Put a Donk on it!
Righty, does anyone know where i can find some sample packs that have this type of ‘donk’ to it? Here in the UK its known as ‘Jackin’.
Donk at 1:16 on the first vid, 00:30 on the second. Think it would be awesome to get a few donk type samples to smash out on a MIDI fighter.
These guys put a donk on it
But to answer your question, just about any sample packs for house/techno with build-up, drops and vocals will have some. Check Beatport’s DJ Tools as well. Good place for samples is Loopmasters and Zenhiser Samples.
Are you talking about the bassline?
Cheers Djdunamis, i’ll check them out.
Jasonbay, i spose its the bassline, the donky type of rythm it has to it.
Think it’s the bassline you’re talking about. Very easy to make on an Subtractive synth. Just have to adjust the ADSR on the amp for more of a percussive hit. Quick attack, short decay and no sustain or release. And the adjust the ADSR on the filter to taste and you should be well on your way
Those sounds were most likely originally made on the DX7 and other Yamaha FM synths (tx81z, etc) then people probably sampled them.
Should be able to replicate it in operator or FM8 or any synth that does FM with sine waves.
Try a simple M:C 2:1 Sine:Sine FM sound with very high FM index in operator or any FM synth and maybe then add some distortion. Then quick attack and short decay. I’ll mess with it when I get home but it definitely needs frequency modulation if you want that donk sound.
Another approach I suppose 
Still learning more about FM synthesis, so I might give this a shot as well.
If you use Ableton download the attached operator preset. Tweak to taste, it’s pretty much what I said above.
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WP sir
WTF?
[QUOTE]7. Donk
A pipe/plank-sound, that is used in Bouncy/scouse house/NRG music. Hearing this sound in a piece of music, one can easily recognise the genre of music it is.
The sound is most commonly placed midway between beats, in the same place as hi-hats, but can be put in other places for different effects and such. The music it is used in is usually played between 150 and 160 Beats Per Minute.
When dancing, a donk commonly makes the dancer bounce on the donk beat.
They’re playing some bouncy donk music tonight at that club!
Are we goin’ donkin tonight?[/QUOTE]
Among other things it also means a big butt according to Urban Dictionary.
Guess it is an actual term
Yeah its pretty common here in the UK. Cheers for all the hints lads. Unfortunately i dont have any software/hardware etc that i can actually produce on yet. Just Loop decks on my S4, hence the need for sample packs. However, my appetite is whetted for producing tunes!
^best track of 2008
Its so naff, but too catchy for its own good!