The original Roland 808 drum machine was introduced in 1980, and ever since, the 808 kick sound has become arguably one of the most iconic and widely recognized sounds in music production.
These days, the 808 drum kit is still used everywhere and especially in modern hip hop music. Even if it isn’t a direct sample from the original 808 drum machine, most people refer to any sine wave in the sub frequency range as an “808”.
In recent years, producers have been stretching the limits of 808s and using distortion, saturation, eq, and compression to shape them into sounds very different from the original Roland 808 drum sample.
If you are looking for a wide variety of 808 samples that represent all of the different forms of the 808, without going through the same recycled 808s that just get renamed and put in different sample packs, here are some recommendations on our favorite free 808 drum kits.
Cymatics Free 808 Drum Kits and Sample Packs
Oracle 808 Sample Pack
We had our production team listen to and analyze 808s used in tracks from some of the top hip hop producers in the game.
They identified the key characteristics that make an 808 hit hard and loud so that you can have the perfect collection of 808s to work with.
Our Oracle pack contains 34 free 808 samples and much more!
Cobra Hip Hop & 808 Drum Kit
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Cobra is an all encompassing hip hop sample pack that was created to include every element you need to make placement ready trap beats.
Not only does this pack include free 808s, but it also has melody loops, midi chord progressions and other drum one shots.
19 free 808 samples
24 guitar and flute melodic loops
29 melody loops
100+ drum one shots
24 Midi melodies + 5 Midi files
50+ trap drum loops
14 hi hat midi patterns
808 Mob Trap and 808s Sample Pack
This 808 sample pack is a collection of drums, melody loops, 808s, MIDI files and Serum presets, all inspired by the 808 Mafia team.
These sounds will take your beat productions to the next level.
This free sample pack includes:
17 808 samples
50+ drum one shots
18 hip hop drum loops
17 melody loops
13 FX samples
16 MIDI progressions
13 Xfer Serum presets
Astro Hip Hop and 808 Drum Kit
Travis Scott’s “Astroworld” was a production marvel when released in 2018 and featured some insane 808 samples to drive the songs behind it. In this sample pack you’ll find 85 amazing sounding samples and loops inspired by the sounds used in Astroworld.
Astro includes:
7 free 808 samples
19 drum loops
40 drum one shots
10 melody loops
10 fx samples
9God Hip Hop and 808 Drum Kit
Inspired by Drake’s impressive resume of countless incredible songs, our production team created a premium collection of 100+ samples, loops, MIDI, and even Serum presets that capture the quality and feel of Drake's recent biggest records.
While making “9God”, our production team carefully studied top hits like Portland, Gyalchester, and Fake Love to make sure every drum one shot, drum loop, melody loop, and more sounded fully authentic.
7 free 808 samples
39 drum one shots
10 melody loops
11 serum presets
8 fx samples
Premium 808 Drum Kits and Sample Packs
Diamonds Vol. I
& Diamonds Vol. II
Two of our most popular Hip Hop and 808 sample collections of all time.
Each member of our team carefully studied top Hip Hop producers like Metro Boomin, London On Da Track, and Murda Beatz while making this pack to make sure every sound was as authentic as possible.
They constructed unique melody loops, fully fledged drum loops, powerful 808 samples, and everything in between so you can make better beats more quickly.
In Diamonds Vol I:
50 high quality drum loops
90 drum one shots
25 free percussion samples
25 808s
40+ melody loops
25 MIDI progressions & more!
In Diamonds Vol II:
110+ drum loops
147 drum one shots
23 free percussion samples & 16 loops
55 melody loops
25 FX samples
15 vocal samples
Trap & 808s
The entire collection is extremely diverse, giving you everything from Trap synth drop loops and soft modern Hip Hop melody loops, to crisp drum one shots, organic FX, and MUCH more.
Not to mention, the 808s in this pack are without a doubt the best we’ve ever created.
You’ll find rich 808 samples in every single key, and our team put extra emphasis on making sure the sub and harmonics came through for all of them -- even for the lowest notes.
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400+ Free Trap Melody Loops
Ultimate List of Boom Bap Drum Kits
The free Chaos trap sample pack can be used with every DAW, no matter if you’re using FL Studio, Live, Maschine, Logic, Reason, an MPC or anything else.
Trap is probably the most popular genre of our time. It originated in the late 90s and was initially based on drum sounds taken from the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer. During the last 2 decades trap and hip hop have however evolved and the common sound selection differs a lot compared to the past.
Fl Studio Sample Kit Free
To make sure every producer regardless of their age or income can access modern trap loops and samples my team and I have set to work and compiled the Chaos kit, which is filled with over 200 free trap samples and basically comes with everything you need to produce a modern trap beat. We paid a lot of attention to include only top-level sounds so you don’t have to spend a lot of time going through countless samples until you finally find a good one.
The Drum Kit
The Chaos drum kit is filled with a total of 150 drum one shots, including kicks, snares, claps, random percs, closed hats, open hats, rides and crash cymbals. On top of this it comes with 20 key-labeled 808 bass samples and 30 mix-ready drum loops, which are divided into cymbal, full, kick, percussion and top loops. Some of the sounds are actually still based on the Roland TR-808, but have been processed quite a lot to fit the style of modern productions.
Melody Loops
In addition to the drum kit, the Chaos trap sample pack comes with 40 BPM and key-labeled melody loops and 37 matching MIDI files. They’re all 100% royalty-free so you can use them for your own beats, without having to worry about copyright problems. Or in other words, you never have to pay me any money you make from files in this pack.
Contents
- 150 Drum Shots
- 30 Drum Loops
- 40 Melody Loops
- 37 MIDI Loops
Total Files
Fl Studio Free Sample Kits
- 257
- 369,2 MB