1 First the beat!
To get into the Drum & Bass mood and immediately create a rousing rhythm base for our track, we resort to drum loops from Loopcloud [1]. These are kept at a style-typical 174 BPM, so we also choose this tempo for our project. We start with the Chorus or the melodic hook of the track.
2 Distorted bass
The first thing we want to do is to add a is best suited for our purpose. Reduce to 24% and deactivate the effects. Also adjust the filter and envelope parameters as shown in the picture.