Wave Alchemy Launches Transistor Revolution – Authentic 808/909 Recreation
Among the holy grails of analog sound, the famed Roland TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines rank right up there.
UK software developer Wave Alchemy has taken the task of virtually recreating these two classics very seriously, resulting in the release of Transistor Revolution, an accurate replica of the TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines for Kontakt 5 Player.
The TR-909 snare page from Transistor Revolution.
These throwback groove boxes for Mac and PC can be hosted on the free version of Kontakt 5 – the full version is not required. As an introductory offer, Transistor Revolution is now available at a special introductory price of £59.95, or $79.10 at today’s exchange rates. Starting January 15th, 2013, the price will increase to £69.95, or $92.29. A free demo is also available.
One listen to the demos on the product page at Wave Alchemy should make you a believer. Read on for info from the company, and see the deep level of detail they delved into to create this essential recreation.
“Using a custom GUI, 22,000 samples and Kontakt 5’s advanced sampling engine with over 100,000 lines of unique script, Transistor Revolution faithfully captures the tone, immediacy and groove of the classic TR-808 and TR-909 transistor rhythm machines.
Why 22,000 samples you might ask? To give an example of the detail involved in the sampling of each instrument, the Revolution-909 Bass Drum alone uses 9318 unique sounds to faithfully recreate the 909 Bass Drum sound. Each of the 4 knobs on the Revolution 909 Bass Drum control panel scans smoothly through each and every sample in real-time.
Each drum sound in Transistor Revolution has been carefully recorded using a pristine 3-inch solid core cable connected to a transformer balanced Radial JDI and brought to line level with a NEVE 1073 preamp. To retain the full frequency response and dynamics of this instrument we carefully matched the peak level of each drum and recorded the samples at 24-bit 96 KHz using mastering grade NEVE designed conversion.
For more info and to listen to our audio demos, please visit the Transistor Revolution product page. You can also try out a free demo of Transistor Revolution by visiting our Transistor Revolution demo page (registration required).”
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