Tricks To Make Your 808s More Interesting!

[@ServidaMusic]

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[@CraigsCuts]

chrome recognizes these as dangerous downloads and wont let me download any of the free stuff! :(

[@prihaspawar3136]

lol

[@sentry4360]

The real plug 👌

[@maximillianwadkins4197]

Hey Servida, just so you know, you’re in G minor, (you only have 2 flats) just because the chord progression starts on C minor doesn’t mean it is in the C minor key

[@ServidaMusic]

Yeah I know, i didn't realize till after I recorded that part

[@PeteS_1994]

If the video was just 10 seconds shorter, it would be the perfect length.

[@Tttggggggg]

Pete S. Yeah

[@-xxcodherosxx-4686]

Pete S. i see what you did there

[@gamingst9393]

Ooooooh

[@gamingst9393]

Sick bro

[@Marquploads]

xd

[@organizedriot6736]

clicked this thinking "yeah ive seen a million 808 tutorials this isnt gonna teach me anything new" but damn that was such a creative melody. I got so many ideas now. Subbed, quality content .

[@ServidaMusic]

Im glad you learned something!

[@SeekSanctity]

*watching on my phone* Simon: “this is the 808 I’m using.” *silence* Goddammit.

[@addrenalin3698]

DEM1ZE same

[@BreezyTheBoss12]

SAME

[@cashdri]

don't get it

[@BreezyTheBoss12]

@@cashdri stoopid

[@kemikal2570]

@@cashdri phones don't have the capability of playing such a low frequency very loud so you can't hear the 808 alot the times

[@FedericoCavenaghi]

he does things in 30 seconds that would take me 1 hour...

[@dennismiller4250]

well he did edit it down

[@venkateshkaranam5921]

For me it will take days

[@dannyp205]

I agree I b like damn he quick and the beats b hard to 💯

[@lvme888]

2 days

[@tunghoang2786]

For me it took forever, I can’t never finish a beat

[@kaptainkool101]

I know I'm late to the party. . . But an easier way for 3:31 - Go into your instrument envelope settings and make a square shape (Delay, Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release all the way down & Hold all the way up.) This means that your samples (assuming they are long enough, as your 808 is), will only play where they are drawn in, no more, no less.

[@OfficialBenji01]

You’re late to the party??😭

[@nothingtoseehere309]

@@OfficialBenji01YOURE LATE TO THE PARTY? 😭

[@beatsbydaku]

Placing a note with the velocity turned down just to cut them off was mind blowing for me xD so simple but i didn't think about that

[@ServidaMusic]

It might work for other instruments, I'm not sure tho

[@beatsbydaku]

Gonna try it later in Logic and Maschine :)

[@coolseaking3757]

Instead of making a ghost note you should make sure that you have it set to "cut itself" then turn the sustain, decay, and attack all the way down and turn the hold all the way up.

[@beatsbydaku]

the "cut itself" function works differently in logic and maschine, but i know what you mean. I already know how this all works. I just wanted some notes to sustain and some notes being cut, exactly like in the video where simon cuts it off when another section begins. Hope this is understandable. But thank you :)

[@coolseaking3757]

Beats by Daku but he's using fl studio

[@SJT]

Best 808 tutorial I saw to date on KZbin, Keep it up! ❤

[@ServidaMusic]

Thanks alot man

[@atishsharma1617]

Hehyyy sjt!! Make some videos man!!

[@LucasFerreira-hi5hc]

Here in Brazil we have a recent rap banger called Xamã - Luxúria ft. Matuê" who has the same loop that you used in this video. Nice work bro, cheers!

[@ServidaMusic]

Yeah people showed me, I had no idea!

[@copobeatz5190]

Eu uso óculos no show porque elas querem a minha alma.

[@davisuga]

@@virusx4890" I use sunglasses because they (girls) want my soul"

[@PANIAGOO]

@@copobeatz5190 torrei mais um pra me acalmar

[@PedroBarbosa-hz8hh]

@@PANIAGOO varios olhares querendo um pedacin de mim

[@prod.benjamin9540]

4:29 moonlight

[@Непьющий]

спулае мулае эчпочмаки мулае

[@Zykroh]

@@Непьющий uh?

[@thwrld999]

Spotlight uh?

