You’ll hear 808s in pretty much every trap track in existence. Just search 808 on an online sample market and you’ll hear hundreds of different versions. Ad by PrintKidStudios Ad from shop PrintKidStudios. Producers have spent a lot of time twisting and sculpting the classic sounds into their own versions, adding distortion, playing with attack and decay, adding compression and more. Kanye West Poster / 808's and Heartbreak Poster / Kanye West Album Cover Poster Print Wall Art, Custom Poster. Generally, that means a loud attack and a quick resonating decay.īut today, 808 drums don’t always sound like the original 808s of the TR-808. The original TR-808 comprised programmable kick, snare, low tom, mid tom, hi tom, clap, cowbell, open hi-hat, closed hi-hat, low conga, mid conga, hi conga, clave, rimshot, maracas and cymbal sounds.Ĩ08s are based on static noise that is carefully sound designed to electronically re-create the strike of a beater and resonating drum head.

They’re characterized by a punchy low-end subby-ness that is easily tunable to different pitches. 808s are a type of electronic percussion sample that originates from the Roland TR-808 drum machine.

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