I'm spilling sauce today. I stumbled upon this method while trying to spice up one of my 808's. It can help give your bass patches more character, without sacrificing the clarity of your records. Essentially the trick is all about adding a small amount of reverb and distortion to your bass channel, but only on the high frequencies. Reverb on bass tracks isn't uncommon, but you should apply it in a way that doesn't make your tracks muddy. Too much build up in the low end can create some nasty phase issues.
Gliding your 808 in Ableton certainly isn't rocket science, but there are a few things you'll want to iron out in your settings first before putting the sauce on your newest club smash.
There are TWO stock instruments that you can use to get this effect in Ableton Live. Simpler is where you'll want to start, and the easiest to wrap your head around at first. Sampler offers more ways to modify your sound making it quite a bit more versatile but these extra features might be a bit intimidating at first. I will go over how to get solid glide effects from both of these instruments.
