MFB-522 Sample Pack

Over the last month, I borrowed the excellent MFB-522 Drumcomputer from the Synth Library. The MFB-522 is an all-analogue drum machine that’s quite similar to the Roland TR-808 except I’ve always thought the hi-hats sounded better.

I previously owned this unit, but felt more people would get use out of it if I gave it to the Synth Library. However, I always regretted not recording its sounds before I did. So when I saw it was available last month, I took to the opportunity to check it out :).

I ran the samples through a SoundCraft mixer with a bus that included a Warm Audio WA273-EQ Pre-amp (basically a Neve 1073 clone) and a FMR Audio RNC1773 compressor, which served mostly as a limiter. The samples were recorded in stereo but also exported in mono.

You can download the resulting sample pack from my new samples page. I plan on sporadically adding more in the future.

Speaking of the Synth Library, I’ll be hosting another Floating Synth Room later this month featuring the Sequential Circuits Pro-One. Hope to see you there!