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808s & Heartbreak. Kanye used a Roland TR-808 heavily for all beats on that album. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Kanye_West_in_the_
by nodesocket 10y ago
808s & Heartbreak. Kanye used a Roland TR-808 heavily for all beats on that album.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Kanye_West_in_the_Studio.jpg/1920px-Kanye_West_in_the_Studio.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Ka...
- Larrikin 10y agoThe 808 was already famous for being used for years and helping create the sound of hip hop.
- Doctor_Fegg 10y agoAnd before that, electronica - 808 State et al.
- agumonkey 10y agoFunny, wikipedia 808 page led me to the first Roland founder company called Ace Tone :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Tone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Tone
- pimeys 10y agoAnd all kinds of electronic music. 909 and 303 are heavily used in techno and house.
- bigtimeidiot 10y agoDocumentary on the history of the 808, complete with a great soundtrack and interview with the inventor: 808themovie.com/
- themodelplumber 10y agoI was thinking more "Napoleon Dynamite soundtrack"; guess it depends on your cultural exposure :-)
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- Hydraulix989 10y agoI see a Super Nintendo but no 808
- soundwave106 10y agoAs I understand it, in most productions these days, "808 type sounds" often tend to either be sampled (and manipulated), or synthesized from something else. In other words, whether Kanye had access to an original 808 or not, the Akai MPC you see in the picture probably also played a prominent role. :) I also understand Kanye's big on using an old Ensoniq ASR-10 for sampling duties.