Load the drum sample into the Channel Rack or Sampler
Open the mixer track for the drum
Add Fruity Blood Overdrive for aggressive saturation
Add Fruity Fast Dist after saturation for hard clipping
Add Fruity Waveshaper for custom distortion curves
Add Soft Clipper on the master drum bus
Increase pre-gain on the distortion plugin
Lower post-gain to control output level
Use EQ before distortion to boost desired frequencies
Use EQ after distortion to remove harsh highs
Layer distorted drums with clean drums
Distort only the parallel copy for more control
Use parallel compression with distortion for extra punch
Automate distortion amount for transitions and drops
Distort 808s separately from kicks and snares
Keep kick transients clean if needed
Use bitcrushing with Fruity Squeeze for lo-fi grit
Use saturation lightly on hi-hats to avoid harshness
Route all drums to a drum bus for unified processing
Use clipping instead of heavy distortion for trap drums
Check levels to avoid unwanted digital clipping
Compare distorted and clean versions with bypass
Adjust decay and envelope settings on the sample if needed
Use transient shaping before distortion for more attack
Add reverb or delay after distortion only if required
Save distortion chains as presets for reuse