“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…
However, I gave myself the freedom to organize the sounds in the bank in a way that is more convenient for use with laptop and MIDI keyboards, but you can easily organize the samples in any way you like.
51 sounds, all samples are 44.1 khz 24 bit stereo aiff files.
Recorded thru the Pro Tools HD from Yamaha PSS-790
without any effects or processing.
Here is the download link:
yamaha pss-790 drum kit
Below you can hear a short demo:
Yamaha PSS-790 Drum Kit Demo by Hardballs
nice thanks for the share, going to have a play with it just now
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Thanks for the share! Very useful info, looking to communicate!