80s hits is a rare collection of 23 drum kits made from 1,277 vintage 1980s drum samples. Drums from the 80s, sourced and sampled in the 80s, and then sampled again from the output of the 80s hardware sampler that they were made for.
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We sampled 23 factory floppy disk presets & ported them to:
If you don’t own any of the provided software/hardware formats, just use the Decent Sampler version for free with any DAW (VST, AU, AAX).
Our Decent Sampler formats are just as capable and high quality as the others, and it is completely free to download and use without restrictions.
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Each kit is labelled, and organized into 23 different folders, with clear .WAV file naming.- Every device format is ready to drag, drop, and load into your DAW of choice.
- There are clear instructions of how to load each format.
We figured everyone would want to easily add that classic 80s “gated reverb” sound, so we managed to give you a simple control for that classic sound built into most of these modern formats. We used a custom convolution reverb IR profile captured from an 80s digital reverb rack, so when paired with the samples, it’s an authentic sound down to the last detail.
Formats
- 23 Ableton 12 Drum Racks
- 23 FL Studio Patchers
- 23 Kontakt Instruments
- 23 Battery Kits
- 1 Decent Sampler Multi-Kit Instrument
- 23 Logic Pro Patch & Sampler Presets
- 23 MPC Kits/Programs
- 23 SFZ Sample Maps
The 23 kits
- Kit 01 Full Kit
- Kit 02 Full Kit Chorus FX
- Kit 03 Congas & Percs
- Kit 04 Cymbals Etc.
- Kit 05 Toms
- Kit 06 Toms Special
- Kit 07 Full Kit 2
- Kit 08 Full Kit 2 Stereo FX
- Kit 09 Full Kit 2 Chorus FX
- Kit 10 Full Kit 2 Phaser FX
- Kit 11 Combo Kit
- Kit 12 Full Kit 3
- Kit 13 Full Kit 3 Pitched
- Kit 14 Misc Kit
- Kit 15 Electro Kit
- Kit 16 Electro Hat & Kick FX
- Kit 17 Electro Kit Pitched FX
- Kit 18 Electro Kit Chorus FX
- Kit 19 Cymbals
- Kit 20 Cymbals FX
- Kit 21 Cymbals Pitched
- Kit 22 Cymbals Phaser FX
- Kit 23 Snare Pitched
Specs
1,277 samples. (665MB)
Minimum Requirements:
- Ableton 12 Suite
- Logic Pro 12
- FL Studio 2025 Fruity Edition
- Kontakt 7 (Full Version Only)
- Battery 4
- Decent Sampler
- MPC that supports Expansion packs
96k/24bit .wav sources.
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Designed in Vancouver, Canada by Subsocial Studios.
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