fxpansion 8-Bit Kit BFD Sample Expansion Kit

This new collection of drums, cymbals, hi-hats, percussion and electronics features dozens of unique, vintage, handmade and exotic kit pieces, all captured by a strange and wonderful array of microphones.
 

What makes 8 Bit Kit sonically unique is the way the drums were prepared, tuned and hit. The kicks are recorded using various unorthodox techniques including chains attached to the front head, detuned, or even hit with a paint roller. Some of the snares have been modified by Husky himself, fitted with calf-skin and Kevlar heads; hi-hats are aged, cracked, mis-matched or warped.

An esoteric percussion palette includes African hand drums and Moroccan tambourines mic'ed from both above and below, as well as a range of claps, stomps, junk percussion and even a Fight Bell.

The 8 Bit Kit expansion also includes original recordings made directly from selected vintage analog drum machines of the 70s and 80s. 8 Bit Kit captures the original hardware both dry, and played out over a custom PA rig in the same acoustic space used for the rest of the recording session. To further extend BFD's versatility, these can be layered with acoustic sounds from the original BFD or XFL pack to create rich, hybrid kicks and snares - a popular production trick of today.