The year was 2016. On YouTube, a massive trend was dominating the sidebar of every music enthusiast: the "Drum Kit" video.
Reddit Drumkits: For general high-quality drum sounds to use as a base, the r/Drumkits subreddit is the primary source for "Essential" or "All You Need" packs that contain the raw textures Quadeca often manipulates. quadeca drum kit
Forget the rapid-fire, 32nd-note rolling hi-hats of traditional trap. Quadeca’s hi-hats are sparse, rhythmic, and often textural. The year was 2016
While Quadeca hasn't released a single "official" commercial drum kit in the way a traditional trap producer might, his sound is defined by a very specific set of production choices that you can replicate or find in fan-curated "Scrapyard" type kits. The Sound Palette: What’s Inside? The Hi-Hats (The Hiss) Forget the rapid-fire, 32nd-note
Community Documents: The Quadeca subreddit has historically maintained a "Beats & Samples Document" for finding specific sounds used in his tracks. Production Tips for "Quad" Style Drums
Music producers and fans have compiled "type" kits that mirror Quadeca’s evolution from From Me To You to I Didn’t Mean To Haunt You (IDMTHY) and SCRAPYARD.