909 Poll

For me, it's a toss up between the handclap and open cymbal.

then i'll take the open hi-hat.

I'm trying to think of which sound on the 909 is most improved from its forebears I think the open hats have it by a long shot

which sound on the 909 is most improved from its forebears

The technical answer to that would be the hi-hat and cymbal sounds, as on the 909 they are samples instead of analogue. Certainly this makes these sounds more realistic compared to an 808, but whether or not they are better is a matter of taste.

yeah you really don't have to pretend you can son me on the trivia with these thanks

I read the interview with the japanese session drummer who played those hi-hats, for real

The point I'm making is what is an improvement and in what sense. Samples are a technical improvement, but are they a musical improvement? Is having a cymbal based on a sample automatically better? I'm saying that is not necessarily so, it's more dependant on the kind of music in which the cymbal is used.

I voted for the open hat myself, that big brassy clang is too hard to resist!

landmark sounds for each:

505 = none really
606 = ticky tick snare is all that comes to mind
707 = see 505
808 = bass drum, clap, snare and closed hat
909 = snare, hats, maybe the bass drum if you like gabber

and don't try to tell me there was anything special about the 707 or the 505 because I've owned both and fuck'em, I mean really

Still my favorite BD.

the BD isn't very versatile; to me it only sounds good in 4ot4

tho maybe I'm thinking of crappy attempts at emulating the 909 bass drum.

That sequencer...

"washing machine" uses a 505 so fuck you grumpy pants

also, 505 and 707 has bongos!

808 high tom is the percussive hook on Loose Ends 'Hangin On A String' isn't it? one of my favourite things ever

and it's 808 rimshot on Acid Trax, Voodoo Ray etc. right? golden

back to 909, trying to think of favourite use of the open hat and the first things i think of are all British (LFO, Positive Education, Minus 61 In Detroit) which is a bit silly.

shuffle

The design, it's a sweet looking drum machine!

where's the clangy cowbell? is that the high tom sound?

i guess not, was that sound only 808?

yup

'cause that shit is the shit

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what about when jeff mills lets the ride cymbal play out and then turns the pitch knob so it gets deeper and deeper and deeper into the drum fill. that's my fave bit of 909ism.

closed hat

true story: i did not know this poll had been made when i created my 808 poll

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