808s Ableton Live Pack - Melodic Bass Drums

808s Ableton Live Pack

808s is a collection of melodic bass drums and the tools you need to create your own. 808s, as they are commonly referred to, are basically bass drums with long sustained tones that function as basslines in many styles of popular music.

The 51 presets include:

7 "Default Builder" Racks - for creating your own customized 808s and various synth sounds using kick drum samples and synthesized tones.
33 Melodic Kicks or 808s - powerful bass drums with unique sustained tones, perfect for basslines.
10 Synth Instrument Racks - Keys, leads, and pads made from looping and one shot kick drum samples.
1 Audio Effect Rack - Add Chorus, Reverb, Delay, and Dirt to any sound with this handy FX Rack.

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*Requires Ableton Live 9.7 Standard or Above.

Powerful Melodic Bass Drums

808’s Ableton Live Pack is the perfect set of sounds and tools for anyone that wants that popular melodic bass drum sound, commonly referred to as 808’s. Easily get the perfect deep, heavy kick drum sound that also functions as a bassline.

The Pack comes with 33 pre-made melodic kicks, and 7 Default Builder Racks that you can use to sculpt your own unique 808’s using combinations of samples and synthesized tones. There are even 10 synthesizer sounds made from the tools to show you that you can do even more than just melodic kicks with this Pack.

Here is a rundown of some of the Default Builder Racks, and how they create the perfect 808’s.

808s Bass Drum Builder

Build powerful 808s melodic kick drums!

Combine impacts from 20 drum samples with 13 different sustain tones. There are 260 possible combinations of impact and sustain sounds. Customize both the impact and tone sounds with convenient Macro Knobs, and mix them to perfection.

Open the Rack up to get access to more details of both the Impact and Tone portions of the sound.

808s Bass Drum Impacts

This Instrument Rack is the initial impact sound the bass drum makes. Choose between 20 different impact sounds that range from clicky and up front to mellow and soft.

Customize the sound by changing its duration and pitch. Then filter out the high frequencies and add some Dirt and Grit.

808s Tones - Melodic Synth

The Instrument Rack provides the sustain tone of the bass drum sound. Choose from 13 different synthesized sounds as the basis of the tone. Then customize it with Attack and Release. Widen the tone with the Tone Spread control. Then use the Filter controls to remove high frequencies and change the timbre over time.

This Instrument Rack works well as a playable synth tone. Create chords, pads, leads, and melodies, as well as thunderous bass tones.

808s Rytm Bass Drums

This Drum Rack contains 60 long sustained bass drum sounds, synthesized with the Elektron Analog Rytm drum machine. Each sound has its own unique character and texture. They are all pitched to a G Note, but you can use the Transpose knob to change the pitch to fit your track. Then use the Filter controls to find the perfect fit in the mix.

808s Rytm Bass Drum Synths (monophonic and polyphonic versions)

The synthesized Elektron Analog Rytm bass drums are used to create playable synthesizers. They are perfect for melodic bass drums or they can be used to create other instrument sounds.

Use the Macro Controls to select between 60 different bass drum sound sources, and customize with various effects.

This is a powerful sound design tool!

Brian Funk · 808's Ableton Live Pack Demo Tracks