808 Kick Distortion

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Ryan Christman
Ryan Christman Member Posts: 47 Member
edited October 2024 in Maschine

I've noticed that some of the 808s inside of Maschine sound incredibly distorted as if they are clipping when I play them back. This is true no matter how softly I press the pad. Is this just baked into some of the audio files?

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  • ekwipt
    ekwipt Member Posts: 40 Member
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    probably baked in, check the mixer section, if it's not in the red then it's baked into the sample,.

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  • ekwipt
    ekwipt Member Posts: 40 Member
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    probably baked in, check the mixer section, if it's not in the red then it's baked into the sample,.

  • LostInFoundation
    LostInFoundation Member Posts: 5,634 Legend

    Isn’t 808 all about distortion? 😂

    Jokes apart, some of the 808 sounds should sound “cleaner”, but for others the distortion is part of the sound designing. It depends on which preset you use

  • ozon
    ozon Member Posts: 2,072 Expert

    You can look at the waveform of samples. Distortion is pretty obvious.

  • D-One
    D-One Moderator Posts: 3,774 mod
    edited April 2023

    Probably just distortion fx baked in.

    Rule of thumb is older kits tend to be clean and faithfull to the original Roland TR-808 but modern ones are distorted, especially if aimed at certain genres.

    Mainly for a more agressive sound and so that people can still hear it in ****** phones, laptop speakers, etc.... gotta have those harmonics.

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