[@laflare_tape]

@@Zykroh russian meme "Спулае Мунлае"

[@laflare_tape]

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[@Sixtus62]

808s can be melodic too 😢

[@ServidaMusic]

yup!

[@victortree8769]

if they weren't melodic nobody would use them.

[@洛旦]

Servida Music so in the TR-808 ,808 is melodic?

[@halunkarecord]

@@洛旦 it comes down to semantics! basically everyone talks about the drum kit sounds, but the really cool thing about the TR-808 was the ability to program and sequence out drum patterns for the first time. Prior to the tr-808 you would need a real live drummer. Every drum in that kit has a specific name. Learn them and stop SAYING 808's. It sounds stupid. music.stackexchange.com/questions/65798/why-cant-drums-produce-melodyd

[@zachtaylor1939]

洛旦 808 has become shorthand for pretty much any punchy, decaying synth bass sound. They sound similar to the synthetic kick drum sound used in the tr808 (that’s where the nickname comes from) but virtually none of the “808s” you’ll hear in modern music actually come from a tr808.

[@lilhunder717]

"Eu uso óculos no show porque elas querem minha alma " Luxuria

[@dryy5553]

Kkkkkkk

[@millenniumbeats9116]

Dude you’re actually so great! Someone who isn’t full with drugs and knows some Music Theory!

[@ServidaMusic]

2/2 on that

[@fattyaids400]

What about people with music theorie but still on drugs?

[@af57162]

gumbymofugga you kinda have a point, but you really gonna take meth over sugar?

[@TripleXbeatz]

gumbymofugga toooooo much truuuuth here lol

[@jochem420]

yes pls id take meth over sugar even tho sugar is ma bby

[@NNYMUGMIN]

Just a suggestion Simon: If you want to make sure that your 808 does not continue on to the next bar, you can right-click the 808 sample when you're in your channel rack, and click "Cut self." This will ensure that, when the next 808 plays, it will cut off the last 808. Just a suggestion!

[@prodmxnty]

the point was that he didnt want the 808 to continue playing if he didnt want any 808 in the next bar

[@RazorEdge2006]

It's amazing how the Roland TR-808, a drum machine that came out way back in 1980, is still being used to produce new kinds of music in 2018.

[@ServidaMusic]

It's a masterpiece

[@xdeville1]

Most productions of today don´t use 808 anymore. this and most others are VSTs.. the 808 was analog, this VSTs are digital. with the real 808 you couldn´t do basslines like that.

[@RazorEdge2006]

Most productions today sample/simulate 808 sounds. There's only a limited number of original 808 machines available today, and they're expensive. Nowadays, it's easier to use 808 samples, which you can manipulate in ways you couldn't do with a real 808. But there are some advantages to a real analog 808. For example, deeper low-frequency bass. The 808 was known for blowing up speakers and almost earthquake-like bass.

[@kalashsarode]

What about them sticks that stoneage humans used to make a beat with XD Now that is amazing.

[@RazorEdge2006]

@@kalashsarode Banging sticks on drums was pretty much the standard drumming technique for thousands of years... up until the Roland TR-808 came along in 1980 and changed the game.

[@loganyeck9122]

To keep the 808's from bleeding over, if you right click on the sample and select "Cut Itself" it'll make it on a trigger so that it will immediately cut off when the next note plays, and still allows you to do slides.

[@ServidaMusic]

Yeah I actually have it turned on, I forgot to mention it in the video

[@caliditybeats3025]

You can actually turn down the decay, sustain and attack and turn the hold up and it will carry the 808 to the end of your note you click in instead of having to make the ghost notes with cut itself... gives you the tiniest bit of extra control over the sound and would help your already insanely quick workflow...

[@ServidaMusic]

Yeah my friend taught me that a while back. I'm just so used to the way I do it, habits and whatnot

[@caliditybeats3025]

Servida Music yeah I know the struggle 😂😂😂 good luck!!!

[@DarthPhantom]

cut itself way better

[@jaedii7287]

Turn down the ADSR all the way down on the 808 but leave the sustain (or hold) all the way up. This makes it so you don't have to do that 0 velocity ghost note thing.

