Inspired Rave Stabs by Bad Onion
TIME TO GET YOUR RAVE ON!!
The Bad Onion Inspired Rave Stabs pack is a collection of instrument and effect racks oozing with 90s flavour. The pack has been put together by sampling chords created from tuned analog synth oscillators, stacked intervals from classic 90s digital sound modules and the the tonal character of the Roland W30 and Akai S3000.
All samples are un-warped to retain the classic pitch nuances of the era. Each rack has been carefully put together exposing useful macros and taking advantage of macro variations giving a minimum of 4 variations per rack. Within this pack there are over 400 variations of stab sounds to keep you gurning to the early hours.
USER GUIDE: Inspired Rave Stabs Manual
Inspired Rave Stabs by Bad Onion
TIME TO GET YOUR RAVE ON!!
The Bad Onion Inspired Rave Stabs pack is a collection of instrument and effect racks oozing with 90s flavour. The pack has been put together by sampling chords created from tuned analog synth oscillators, stacked intervals from classic 90s digital sound modules and the the tonal character of the Roland W30 and Akai S3000.
All samples are un-warped to retain the classic pitch nuances of the era. Each rack has been carefully put together exposing useful macros and taking advantage of macro variations giving a minimum of 4 variations per rack. Within this pack there are over 400 variations of stab sounds to keep you gurning to the early hours.
USER GUIDE: Inspired Rave Stabs Manual
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Inspired Rave Stabs by Bad Onion
Inspired Rave Stabs is an Ableton Live Pack that started out as a trip down memory lane. We wanted to explore what it was like to create rave stabs using old techniques and gear, but also utilise the latest features of Ableton Live 11!
Back in the 90s, we sampled chords from digital sound modules into many of the different samplers available at the time, like the infamous Roland W30, various Akai and Emu samplers, and the lesser-known Casio FZ1.
When one-shot samples are mapped across the keyboard without any form of warping, the duration changes and, in turn, the pitch; for example, the sample’s duration is shorter the higher up the key-range, thus higher in pitch. The duration is longer, lower down the key-range, therefore lower in pitch. As a result, a distinct character to the sound emerges when riffs are played within two octaves.
Another popular technique in the 1990s was to tune the oscillators of analog synths to different intervals creating chords. These sounds were sampled as one-shots and mapped across a key-range. The same pitch characteristics were prevalent due to the change in duration, adding to the distinct sound and era.
The Inspired Rave Stabs pack has been put together by sampling chords created from tuned analog synth oscillators, stacked intervals from classic 90s digital sound modules and the the tonal character of the Roland W30 and Akai S3000.
All samples are un-warped to retain the classic pitch nuances of the era. Each rack has been carefully put together exposing useful macros and taking advantage of macro variations giving a minimum of 4 variations per rack. Within this pack there are over 400 variations of stab sounds to keep you gurning to the early hours.
INSPIRED RAVE STABS CONTENTS
This Pack is built using the following five elements:
- Basic Stab Instrument Racks
- Layered Stab Racks
- Processed Stab Racks
- Stab Modules
- Rave Effect Racks
Frequently Asked Questions
Inspired Rave Stabs is designed for Ableton Live 11 and takes advantage of its latest features. It is not guaranteed to work correctly in earlier versions of Live.
The pack includes a collection of Ableton instrument and effect racks built from samples sourced using classic hardware including the Roland W30, Akai S3000, and various 90s digital sound modules. Everything is ready to load and play straight away.
The samples are deliberately left un-warped to replicate the authentic behaviour of 90s samplers, where pitch and duration are directly linked. This means notes played higher up the keyboard are shorter and brighter, whilst lower notes are longer and warmer, giving the stabs that classic rave character.
No additional plugins or hardware are required. Everything runs natively within Ableton Live using the built-in instrument and effect racks included in the pack.
Simply double-click the downloaded Ableton Live Pack file and it will open and install automatically within Live. You can then find it in your Packs section inside the Ableton browser.
It is an ideal fit for classic rave, hardcore, jungle, breakbeat, and any production that draws on 90s dance music influences. The stabs also work well in modern contexts where producers want to inject some authentic old-school flavour.
The samples were created by recording actual analog synth oscillators and classic 90s digital sound modules, with the tonal character of hardware like the Roland W30 and Akai S3000 at the core of the sound. These are genuine hardware-sourced samples, not software emulations.
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V1.0.0 – Initial Release – July 2021
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