Can Ableton’s Drift synth create fat 808 sounds to use in our productions?

Check out the video below for the tutorial or scroll down for the download.

 

 

In the past couple of months I’ve been working hard on a preset pack for Ableton’s Drift. I’m very proud of the 808 sound I’ve made so sharing it here.

 

 

Macros

 

Length – Decay and Release time

Tone – Adjust for a warmer sound

Drive – Saturator Drive Amount

Disto – Pedal Distortion

O Tt – Multi-Band Compression

Stereo – Haas effect delay for a wider sound

Thicness – OSC Octaves and Mono doubling mode

Key Tracking  – Filter key tracking amount

 

Variations

 

808 Drift – Default

Crunchy – Distorted Tone

Long Stereo – Extra Wide Distorted 808

Gabber – Aggressive distorted tone

Tuned Kick – Short Kick Kick like hit

 

 

Requirements

 

– Latest version of Ableton Suite

 

INSTALLATION

 

1.  After Download – Double click on the file to open it up in Ableton Live. (Bug – If the file extension is missing, rename the file manually to end with “.adg”)

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

 

DOWNLOAD

808 Drift

Composition Power Tools

ABLETON DRIFT PRESETS VOL. 1

A collection of 50 core patches with 5 variations for each, giving you 250 different production-ready sounds.

Each sound comes racked with thoughtfully crafted audio effects, modulation mappings and MIDI effects with 8 macros mapped for quick control.

Drift Presets Vol. 1