Noisey Basses are Sick - chill dubstep/trap sound design Tips
adding noise to sounds can give them some character and presence. there are a lot of ways to do it, but here are a few: editing waveforms, noise oscillators, foley sounds, frequency and phase modulation, plugins like shaperbox and RC-20.
adding noise to your 808 or distorted sine bass sounds great. i demonstrate this in a cover track i made copying charlethefirst. rip