Good 808 drum machine alternatives?

viva hate · Post by **viva hate** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:04 pm

clubfoot wrote:Always amazes me how many people say they have a machinedrum - you can buy a car for less than one of those things.

I absolutely love my MachineDrum. Why would I want to have a car instead? Makes no sense to me.

clubfoot · Post by **clubfoot** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:34 pm

viva hate wrote:I absolutely love my MachineDrum. Why would I want to have a car instead? Makes no sense to me.

because it might have a cup holder.

make sense now?

AK · Post by AK » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:13 am

viva hate wrote:
AK wrote:Thanks for all the suggestions.

Also, does anyone know where I might be able to get a sample of this 'trigger impulse' thing?
I just recorded the CP trig out from my 808. I want 50% of the royalites of course, hehe

http://www.repeatle.com/mnml/808trig.wav

Cheers mate, thanks for that.

There's no way anybody ever made a kick from the sound though but I know where it has been used. It's that 'flicky' thing on a lot of Electro tracks isn't it.

Thanks again.

clubfoot · Post by **clubfoot** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:24 pm

AK wrote:
viva hate wrote:
AK wrote:There's no way anybody ever made a kick from the sound though but I know where it has been used. It's that 'flicky' thing on a lot of Electro tracks isn't it.

Thanks again.

that's the one

db2 · Post by **db2** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:40 pm

Anyone tried/have any feedback on Abletons 808 Drum machine instrument?

Rochey · Post by **Rochey** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:53 am

http://www.machinedrum.com/

AK · Post by AK » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:41 am

db2 wrote:Anyone tried/have any feedback on Abletons 808 Drum machine instrument?

What's that then?

I investigated this and it doesn't exist. Were you getting confused with something else?

db2 · Post by **db2** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:27 pm

AK wrote:
db2 wrote:Anyone tried/have any feedback on Abletons 808 Drum machine instrument?
What's that then?

I investigated this and it doesn't exist. Were you getting confused with something else?

http://www.ableton.com/drum-machines

They have several drum machine sample packs that are multisampled and laid out in instrument racks with standard controls. I got mine with the suite and have just started playing around with it, but so far is muy authentic sounding! The thing about the 808 is that it seems to have its own internal timing jitters and parameter bleed over that give it quite a distinctive sound. Still, for a sample pack with an interface for the sounds, this is not half bad. I'll say more after I test it some more.