This rhythm cuts across the straight four-to-the floor-pattern of the previous 808 kick. 5. Next we're going to place a simple snare track alongside our two kick tracks, using the classic 808 snare.

Those without an 808 kit can load in sample HO_Beats128-11 for a rough approximation. 4. The snare (d2) was a very important factor in early house records. While you can put it on every other kick ...

The sequencer on the 808, a row of 16 color-coded buttons ... s 1982 hit “Sexual Healing”—those bursts of bass and snare drums amid robotic ticks and claps that collapse atop one another ...