[@lostpiano6528]

Thanks man, you saved a lot of my time :P

[@thechurchoflucio5709]

This channel is underrated as hell

[@xdeville1]

dude, nearly 40.000 subscibers isn´t underrated ; )

[@harrissameer4912]

PaK Deville yes it is…

[@BRUTHAWAR]

Your beats are so dope & kinda hard, but your personality seems so upbeat & happy. Interesting dichotomy. You explain everything very well.

[@Christophe_L]

I sneezed at the same time as you and it freaked me out.

[@eifersucht14c]

I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking you should do a series on music theory. The concise way you explain concepts really works and I think some videos on the side where you dive into the nitty gritty of the musical side of things would be awesome.

[@ServidaMusic]

Im definitely thinking about it

[@Downpray]

+1, you do talk a bit fast though, which I understand for these videos but if you do happen to narrow down on the basics of music theory it'd be cool if you slowed down a little bit. Your videos and music are awesome by the way.

[@TDIHockey]

My man's gonna pass me in subs next month I'm calling it 👀 Your 808 game is fyeeeeeeee 👌

[@ServidaMusic]

👌👌

[@DonJefeJefe]

ill sub back to anybody who subs to me

[@Bfta]

Week*

[@fatkidinc.3058]

TDI Hockey yo I love you’re channel

[@THCHead]

i subbed

[@dharmaworldwide]

Great video!

[@jalennorwood3740]

Man dude you're a freaking beast! Nice videos, a good fast pace thats understandable but also just mindblowing when it comes to your workflow and skill.

[@annonymous1026]

Just casually produces the most fire and clean beat for a tutorial, you know my typical morning, waking up and recording something that no one will be ever to compare with

[@Amilli39]

I came here for the 808 tutorial, but damn dude this whole beat is cold!

[@ServidaMusic]

Im glad!!

[@89kbeats]

pro tip: instead of counting the semi tones down and using the pitch knob, just right click the note of the detected pitch (in this case F2) in the channel rack of the sample.

[@ServidaMusic]

Thanks man, I just explained it slowly to go step by step for the beginners. It doesnt take me that long 😋

[@AttilaTheKhunt]

Exactly what I was thinking I was shook he overcomplicated it

[@RighteouSinner]

@@ServidaMusic Ironically, you counting it helped me to understand something about music theory that I never knew before. It made me take a real hard look on my keyboard. Then I proceeded to make some fire beat!! 😉🔥

[@DestinyKey13]

Saturn is literally a multiband saturator, so you don't have to eq after, just saturate the bands you actually want. You only want to EQ after if you specifically want to control the crossover of the filtered frequency, in which case something like Pro-Q2 will let you chose to filter anywhere from 6db to 96db slopes with Q control. Also i get what you were trying to say, but it doesn't matter how good your 808 is, or any element is, it's gonna need mixing. You might not want to creatively PROCESS them further, sure, but the creators of those samples didn't create them with your project specifically in mind (because how could they, unless you're making real cookie-cutter music). That being said, you don't really need to worry about mixing it if you're doing the sound design/creating from scratch because you are of course creating the ideal sound during synthesis. Hope this helps!

[@ServidaMusic]

Thanks for telling me this!

[@alliancenoka8548]

Hands down the guy just legit explained everything u need to know in less than 10Mins ..always wanted to know what makes that sound after so long I just found out they called 808 slides wow

[@basia2330]

Bro... You're amazing. You're beats are super complex and are super original. Keep it up! I'd love to learn the piano and learn music theory but i don't know where to get started

[@ServidaMusic]

Just start learning your favorite songs

[@theprosico4092]

Really wanted a good 808 tutorial and here we are 😀🔥💯

[@ServidaMusic]

Here we are indeed

ur so sick bro... btw if u go to the song settings and turn the attack to zero, decay to 100, sustain to 100 and release zero then u dont need the "ghost notes". it will only play when its in the piano roll :)

[@ServidaMusic]

Oh yeah, thanks for that!

[@bhargavchavda1478]

Servida Music I've been struggling on baseline for long ; this helped me so much !! Thank you you for these lessons !!!

Jayvir Chavda you welcome g

[@pariahcellist]

timothy delaghetto makes beats?

