Where to get 80s-sounding drums

Maybe you'd like to listen to the drum kits in Ultrabeat or EXS24 ...you'll find that type of drums there,

Also ,I don't know about you…but I love creating my own drums sounds not necessarily always with Ultrabeat but maybe you'd like to give it a try by starting with reading the following :

[Ultrabeat|http://documentation.apple.com/en/logicstudio/instruments/index.html# chapter=15%26section=0%26tasks=true]

[Creating Kick Drums|http://documentation.apple.com/en/logicstudio/instruments/index.html#chap ter=15%26section=0%26tasks=true]

[Creating Snare Drums|http://documentation.apple.com/en/logicstudio/instruments/index.html#chap ter=15%26section=24]

etc

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Here is a resource for tons of drum samples (free/donations): http://samples.kb6.de/downloads.php#att

The Simmons kits defined a lot of that 80's sound and there's several in there.

Check out Phil Collins use of gated reverb too for that authentic treatment (>Enverb plugin).

For starters, you should probably mark posts as helpful if they were helpful 😉 then when you ask for more help, they might help!

If you now wish to use the Simmons samples then the best thing to do is to create a sampler instrument in the EXS24 or Ultrabeat. TBH you need to read the manual on this or search/ask posts here because it's too long winded to explain in this context.

Lastly, if you want 80's synths too then Logic has loads of retro synths both sampled (in the EXS24) and virtual (ES2, ES1 and several others). You'll find more than enough to get you going.

That said, you do know that by the time you've finished your track, the 80's revival will have died a death and you'll need 90's sounds. I'm looking forward to the day that music catches up with itself and we actually have genuinely progressive music again!

Additionally, Linn drums were probably the most widely used - at one time the majority of top ten singles in the UK in a single week used them. Interestingly, that Phil collins sound was produced using the SSL talkback compressor now made free in software form by SSL (not for intel sadly);

http://www.solid-state-logic.com/Music/LMC-1/index.asp

Otherwise, as suggested try big grainy reverbs and gate the tails.

Dr_Jezz wrote:
Additionally, Linn drums were probably the most widely used - at one time the majority of top ten singles in the UK in a single week used them.

Peter Gabriel's "So" was mostly LinnDrum, and quite a bit of early 80s Prince was LM-1 (first Linn drum machine).

Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" (the "Stop Making Sense" version) is pure Roland TR-808.

The drums in that video, though, are more Oberheim DX if I'm not mistaken.

Indeed - most of these drum boxes are available to get online with a bit of searching.

You'll want the Linndrum and Linn LM1, Oberheim DMX, Roland CR78/606/707/808, Yamaha RX11/RX5, Linn 9000 and Fairlight samples and with processing (compression/EQ/reverb) you'll have a pretty good ability to recreate most 80's drum tracks.

Set up some Ultrabeat kits with those and you have the virtual drum machines at your disposal when you need them.

I once downloaded ALL this for free, it should still be available, IN ONE DOWNLOAD:
!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2761/4427022734 ba97104c1ao.png!

Can you tell us where you downloaded all those files in one download?

Thank you in advance!