Samples from Mars - 808
One of the first companies that I came across by complete chance near the beginning was Samples from Mars. They're based out of Brooklyn, NYC and specialize in recording synth and drum sounds that you can then in turn play yourself. They've been super nice and helpful to me and anything I've got from them so far sounds fantastic! You can really hear the difference between say the stock Logic 808 and the one the one that they've sampled. They have so many drum/synth sounds to choose from and quite a few free ones as well (if you like what you see from them keep a lookout for their sales on the "All The Samples" option, the price gets quite low for the amount of sounds given)
I kept hearing about the 808. What was it? Well, apparently it's a drum machine and it's been used in so many countless number of songs that it would be verging on the ridiculous to name them all. It was originally made by Roland in the early 80's and while it wasn't a huge seller necessarily back then, it has gone on the become one of the go to drum sounds for many people, especially in genres such as hip hop.
I love when trying to come up with ideas just even getting a simple kick-snare 808 pattern going at my desired tempo. I find this seems to work a lot more naturally for me then listening to the click of the metronome. You can always fill in more sounds and change it up later on when your songs got more of a base.
If you click (or copy) on the link below it will take you to the free 808 drum machine by Sample from Mars. This is an easy and affordable (free!!) way of checking things out from them:
I've used it in a couple of different ways (Logic Pro 10.5):
1. Just straight loading it from the 'Sampler" and playing it on my midi keyboard
2. Dragging the .wav files into Drum Machine Designer in order to make my own kits and then using step sequencer to make some arrangements or beats
What's your favourite drum machine to use?
Have you found any cool drum samples online?
Enjoy :)
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