Hardball Records has released a free sample pack (for EXS24 and NI Kontakt) featuring the drum sounds recorded from Yamaha’s PSS-790 toy synth made back in the 80s.
I love using these cheap sounding and gritty drum hits from old toy keyboards – if you do too, check out my free Yamaha DD-8 sample pack.
“Listen to this”, said one of my composer friends, and then I heard a childish song with the sound of the 80’s – a sound so familiar and so close to my heart. The melody and arrangement had a light hint of retro and synth-pop, and I was especially interested in the powerful, lo-fi percussions.
I found out that the song was written using the Yamaha PSS-790, which came out at the end of the 1980’s, surprisingly large for a toy synth, with mini-keys, a wide range of sounds and an excellent design in tune with the spirit of the 80’s. Almost immediately, my friend and I started recording all the percussion sounds into one file, from which I made this awesome bank for the Logic EXS24 and NI Kontakt.
All sounds in this bank are the original sounds from the Yamaha PSS-790 without any kind of processing or effects. We also preserved the original volume differences among the sounds, although that doesn’t always sound that good…
Yamaha PSS-790 Drum Samples are available for free download via Hardball Records.
Audio Demo
Check out the Yamaha PSS-790 sample pack audio demo:
[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/hardballs/yamaha-pss-790″]Features
Main features of the Yamaha PSS-790 sample pack:
- 51 x drum samples
- EXS24 instrument
- Ni Kontakt instrument
Links
Download Yamaha PSS-790 Drum Samples: click here
Hardball Records Website: click here
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Here the new link to this drum kit:
http://www.hardballsrecords.com/2011/09/22/yamaha-pss-790-drum-kit/