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It's September 9th, 909 Day and we’re turning it into something bigger: the official Audiotool Beatbox Day. Since we’ve always been too busy during past summers to celebrate on 808 Day, we don’t want this iconic machine to feel left out!

To celebrate, we’re challenging you to grab either a Beatbox 8 or Beatbox 9 and create your best beats (and more)!

Rules:

  • The drum machine must be your ONLY sound source. No samples, no synths—unless they’re used as effects and are inaudible, like in this example: how do 909?
  • Stick to one model:

If you choose Beatbox 8, you can use as many as you want—but no Beatbox 9s in the same project, and vice versa. Want to experiment with both? You can submit up to three tracks!

  • Effects and automation? Go wild!

Prizes: The winner will take home either a Behringer RD-9 or a Behringer RD-08, depending on the Beatbox chosen in the winning track. Once the new studio launches, its optimized audio recording will make owning a hardware instrument more compelling than ever—it’s going to be epic.

Submit your tracks here: https://www.audiotool.com/contest/beatbox_day_25

Deadline: October 6. Let’s hear what you’ve got!

Check out the impressive results from the last 909 Day contest

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  • ah fudge monkey.

    I'm teaching so I don't have much time on my hands. Would have loved to finish my track for this. D:>

  • Six hours to go!

  • how do you use it?

  • i have a question: can we use both 808 and 909 in one track? (to combine them)

    • nope. :(

      > If you choose Beatbox 8, you can use as many as you want—but no Beatbox 9s in the same project, and vice versa. Want to experiment with both? You can submit up to three tracks!

    • nope, you can use as many 808's you want or as many 909's as you want but only one of them in one track. for example, you can have 20 808's, but no 909's

  • funny how it's really just a comb filter sound design contest disguised as a drum machine contest now because us gamers recognize helmholtz as the known meta

    • the helmholtz is always the meta inside and outside of this contest.

    • bro

      real pro gamer speaking here, do not question my gamer wisdom

    • You seem to be neglecting the use of different techniques here.

      The known meta uses several different techniques.

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  • Hey music promoter, please promote somwhere else

  • This is EMT, the beat box 808, is one of the drum machines i ever had to work with. That sounds so cool, using it in the beat box 25 Competition, but the beat box 909 is awesome, a drum machine you definitely got to you, Good luck to you all.

    • bebeesounds, I bow to you. I SUBMIT.

  • aw it would have been cool if we were to actually beatbox !

  • If you could hear the sounds coming out of this 808 rn...

    Y'all would probably lock me up frfr >.<'

    • its the only thing ive been discussing with people today and its stuck in my brain

    • Why are you telling me this?? xD

    • speaking of spongebob, there exist actual spongebob popsicle earrings

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  • what if ima able to turn the sounds from the 808/909 into a synth using effects

    • yoo such a good idea, too bad i am already doing it lmao

    • yeah, ppl alr doin that shit gang, sorry

    • Already done by multiple people

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  • can i sample the 808/909 and play with the sample? no outsider synths used?

  • OH MY GOD IM JUST NOW SEEING THIS???????

    Y'ALL HAVENT DONE THIS IN SO LONG MY BRAIN JUST TUNED OUT, NOT EXPECTING A 9/09 DAY

    BUT ITS BACK

    ITS REALLY BACK

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Definitely entering, let’s go 🔥

    • I'm really excited for whatever anyone makes with these limitations

    • I got faith in you my friend.

  • can we have collaboraters?

    • Ok. Much much better now. Thank you.

    • We have rephrased this part for better understanding: Collabs are allowed. The teams are responsible for distributing the prize themselves. We will send the prize to one team member

    • I still don't know what they mean with the fact that they will split the price for collabs. What, if I Collab and win would I get half a behringer 8 or 9?