I am curious to know if you have actually used an original analog 808? Or yet alone, tried out 808 samples from Goldbaby (closest in my opinion) or listened to any recent Jermaine Dupri produced records for Mariah Carey. I have tried out compression, eq and with the transient designer with my UAD-2 plugins and it's not that close. BEP kick is very hard. I understand that the 3rd kick has an 808 sound to it and the snare is totally but the kick is way too woody and colored to be an OG 808. I definitely trust Britney Spears (lol) when she says 'Opps I did it again' but am not sure if I could trust BEP saying 808 and it being an OG 808 kick processed. William is famous for using all sorts of samples and doesnt sequence one bit. Its all placed on the grid as audio rather than even sequencing on a machine, because he is so fast at it apparently. Anyways, this is not the point. Please listen to the OG 808 and let me know if that can be tweeked to get this exact woody tone/punch or if you actually think there is something underneath it.
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Originally Posted by Don Solaris  Not sure what's so mysterious about that song. Even a noob can hear 808 kick and snare + 909 clap. Hell even the guy in the songs says: "808"!! 
If you can't afford transient designer, just take the kick and apply volume envelope in the front part (to get the click). For more click, apply a pitch envelope as well. Process with compressor. Try different compression thresholds till you find the best "sound".
Or. If you are really lazy, then take the 808 kick, transpose it 2 octaves up, borrow few transients from there and apply them to original 808 kick. You got instant BEP kick. |