909 kicks are different than techno, house, or psy trance kicks because they're essentially all body with no attack. That's why most EDM producers get them wrong. And after 9 years of struggling myself, I finally cracked it.
For years I struggled like everyone else, trying to make 909s fit my standard kick method and wondering why they never sounded right. I kept following the same Pro-MB thresholds but 909s are fundamentally different.
Here's the truth: 909 kicks are all body with no attack. So they can't hit the standard Pro-MB targets. The 0-150Hz band needs -2dB below threshold (like psy trance kicks), not +6dB like other kicks. This is because 909s are mostly boom.
In this video, I walk you through my exact process for making a 909 kick at 126 BPM. I show every setting, every pitch envelope point, and the specific Pro-MB targets that make 909s work.
Most producers guess and over process, while I'm using the correct frequency targets with zero guesswork, achieving that iconic dark, boomy 909 character every time.
This video is a part of my kick synthesis series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1FENxC0Wl2rZ27afxJirJT1mgOme_Qq
📥 Download the Pro-MB preset here: https://sub4unlock.io/JWEuj
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