[@ServidaMusic]

I thinks he raps

[@sandspider8961]

Very good tutorial Simon! Couple extra tips: Max out velocity on the 808 to preserve the strength, also layering the 808 with brass hits will make it sound more epic

[@ServidaMusic]

Interesting!

[@RSCL_BEATZ]

Thanks man! I am learning allot from your videos! Can't wait to check out the free stuff you are providing. I am broke, so this will help! Keep making great videos.✌

[@closed8550]

Every f*cking music producer has these speakers! xd

[@evanpeterson7585]

BUDDY. Alot of people get them just because other people have them

[@ServidaMusic]

Yup

[@DJKingJames504]

Not me. I have Yamaha's.

[@fattyaids400]

BUDDY. But these are very good for its price

[@neosapiens5170]

I have JBL LSR 305 but without subwoofer :(

[@manuelrodriguez-tg9hh]

man you should do some basic piano tutorials

[@ServidaMusic]

That would be cool

[@FindGodPLZ]

Please take me as a student, Master Servida.

[@djorgi1911]

Yeah he must start beats lessons for guys like us

[@ServidaMusic]

I do consultations if you are interested

[@djorgi1911]

@@ServidaMusic what's that

[@ServidaMusic]

Its private lessons

[@Flowcountry0721sounds]

🤓 taught me how to slide 808s, can’t believe it was so easy 😂

[@datbennyboi5200]

I've been watching tutorials for like months now on how to be more productive in Fls. You just made my day with that simple velocity trick to stop bleeding. Thanks so much!!!!! You have some killer talent brotha..\

[@markoperisic2570]

Your videos are professional quality I hope that one day you won't be this underrated. ;) Tnx for tutorials.

[@ServidaMusic]

Thanks man!

[@vaulxbeats7981]

What a beat bro ! Really liked the slides and also the hihats !!! Keep it up !

[@ServidaMusic]

Thanks man

[@DamxzOnYoutube]

Glad to see someone else acknowledges texture sonically, not just subs. LOTS OF POTENTIAL . Noice.

[@ServidaMusic]

Noice

[@victoriahuang4053]

smort

[@brainiacbeats]

You're killin it dude! Insane growth! Videos are crazy good 💪

[@sfisothwala9077]

1 MILLION VIEWS!!!🐐🐐 CONGRATULATIONS!! Great tutorial ,thank you!

[@thesy-klop8697]

I made a complete playlist of all your videos and I look when I can loop to improve me you're the best it will not surprise me that you get to 100K

[@ServidaMusic]

Your awesome

[@thesy-klop8697]

Servida Music your Best bro

[@Morenob1]

I'm pretty far with making music but this is a great tutorial my 808s still had some weakness but just had to create a ghost note for that stop thanks man! Edit: A little tip for producers make a bass line in your head sing it in a mic and recreate it, makes it so much better and allot easier!

[@gpalaces]

If you got keys / drum pads you can record em like that and get the same effect

[@patrickkn7607]

Never thought to use edison for pitch info. That makes things a lot smoother for workflow. Thanks.

[@ServidaMusic]

No problem!

[@DecoyOfficial1]

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!! dope 808's

[@LegBreakMMA]

This guy is awesome, one of the best tutorial youtuber I've come across, very knowledgeable and explains in detail just doesnt click things, actually explains the theory behind it, amazing. Thank you brother! Much respect

[@OhStylerrYT]

1:06 : "IM DYING" Me: of covid

[@williamkarlsson5711]

You are the best man. Hope you blow up!

[@ServidaMusic]

Thanks man😀

[@youunz8417]

If Servida says it, then its legit one hundred percent

[@prodkweffa]

Me getting a TheKitPlug ad

[@Cosenzo123]

Of all the tutorials on using DAWs to make beats, this is the first that actually included some music theory which is very helpful. Not asking for a music theory course but it’s great to the right balance of tech how to and music how to...thanks for the tutorial!

[@snipershotseventy9588]

The goosebumps song by travis scott . The 808's are amazing !!!

[@dezzert6419]

Se tem BR vendo, o primeiro som q ele usou é igual a música Luxuria do Matue slkk

[@brunnoluz1542]

kkkkk pensei q só eu tinha percebido

[@Abalak1000]

Eu comecei a cantar, "eu uso óculos nos shows pq elas querem minha alma"

[@LabKoala]

Matue roubou ele .

