like to add this one as it is recommended by hardcore artists:
https://shop.ns-audio.com/product/the-beatkrusher-the-ultimate-distortion/

 

Here is some explanation. Works with other DAWs as well for most part i guess.

 

Hardstyle IS NOT 909@gabber style

 

I think it's best to go for serum 2.
There are so many possibilities with serum.
From what I see, some people can do with serum, it's fucking insane.
And you can always add your effects chain later. You can also recreate the 909 in serum, so no samples.

 

I’ve always been surprised by meaningless answers like yours. Can you explain WHY you would emulate a 909 in Serum? Why? Why not just use a sample (like people did in the ’90s — just look at the title of this thread) and distort it using the methods that were actually used back then (Mackie mixer overdrive or Pro Co RAT guitar pedals, both the original hardware units and their software emulations)?

Once again — WHY? With Serum you won’t get an acceptable result, it won’t sound like an authentic 909 or its proper, authentic distortion. It’s nonsense…

 

Hey, you don't have to attack me right away, but maybe you're right. If you want an authentic gabber kick, go for a 909 with the Roland 909 emulation or Drumazon, you still have more possibilities than just a sample, but my opinion is that Serum offers the most possibilities for kicks a sample is just a sample, you can't change much about it.

 

you should also get a mackie instead of a better mixer so you have the "right" desk clip distortion too.

if you do not copy other people's tracks from twenty plus years ago, they aren't right.