting the kick.