I’m sharing something special this week. I’ve developed this rack for some Hyperpop production projects and found myself using it often when I design 808’s or just want to beef-up sampled 808s.

This rack is a combination of Pre-Gain Staging, Waveshaping saturation, Overdrive with adjustable center frequency, Bit Crushing tuned to noise and less tone loss, stereo distortion, and filtering with cabinet. Bass Frequencies are monoed overall and we finishing up the rack with a touch of soft clipping if necessary.

It took time to dial in all the effects and the right amount of control for this rack. And it sounds really great so I’m charging $1 for it. I hope it’s cool with you.

Macros

Input Gain–Pre-Distortion gain, Main knob to drive the rack.

Color – Gentle Overdrive with adjustable center frequency.

Color Amount – Controls the center frequency of the color overdrive.

Analog Force – Waveshaping drive

Noise Dux – Redux tuned to added noise and less degradation of tone.

Stereo Drive – Secret stereo distortion used with the Vinyl Distortion effects.

Band Filter – Unique filter using the Cabinet

Output Gain – Adjust the overall output volume if distortion gets too loud.

 

Installation

 

1. Double click on the downloaded file to open it up in Ableton Live

2. Click on the Save button at the top right corner of the device to save to your User Library

**You need Ableton Suite 11.0.5 or above

 

Download

808 Distortion Rack

This rack is included in Compostion Power Tools