The race for bass

I always wondered why the presets you get with most synths sound like crap, and nothing like what you'd find on any self-respecting track. Any self respecting house track, anyway. Most of them don't sound like bass patches at all, more like someone masturbating with sandpaper.

But the thing is, most of those patches sound completely different once you stick a low-pass filter on them, and cut out most of those sandpaper frequencies. Do it, and have a re-listen to your presets, you might find some you can actually use now.