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BBC Sounds TR808
This is on now about the history of the TR808 drum machine 40 years old, includes the Beasties
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I never had one, but in the mid-90s a friend tried to sell his to me for $150. He needed rent money. I didn't buy it cause I was saving up for something else. I wish I had, they go for $4-5K now!
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A buddy just mailed me his TR-707, which isn't quite the same, I know. I've never seen one of the TR's in real life before. I was blown away by how chintzy it is. The motherfuckin' thing feels like an oversized calculator. Sound awesome though.
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I also tried making beats with a Kawai R-50 I think it was. It was okay I guess, but at that stage what you really needed was a sampler. Eventually I saved enough to get a used Ensoniq ASR-10, which is great. I still have it. The 707 would be cool for adding some old style drum machine sounds to a song. Although there are lots of sample libraries available now that would probably have the same sounds, or very similar. The 808 is the special one, because of the way you can get those super low synthesized analog kicks. There are sample libraries that copy it, but many people will say that it is never really the same, like with a Moog synth, or Rhodes keyboard or whatever. |
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I think the one thing you can't really get w/ the sample libraries is the swing and the way you can move the tempo while it is playing. Especially if you're running it through some pedals. But yeah, an 808 or 707 or 909 sound in a drum machine or sample pack is pretty close. It's just nice to be tactile with the machine, as chintzy as it is. Quote:
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For software, I don't know all the different ones, but I remember I used something called Nepheton, which did a pretty convincing 808 style kick. |
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