I could’ve also created my own kick drum by using layering (check out my tutorial on how to layer a kick drum or search more on Youtube), but I’m happy with the samples I found in that Deadmau5 sample collection. these kind of kicks can be found in many of those free house or trance sample packs available in the net.

The kick really needs to be punchy, short, sharp and hard-hitting…. I mean, those 808 -style low hip hop boom kicks doesn’t seem to work very well (and there’s most likely going to be some mixing issues as the 50Hz and below area will just get too crowded as the bassline is going to be ruling that frequency range). First, the kick: I’ve found that a kick drum with a power and punch in around the 100-120Hz area and not too long sub tail works well in Dubstep. I’ll start a new FL Studio project and set the project tempo to 140bpm (in Dubstep, tempo is usually around 140bpm). Instead, I used the Deadmau5 XFER commercial sample pack for thatĪlright, let’s get this thing rollin’! Choosing The Drum Samples In my example beat, I used some really cool third-party plugins (all free!): Glitch by Illformed, CMT Bitrcusher, Rough Rider by Audio Damage and Le456 by LePou.Īlso, I didn’t create my own drum samples. For a Dubstep beat, you’ll need to create a syncopated drum rhythm using punchy kick, punchy snare with a touch of reverb (big snare is important in good Dubstep beat!), plus some hihats and a modulating (wobble) bassline with wall shaking sub bass tones.

I managed to put it together by listening some commercial Dubstep tracks on Beatport and made notes what are some of the most essential elements in this genre and based on that created my own.

In fact, the example beat you’re about to hear is my first ever Dubstep beat. Now, to be honest, I’m not an expert in this genre. In this tutorial, I will show you how to make a Dubstep beat in FL Studio (or how I created one).

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