[@kizunmi.1703]

ele usou uma sample

[@kizunmi.1703]

@@LabKoala KKKKKKKKKKKK matue nao fez o baet foi o neon ele usou essa sample

[@necky_na]

This guy will soon change the world😮

[@evaristverstraete2038]

Finally! A KZbin channel with real quality! Thank you

[@Guyster5]

Sick! Love the bent 808 style! Baribal is the king of that sound

[@ServidaMusic]

Oooo I'll have to check him out

[@wacknesium]

remember me, im here before you become popular

[@SH2-136]

what is that bongo sounding thing that hits 3 times @6:58 ? that is the most badass thing i've ever heard into a drop like that.

[@ServidaMusic]

Just a fill

[@skimaskfriend4588]

Tom drum on an acoustic drum kit

[@nicedream2887]

Metro Boomin: y’all adding too much stuff in it🤦🏻‍♂️

[@KaletMusicProduction1998]

Cool :) Thank you Bro

[@RedBeardRebass]

Okay, this is probably one of the best videos i've found on the subject so far. Great work, instant sub.

[@romeltalukder]

That was a sick beat

[@maskamind]

How can the human mind create perfection to this level?

[@ServidaMusic]

With lots and lots of practice

[@maskamind]

Well they do say practice makes perfect so... understandable lol.

[@eoin.]

YESS! FINALLY! thanks you bby

[@ServidaMusic]

Np np

[@eoin.]

much love my guy

[@heheheha9094]

yo that ghost note trick at 3:50 was sweet. I learned a new thing

[@khastro323]

That low open hat melody trick at the beginning is a gem

[@fetching5484]

this sample is from Luxuria by XAMA

[@iphnar]

7:57 *WARNING*

[@eyuelzero]

Scared the shit out of me

[@wielkilew]

why the "ghost notes" though? when you can just cut the release envelope down?

[@ServidaMusic]

I learned it this way first, so its just a habit

[@iamGoldy]

turn down the envelope release and right click the 808 on the channel rack and click 'cut itself"

[@Intrapersonal77]

The ghost notes gives you more control over when exactly you want the notes to end

[@iamGoldy]

if you turn release, decay, and sustain all the way down on the envelope, the notes on the piano roll will end exactly where you draw them in, unless the note you draw is longer than the sample of the 808 itself

[@braidyn]

road to 1 mil my friend!

[@JayROfficial]

That beat is sick

[@itumeleng_seema]

Can u do tutorials on learning to play the piano

[@ddddubotythethird1009]

Itumeleng Seema white eggs

[@MichaelHakimVlogs]

How are you so good man??!!!!

[@finnfruean5992]

BRO!! 14 YR OLD KID TRYINA BECOME DR.DRE...THEN I HEAR YOU!!! FKN FIRE!!

[@dvnyi]

wait hes 14?

[@dvnyi]

yea just playin' didn't remember i wrote this reply lol

[@wuziproductions4900]

Also when tuning the 808, you can go to the “miscellaneous functions” tab at the top when you click on the instrument in the channel rack, and where it says “root note” in the “select range and offset” section, just right click whatever note it was already tuned to and It will automatically tune it to C. It sounded like a lot but it only takes 10 seconds max if you only have 1 finger.

[@luhglim]

I couldn’t stop laughing when you sneezed and yelled, “I’m dying” lol (bless you btw). Great tutorial, I’ve been watching a lot of your vids lately and they’ve helped me improve on a lot of things that I needed to work on and you do a great job at not only teaching me how to do something, but you (unlike most KZbinrs who make tutorials) actually break it down and explain it in way that I’ll actually understand why I should do it a certain way and how to do whatever the tutorial is teaching me to do without having to constantly rewind or come back to the tutorial to figure it out or end up forgetting how to do it for future projects. Thank you.

