Found this one on twitter. It combines two of my favorite things, retro synthesizers and retro ads. This is basically porn to me.
This was the first drum machine one of my early mentors taught me on. It flopped originally until it was discovered in pawn shops by early hip-hop and techno producers. Now you can’t turn on the radio without hearing it’s signature sub-bass sound which, by the way, doesn’t actually come out of the box raw. You have to process the bass drum sound to get it.
I’ve always wanted one of these but I figured it wouldn’t happen till I turn 80, but an 808 practically fell in my lap last year. Now it’s a major part of my production process and my life is complete. I can die happy now.
All hail the 808!!!!
