Lets talk about 808s for a min

[SkybluestudiosBEN]

Ive heard so many different types and have had specific request from bands that want these specific type of 808s.


Heres what I do,

I use the signal generator in Pro Tools, do a sine wave of about 42hz, lock it to the kick and fade it out. Seems to work.


Anyone else have a different method?:Smug:

 

[RCW]

I have been doing the same thing. I have had a couple of bands here lately though that have basically been specifically requesting that the sub drops distort the mix.

fuuuuuu

usually the same bands that ask for 10 - 15 in every song and can't play their instruments for shit. I hate myself for being 20 and only having cred with other 20 year old so called "musicians".... haha.

but all that is a another story altogether...

I also found some 808 samples AdamWathan posted a little while back. There are some good ones in there that I have been using.

 

[SocialNumb]

I thought there was only one 808. Roland TR-808.

Incase someone needs them. :danceboy:

 

[ahjteam]

I thought there was only one 808.

 

[Sweetnothing]

I thought there was only one 808. Roland TR-808.

Incase someone needs them. :danceboy:

 

[Harry Hughes]

 

[SocialNumb]

 

[Seth Munson]

haha

 

[greyskull]

i just use the pitchshifter one...
or the maxon one.. or the one in reason.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

For the record, I HATE FUCKING "SUB DROPS" IN MA METALZ.

 

[updog]

let's try to keep this discussion on track... I've been looking how to do these.

Thanks for the tip ben, I'm going to try that sine wave thing in Logic.

 

[BLUElightCory]

Just download a TR808 sub-kick sample - they're all over the internet in varying pitchs and decays. Look for one that works for the song(s) you're working on.

 

[updog]

Actually, I have 808 kicks built-in in Logic - but how should I go about mixing them in? Simply boost the bass frequencies from about 40Hz, and cut from anywhere else?

 

[arv_foh]

Ive heard so many different types and have had specific request from bands that want these specific type of 808s.


Heres what I do,

I use the signal generator in Pro Tools, do a sine wave of about 42hz, lock it to the kick and fade it out. Seems to work.


Anyone else have a different method?:Smug:

I do pretty much the same thing except I make a sine wave that drops from 160hz-30hz in about 5 seconds

 

[SkybluestudiosBEN]

Any one here have an SSL and want to make an 808 sample library and patch out of their Oscilator?! Thatd be SICK!

 

[brianhood]

I have been doing the same thing. I have had a couple of bands here lately though that have basically been specifically requesting that the sub drops distort the mix.

i had a band ask for that onceuke:

 

[EmilioArteaga]

I am gonna get a lot of flack for this, but I can safely say that I like sub drops that distort mixes. Not utterly and completely distorting the mix, but enough to where it introduces a nice crunch whilst maintaining a smooth low end. When I hear a sub drop like that, I can feel the energy it releases. Granted that they're used sparingly. I can't stand hearing one after the other, after the other. It just takes away from their point. Just my two cents, anyway.

 

[Sweetnothing]

I always end up using one from the vengance electro library I bought 2 years ago...but it's more of a low hit with some verb on it rather than a subdrop, I'll low pass it until it works. I know it's not the thing for every song, but used sparingly, it can add a lot to a breakdown IMO

 

[SkybluestudiosBEN]

Yea lots of shitty bands abuse the 808. But when you hear it in the right song with the right part, they deffinitely sound rad. Like the first track on the 12 Tribes CD that has the song Versus Complex. That 808 really added something cool to that song IMO. Same with lots of other songs. But yea when some douche band uses it on 20 breakdowns, it gets lame very fast.

Thanks for the other methods guys. Im going to try some of this stuff out.

 

[xFkx]

i had a band ask for that onceuke:

Reminds me of Smoke ya later by the Acacia Strain

that song had the BOOM!