[@ServidaMusic]

I appreciate it man

[@MrMATEUS118]

Xamã usou esse sample! A música é " Luxúria-Xamã "

[@bender9141]

Caramba, eu tava aqui agora prestando atenção nisso

[@OffBeatz]

O NeoBeats só mudou algumas coisas, mas o loop é o mesmo

[@joaootavio3223]

Drx kkkkk

[@davidkawan90]

eu tava procurando alguem falando isso nos comentes ta igualzin

[@goldenplays5010]

Lmao when you added the perc it reminded me of the do you know de wae sonic that clicks his tongue

[@Liam-fs5fe]

Is it weird that i liked everything except the 808s? Lol

[@ServidaMusic]

It's not weird to dislike something👍

[@prodbyluis7693]

Gröndahl that sample was ehh

[@Liam-fs5fe]

Luis Dominguez wasn’t the best but it was better than the bass

[@AttilaTheKhunt]

Yeah those 808s sounded very amateur, I mean I guess he's teaching beginners so it probably makes sense

[@AttilaTheKhunt]

@psynorr Haha yes fam

[@seanbarrera2049]

Knew about 808 slides, but jesus christ!!! had no idea you could use them to make the 808 sound that great

[@vivimo4584]

So good 😊

[@antonio-ry9tc]

Can you do a video on basic music theory ik theres alot to it but it would be helpful

[@ServidaMusic]

I can try!

[@Piotchi]

Yeah I love music theory

[@antonio-ry9tc]

another suggestion i have for a vid is leveling tips

[@ServidaMusic]

Now that I dont know how to do

[@Piotchi]

Just explain some chords and how to use them right idk... Like you did in this video:)

[@ImmortalTrap]

For a sec I thought it was 8 hundred and 8 tricks

[@ServidaMusic]

Haha just a casual 5 hour video

[@Newsome6277]

whattttt i am a girl and i want to be a producer and you inspire to do better omg youre so talentedddd

[@ServidaMusic]

Put in that work!!!

[@MattMosca17]

I really like that string bit around 1:25 notes look like an octave apart but the second set of stabs have the low notes descending and the high ones ascending

[@twandaye78]

Will you please do a walk through tutorial of this exact beat from scratch? Every sample selection, every mixing decision, every button pressed, etc...A Complete walk through.....Whether you choose to or not, I have to say thanks for doing what you do. I never seen any of your videos until now. This is my first, but I immediately subscribed... Great work man

[@rathernotdisclose8064]

Damn Tried to watch this on iPhone.. Speakers just cannot produce the bass necessary to hear the 808 :(

[@ServidaMusic]

☹☹

[@nolsoe94]

Well the sample he used does in fact have enough upper harmonics to be played on all speakers. U just aren’t listening hard enough. I just watched this on my iPhone n I head every single note

[@rkkutchriss9625]

Rathernot Disclose on iPhone X, yea you can

[@rathernotdisclose8064]

I didn't mean it LITERALLY doesn't play the notes. I just mean its quite hard to hear. I just listened at home on my speakers and I hear it. On the iPhone 6s+ however..... Barely audible.

[@nolsoe94]

Nah... just listened on my iPhone 6

[@DaniKiyoko2oo9]

Why u be talkin so fast in ya intros lmao

[@ServidaMusic]

Busy works beatSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS .com

[@Shada04]

Servida Music lmao😂 Perfect response. This is why I subbed,

[@ayo_teo0945]

@@ServidaMusic 😂😂😂😂

[@ywang636]

Imagine Simon does this 1:06 irl today He'd get punched in the street for corona

[@bromoment5183]

No he wouldn't

[@Prod.Chrome40]

Casually makes absolute banger of a beat for the sake of demonstration

[@SKYL1N3]

Plus add a soft clipper on the Master channel, it really makes the 808s and kicks more banging

[@grabdamula3894]

Nice tip with ghost note at the end of 808 pattern.Simple & genius.Too lazy for envelope 😂

[@zedobeat5863]

AGORA SABEMOS DE ONDE A SAMPLE DA MÚSICA "LUXÚRIA" VEIO 🌚

[@amornexi8555]

vdd mano kkkk

[@arsonmusicc]

Why use a ghost note when you can use Hold or Sustain on the envelope?

[@ServidaMusic]

I'm just comfortable doing it my way, it has the same results anyway

[@vivimo4584]

Awesome 😎👍

[@IfeeeTheOne]

This was the first Video i ever saw from you Simon! It was in my recommended and the progess you achieved is just amazing. Keep going Simon! You are a big part in my Beat making "career"!