https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/instruments/808/Latest entries for the tag 808enFri, 25 Aug 2023 10:58:33 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/low-end-theory-make-four-classic-bass-sounds-in-live/Squelchy 303s, a wobbling Reese, plucky synth hits and booming 808s – learn simple ways to create four essential bass sounds in Live with cnstruct’s latest tutorial. Add character using Live’s Audio Effects, and save the Instrument Racks to your library for later use – or download the free project…Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:58:33 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/low-end-theory-make-four-classic-bass-sounds-in-live/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/aril-brikha-remaking-groove-la-chord-with-live-and-note/What is the formula for making a hit record? Is it a balance of talent, inspiration, and years of practice? Or is the process simply a matter of luck, or perhaps even the result of some higher powers at work? Romantic poets such as Coleridge and Shelley believed that in…Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:28:19 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/aril-brikha-remaking-groove-la-chord-with-live-and-note/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/kenny-beats-connecting-dots/When the late rapper and music producer Daniel Dumile (popularly known as MF DOOM) was asked how he combats writer’s block, his answer was simple: “The way that creativity works for me, it comes to you like an energy stream or something. It comes in waves. You’ve just got to…Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:54:34 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/kenny-beats-connecting-dots/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/808-bass-tutorials-creation-mix/Listening to the radio in 1982 you’d hear the Roland TR-808’s synthetic percussion sounds on Marvin Gaye’s single “Sexual Healing” – the first big 808-based pop hit. Listen to the radio today and you’ll hear booming 808 bass on tracks by the likes of Beyoncé, The Weeknd, Travis Scott and...Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:51:28 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/808-bass-tutorials-creation-mix/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/808-day-2014-drum-machine/“Nothing sounds quite like an 8-0-8.” Those words, from the legendary Beastie Boys, sum up how pretty much all hip-hop, house, electro, and techno producers feel about Roland’s legendary drum machine. First introduced in 1980, the TR-808 (“TR” standing for “Transistor Rhythm” - now you know) was an all-analog drum...Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:22:53 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/808-day-2014-drum-machine/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/making-harlem-shake-live-new-tutorial-macprovideo/Love it or hate it, it's hard to escape Baauer's viral "Harlem Shake". In a new tutorial, MacProVideo's Gary Hiebner looks at how to produce a "Harlem Shake"-style track in Ableton Live, using the 808 drums included in Drum Machines, in addition to Live's effects.Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:12:04 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/making-harlem-shake-live-new-tutorial-macprovideo/Tutorialshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/deconstruct-sbtrkts-wildfire-free-download/Last week, we posted about Point Blank Instructor Ski Oakenfull's deconstruction of Mr. Fingers' house classic, "Can You Feel It". For the next part in Ski's series of track deconstructions - also recorded at this year's Amsterdam Dance Event - he goes to a more modern track, SBTRKT's "Wildfire". Check ...Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:13:19 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/deconstruct-sbtrkts-wildfire-free-download/Tutorialshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/robotic-808-sequenced-live/Everyone loves the sounds of the TR-808 - whether from the original machine or the multisampled Drum Racks included in Ableton's Drum Machines, the 808 is a classic in sound and design. Borrowing the design but opting for acoustic sounds, Moritz Simon Geist created the robotic MR-808, a robotic 808 ...Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:11:55 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/robotic-808-sequenced-live/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/addison-groove/Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:02:45 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/addison-groove/Artists