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Best app for 80s snare options?
hi y’all!
just wondering what people think the best app is out there that has a variety of 80s snare options. been listening to lots of yellow magic orchestra and skinny puppy (both wildly different, i know). i’m wanting to really get that warm but digital snare. i’ve got the eg 808s and 909s but they’re pretty limited. haven’t tried splat to clat yet. is that worth checking out? any recommendations welcomed! thanks!
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Check out Drum-80 by GSI. It nails that 80s sound.
Yellow Magic Orchestra used a live drummer, not a drum machine.
awesome! haven’t ever heard of this one, thanks!
But they used an electronic kit, right?
cool, well if you wanna be a forum snob about it…
i’m 100% aware that Yukihiro Takahashi was a “living” drummer but fyi, playing “live” doesn’t mean that you’re restricted to an acoustic drumset (if that’s what you’re implying). in fact far from it. His main source of sound actually came from a variety of digital pads and drum triggers like the Pollard Syndrum Quad, Simmons SDS pads, and even some earlier versions of a roland spd. Not only did he mostly use digital sources for his “live” playing but YMO paired it plenty of times to drum machines like the tr-808.
here’s a video starting at the 9:00 mark where they go over his “live” drumset from 1979
Keep your eyes peeled and you can score an alesis sr-16 for about 50$, sample it, and have your 80s/90s taken care of forever. Other popular digital stuff from the time was Ensoniq, Roland r8s, and everyone favorite hexagon drums, Simmons. There’s even a Simmons app to hook up to your kit. Haven’t any experience with it tho…dunno if it’s standalone
No problem! I’m a big fan of it. Drumlab annd DM1/2 also has a ton of options for that kind of stuff.
Not quite sure why you feel the need to say that, but what I was pointing out was that they had a real drummer and you had mentioned an 808 and a 909, so it seemed like you weren’t aware.
I would vote for Drumlab and DM1 too
And funkbox, if it's still available (old but gold)
https://apps.apple.com/app/funkbox-drum-machine/id350437349
Other option would be to track down samples and soundfonts for the Linns, OBxs and etc
Speaking of samples, you may find what your looking for here: https://reverb.com/software/samples-and-loops/reverb/3514-reverb-drum-machines-the-complete-collection
It’s free!!!
felt the need because you didn’t really contribute to this thread and just gave some one-liner that’s pretty uninformative (and actually wrong). maybe you’re unaware that they did use drum machines and that a live drummer can play digital sounds.
shoot. looks like drumlab isnt auv3
forgot to mention i needed that. i think drum-80 will do!
man funk box was a dream years ago before i got into auv3! it had EVERYTHING but i wish it was auv3
From reading a comment on the appstore it seems things like the kick sound in funkbox is not tuneable anyway no? I'd call that a pretty damn major problem for a drum machine, if it's true (I don't have the app)
@drewhino
Yeah... considering AUv3 the options are more limiting
Maybe the best option would be FAC Drumkit with some custom samples
Not sure if there's a preset 80s sounding already
@Gavinski
From memory, I would say Funkbox is a simple in that territory
Edit: Oh yeah... You can edit a drum machine and set different start and end points and pitch
And define Random timing and random volume for the whole thing. But that's on an edit page, not performance-ready
Ah OK, cheers. Seems like it was a very highly regarded app when it came out!
Well taking the time for name calling doesn’t really contribute positively to the thread either.
I even took the time to explain my input, and I don’t see why after my explanation you can’t see that what I said was informative.
If you don’t like the level of information in answers you could just ignore them rather than be insulting.
Velvet machine can have add a very tight 80s reverb to any snare
@drewhino Easy mate. The namecalling is unnecessary, even if you are correct about everything else.
@michael_m
Source: https://reverb.com/news/the-gear-of-yellow-magic-orchestra
It would bode well to do research first before answering.
I definitely need to look into Drum-80. I slept on it because of it being iPad-only, but I am a sucker for 80s drums.
@drewhino
This may help aid your decision. Cheers.
yeah i should have just posted that image lol. thanks for the links! i was surprised of how little auv3 options there are for classic drum machine sounds, especially coming from funkbox which had almost everything! any recommendations i’ll take at this point.
funkbox is extremely limited and quite old but tbh it had a goldmine of quality samples from a large amount of drum machines! haven’t found anything in auv3 that compares. man if only they updated
I wish I knew more drum machine apps. Funkbox was the golden child of drum machine apps for sure despite not having tunable drums. I'd definitely shell out some cash for a new version that had AUv3 support in it.
That said, you could use drum machine samples inside of Koala. Here's is an entire website with a whole load of free drum machine samples!
https://samples.kb6.de/downloads.php
Caveat - they are all individual downloads. If you donate something, like even just a euro (although I'd suspect at least 20€ would be a much more fair price), you can download all the packs in bulk granted your iPad/iPhone has enough space to do so. To donate, scroll to the bottom.
If I recall correctly, these samples are as dry and unprocessed as possible. I often prefer my drum samples as unprocessed as possible to add my own special sauce to them, but your mileage may vary.
Ah okay! I’m bad about recommending non-AUV3 apps because it’s not really a huge problem for me. But I definitely get it! Drum-80 is fantastic though.
hell yeah. thanks! this website looks great!
i feel so lazy and spoiled ever since going so deep into auv3s. lol just two years ago i wouldn’t bat an eye at taking an hour or two to individually record samples onto my mpc1000… but now that seems horrendous and i simply expect to find an app like funkbox that has it all there for me. so funny how the evolution of technology changes our patience in our workflow.
that said, koala here i come!