What do you use for drums? (80s Electronic music)

[noiseboyuk]

The only thing to remember with the UVI package is that AFAIK you can’t access the WAVs. I love using the samples in Battery and XO in particular.

[eb23]

Just to get you started, there are decent free samples out there of classic drum machines.
KB6 and Goldbaby were already mentioned, I'll add that Reverb has also a decent collection of free samples (search for 'The Complete Collection'). With those you should have a taste of what's the sound you're after and perhaps look for better sample packs. Anything Roland x0x, Boss DRxxx, Oberheim DX/DMX, Linn and perhaps Alesis were the most used, afaik. I would add the Cheetah MD-16 for more obscure britpop of the era.

[ATS]

I been using the NI Maschine software a lot. It seems a bit unintuitive to me though.

[kipe]

Arturia Spark 2 is another good choice IMO. It emulates many of the vintage drum machines of the era (incl. the DR-55 which Depeche Mode used on their first album).

[noiseboyuk]

I have Spark 2, but sadly it's another proprietary format so I can't use the WAVs in anything else.

[_morton_]

Wavs of whatever suits into a drum machine vst or sampler, or emulations of classic machines.

I like building my own kits

[kNarf_]

Sequel 2. Really great and cheap!

[Halonmusic]

mostly samples but i use AudioRealism ADM, Psychic Modulation Construct and Waldorf Attack alot aswell

[DCrown]

Samples + ReaSamplomatic

[Hans54]

Just samples

[zammo]

I like U-jam Beatmaker Vice, It has some nice sounds, virtual drummer type for quick verse/chorus and fills, or you can just program the midi beats yourself.

[KingofBeers]

80's drum machines are so varied, it was either analogue synthesis (for an example early Roland tr55, cr78 ,tr808 stuff etc) generated or drum samples of real instruments / recordings - the tr909 doing both, just processed and a bit crunchy as a bye product of the limited technology of the time - (In a good way) btw. to the fully digital stuff from all the peeps mentioned above.

I'd play with a modern acoustic drum library - "NI Studio Kit" perhaps or similar and 80's fi it with white noise, lowpass filter and a bit of bit reduction. - Go wild.

Cheers.

[Daru925]

Trk-01 freebie, d16 909 and 808, drumlab.

Ableton live comes with a lot of sampled drumkits too, which i would use if i didn't have the aforementionned machines already.

[grey bird]

Jomox Alpha Base analogue drum machine is incredible and let’s you add your own samples. This is the holy grail drum machine for me.

[JockMcRonan]

outta here