Test Drive the TR-808 for FREE until August 31st with a Roland Account
With its warm toned strip of colorful sequencing buttons and tweakable banks of knobs, the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer is quite possibly the most iconic drum machine of all time. Featuring a booming kick, sharp snare, tunable toms and a variety of percussion elements, the 808 is capable of creating and sequencing complete rhythm tracks. The TS-808 is a software emulation (VSTi plugin) of the Roland TR-808. The TR-808 service notes provide full schematics for each voice. I used them to make SPICE simulations of the circuits. I also analysed the best samples I could find (The Tape808, by Goldbaby), and tweaked the sounds until the waveforms and spectral content were as close as.
Classic 808 Sounds, Right in Your DAW
Have you ever wanted to try the authentic Roland TR-808? To hear the original 808 kick? Do you want to get to know the drum machine that changed music? Now's your chance!
Test drive the Roland TR-808 Software Rhythm Composer and all of our TR-808 patch collections until August 31st, for free with a Roland Account—no paid membership required.*
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The Only Official 808 Plugin
Roland invented the 808, and now we’ve brought it to life in your DAW.
Painstaking Modeling
Using our proprietary Analog Circuit Behavior technology, we’ve recreated the original analog circuits that are the essence of the TR-808’s distinct sound, so your tracks have that classic boom, snap, and sizzle.
Modern Features To Bring Your Tracks To Life
We’ve added some extra features not found on the original 808. Now you have a fully-featured edit window, sub-outs with no cables and you can even drag patterns right from the plugin to your DAW project!
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*Test Drive is a time-based activation of the TR-808 instrument and patch collections. After August 31st, access to the TR-808 and its corresponding patch collections will only be available as a Lifetime Key purchase or in Pro or Ultimate memberships.
Bedroom Producers Blog has released a freeware VST/AU plugin bundle, BPB Cassette Drums, featuring three VST/AU plugins, based on the sounds of Roland’s TR-808, TR-606 and TR-909 drum machines.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
BPB Cassette Drums, a freeware drum machine VST/AU plugin bundle based on our popular Cassette 606, Cassette 808 and Cassette 909 drum sample packs.
BPB Cassette Drums is a freeware VST and AU plugin bundle consisting of three individual plugins: Cassette 606 VST, Cassette 808 VST and Cassette 909 VST. The included plugins are compatible with any PC and Mac based digital audio workstation capable of hosting VST or AU plugins. Both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems are supported.
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Each plugin contains a set of three drum kits: Clean, Warm and Hot. The Clean kits are based on the raw, unprocessed recordings of Roland TR series drum machines, whereas the Warm and Hot kits feature the saturated drum hits that were re-sampled from an audio cassette deck, adding a layer of noise and warmth to the original sounds.
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The plugins are available as a free download from the BPB site.