808 samples from akai's website

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808 samples from akai's website

By soulpower72 Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:42 pm
I downloaded some kits from the akai website onto my pc which include the legendary TR808.
They sound great on my pc as wav files but when i loaded them onto my mpc1000 the low kick distorts and sounds like it's phasing. All the other samples are fine except for the low kick.
Incidently the kick distorts when i load it into ableton live but not in adobe audition.
Do I need to tweak the sample? Maybe reduce velocity or something?
I'd be grateful if anyone could help
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Re: 808 samples from akai's website

By Mr modnaR Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:49 pm
soulpower72 wrote:I downloaded some kits from the akai website onto my pc which include the legendary TR808.
They sound great on my pc as wav files but when i loaded them onto my mpc1000 the low kick distorts and sounds like it's phasing. All the other samples are fine except for the low kick.
Incidently the kick distorts when i load it into ableton live but not in adobe audition.
Do I need to tweak the sample? Maybe reduce velocity or something?
I'd be grateful if anyone could help


could be too loud and distorting, try turning the funny sounding pads down in the mpc mixer screen.

hope this helps.

By sleepersriddle Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:00 pm
distortedtekno wrote:That kit sucks. You can download better 808 samples from http://tr-808.com/.


Ha! Nice one thanx!!! :)
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By distortedtekno Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:04 pm
No problem. That's the real deal right there... and a hell of alot more samples! 8)

By soulpower72 Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:14 pm
Thanks guys I'll give that a whirl...
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By distortedtekno Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:16 pm
no doubt. you'll be able to make several kits from all those samples.

By soulpower72 Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:21 pm
I just followed that link and the quality of samples are much better

Thanks again!
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By distortedtekno Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:27 pm
no problem. enjoy! 8)

By Åke Denver Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:24 am
Wow, thanks for that link! But because nothing is enough: Wouldn´t anybody know anything similar about TR-909?! Would be super superb!

By soulpower72 Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:26 pm
Fantastic link! I'll be gettin ill wit' these
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By distortedtekno Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:46 am
TRIOXIN wrote:http://machines.hyperreal.org/manufacturers/Roland/TR-909/

Those 909 samples are tight. I found those samples there a while back and forgot all about this site until recently, as I was looking for some documents.

BTW, for those who don't know... if you go to the main Roland directory, you'll find samples on just about every link (with the exception of the MicroComposer [MC-4, MC-8]).
http://machines.hyperreal.org/manufacturers/Roland/
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