Ekko From Mars - About

Overview

Released in 1972, the Italian-made Eko Computerhythm is the first ever programmable drum machine. With only around 50 ever made and less than 15 in circulation today, it's taken us years to find one - but finally, we have, and our high expectations have been exceeded; nothing could fully prepare us for how cool this thing is to look at, play and hear. 

We spent years trying to find one, and when we finally did, we got it serviced to perfection and made sure it was tip top.  Samples of this machine are hard to come by and now you can finally hear and use the samples from this machine in your own productions!
And so naturally, we wanted to share this with you, by creating the most extensive Eko sample pack around. Sampling round robin one-hits, loops and stems, we preserved the natural sound of this pioneering rhythm box, but also processed it extensively to extend the possibilities this classic, analog powerhouse for years to come

Notes:

Round Robins: We sampled 6 versions at each of the 12 voices on the Eko, for Clean, and 2 processed versions - Color and Smash. These 6 samples work as “round robins” and when you cycle through them, it recreates the subtle changes heard on the machine itself.

Loops: 

	•	Loops range from 110 to 140 bpm
	•	Full Loops generally have both bass drum and snare
	•	Bass Drum is bass drum only ;)
	•	HH & Cymbals consist of Charleston, Cymbal 1 and Cymbal 2.  These may also contain Timbal 2, as it shares the same output with Charleston.
	•	Tops are any variation of elements with no bass drum or hi hats.  Generally this loops are snares, percussion, or a combo of both.

WAV:

	•	(515) Unique Samples at 24 bit 44.1 kHz 
	•	(240) Individual Hits and (275) Loops
	•	(3) Round Robin Kits
	•	(3) 16x Hit Kits
	•	Normalization and gain changes have been been applied to balance the volumes between drum hits - to balance the Cymbals to the Kick Drum, for instance. Loudest samples are peaking at -0.5dB.

Naming Conventions:

Bass Drum Ekko Color V1

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Bass Drum - Drum Voice

Color - Processed version of sample

Ekko = Product Name

V1- Version within a group of round robins

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Ableton:

This was built with Ableton 9.77, so that it works for Ableton 9, 10 and 11 users. If you are an Ableton 10/11 user, you may need to click the small “upgrade” for certain devices if you wish to edit them further. 

	•	(1) Individual Hits Rack ADG, (3) Drum Rack ADGs, all 275 Loops on 11 Tracks (Full, Bass Drum, Cymbals and Tops).

	•	Macros are as follows:

	Individual Hits:

	⁃	Clean / Color: Switches between the clean and processed versions for each sample
	⁃	Tune: Ableton’s pitch transpose, with max values of -48 to +48
	⁃	Decay: A combination of Amp Decay and Amp Release
	⁃	Drive: Controls Drive amount and wet/dry mix of a Saturator device, with a Utility gain reduction
	⁃	Cutoff: Ableton’s filter - set to Low Pass for all hits
	⁃	Reverb: Ableton’s Reverb effect amount, with a Saturator before the Reverb device
	⁃	Reverb Decay: Ableton’s Reverb time
	⁃	Volume: Mapped to Ableton’s Simpler/Sampler volume

	Kits:

	⁃	Tune: Ableton’s pitch transpose, with max values of -48 to +48
	⁃	Decay: A combination of Amp Decay and Amp Release
	⁃	Drive: Controls Drive amount and wet/dry mix of a Saturator device, with a Utility gain reduction
	⁃	Cutoff: Ableton’s filter - set to Low Pass for all hits
	⁃	Comp: Ableton’s Compressor - set to a 10:1 ratio, with the macro controlling the wet/dry mix for parallel compression
	⁃	Reverb: Ableton’s Reverb effect amount, with a Saturator before the Reverb device
	⁃	Reverb Decay: Ableton’s Reverb decay time
	⁃	Volume: Mapped to Ableton’s Simpler/Sampler volume

	Loop Tracks:

	⁃	Drive: Controls Drive amount and output level of a Saturator device
	⁃	Comp: Ableton’s Compressor - set to a 10:1 ratio, with the macro controlling the threshold and output gain
	⁃	HP Filter: Controls the frequency of Ableton’s Auto Filter, set to High Pass mode
	⁃	LP Filter: Controls the frequency of Ableton’s Auto Filter, set to Low Pass mode
	⁃	Reverb Amount: Ableton’s Reverb effect amount, with a Saturator before the Reverb device
	⁃	Reverb Decay: Ableton’s Reverb decay time
	⁃	Reverb Size: Ableton’s Reverb size
	⁃	Volume: Mapped to Ableton’s effects rack chain volume

	•	If you have Sampler, you can right click, convert the simpler to sampler to further edit these presets.

Logic EXS, Kontakt, Reason NN-XT, and SFZ:

	•	Contain (12) Individual Hits presets, (3) Round Robins Kits presets,	and (3) 16x hit Kits presets. 

Reason Kong, Maschine, Battery:

	•	Contain (3) 16x hit Kits as presets.

FL Studio:

	•	Contains (12) Individual Hits as DWP instruments.

	•	Contains (3) Round Robins Kits and (3) 16x hit Kits as FPC drum presets.

MPC 1000 & 2500:

	•	Contains 16 bit .WAV versions of all (3) 16x hit kits in 1 .PGM drum program.

MPC Live & MPC X:

   •	Contains 24 bit .WAV versions of all (3) 16x hit kits in 1 .XPM drum program.

MPC Expansion:

   •	Contains 24 bit .WAV versions of all (3) 16x hit kits in 1 .XPM drum program. Install with Akai MPC Software. 

Support
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