Ace Tone Rhythm Ace FR-1 demo

[@lajya01]

You know this thing is old when "disco" wasn't even a beat yet.

[@felippeboulderdash8453]

🤣

[@AnthonyAnthony-tk4ye]

😂😂😂

[@SOA369]

Oh man. My grandma had one next to her nightstand. I thought it was medical equipment.

[@shake544]

cool!

[@sunilsolanki]

I just realized that Tainted love by Soft Cell is a Fox trot😮

[@marksc111]

[DONK-DONK]

[@guillaumedestrebecq6821]

I remember Yamaha Electone C-55, Tainted love Soft Cell version, by ears, hours. But the sound quality of this Ace Tone is The tone.

[@transmutationdotse]

I love these! One of my all time favorites which is no longer in my possesion is the SR-88 (Soundmaster). I used to have one with a mod making it easier to program ❤

[@julieblair7472]

The long sandy snare on that thing is my favorite.

[@scttshwldct]

The Dixieland setting is definitely used on Wall of Voodoo's "They Don't Want Me"

[@marksieczko7766]

I don't know how many of you know the music of Arthur Brown. Best known for hit single "Fire". In the earlyish 70s his band Kingdom Come made a brilliant album called Journey which featured this drum machine. The drum parts were credited to Ace Bentley, ( Bentley being the UK manufacturer if I remember right). Also saw him live playing it real time, fantastic show.. Check out the album. Loads of synths (ARP 2600, MiniMoog) and Mellotron. Still listen to it to this day half a century on.

[@benmckinney2941]

Arthur Brown is awesome. Really great voice. I love the video for Nightmare on KZbin. I'll have to check that album out.

[@russellyoung6498]

Great album that!

[@funkykoval2099]

Thank You. Suprisingly these vintage machines are very helpfull when you learn beatmaking. Just raw beat and your brain as a counter... That foxtrot is a good base for "Tainted Love" and beguine for Oxygene IV :D

[@netdancer]

Despite the years, I love the way the sounds of this machine resonate with a distinctly unique texture, making them totally worthy of revival in current productions.

[@CP200S]

1:50 She's a model and she's looking good...

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

What a coincidence, I've been studying all week rhythm boxes from the 60s and early 70s! This is one of them. One of my findings sadly is that there is little accuracy in the documentation, certainly in the samples available on the web. Instrument sets are incomplete, names are wrong, or are named very rudimentary (perc1, perc2, perc3), sets/names don't correspond with frontpanels, nor with owner's manuals. Year of introducion is often unknown, mostly '60s' or '70s. Your name appeared regularly in the back off my head as an example how things should be (your synth preset pages). And thank you, you show at least four beats of every example.

[@AutoNamer1]

Sick hats and snappy as hell snare

[@dianamiino7391]

Aaaahhhhh... "Hiroshima mon amour" ❤

[@AnthonyAnthony-tk4ye]

The hats hit HARD 😬

[@yorgle]

makes me want to listen to some Moog Cookbook...

[@AnthonyAnthony-tk4ye]

Some of the softer stuff sounds like Phil Collins in the 80’s lol…. and I love it

[@frankzelazko]

great stuff! thank you Paolo

[@V-CONTACT-jv4fj]

The Western present its used by Jean Michel Jarre In OXYGEN Album 1976

[@paradoxstate5018]

I'm almost certain the drum machine on that album was Korg MP7

[@giuseppearnese]

Maybe is just an illusion😎 for me but RHUMBA seems a base line of a Jean Michel jarre track oxygene pt.6

[@paradoxstate5018]

Whe you pressed the rock'n'roll rhythm, I almost started singing 'On The Plaza' by John Foxx!!!!!!!!!!! Foxtrot, 'Tainted Love' 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you can clearly hear the line from this to the CR78.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Very similar to CR-78. Especially the cymbals and snare.

[@benmckinney2941]

Limited but really cool sounding if used in the right way.

[@marksc111]

Sounds exactly like my early 80s Casio keyboard's drum section.

[@pjm8779]

Beautiful old box. Such personality. You should write a song with it! I definitely hear Suicide. Did they use the Ace Tone? Or maybe a Wurlitzer? Thanks for a great KZbin eye and ear candy.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Ha :) Suicide was a very cool band, I remember buying their first album and being into them in the '80s and playing "Ghost Rider" on the sound system at our teenager parties. I remember making an inspired video a few years ago ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4ateJeema9-pqc ), but I used samples for the drums on that one. I'll try to make a video with the Ace Tone in that vein. Martin Rev used a "Seeburg Rhythm Prince" per this Quietus interview: thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/reissue-of-the-week/suicide-debut-lp-studio-review

[@markkusmierz3756]

Sounds very similar to the drum machine that was in the Wurlitzer organ my parents had growing up.

[@asdifasi]

good to see ya demoing vintage gear again Paolo i have 1 q: do you ever had /try out EKO Ritmo 12 italian drum machine?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Nop, I don't think I've ever tried an EKO Ritmo 12

[@ntma]

this sounds almost just like the drum machine on the old casio keyboard I had as a kid tbh

[@nullnetizen]

The first rule of 6:48 is: You don't talk about 6:48.

[@ELJ666]

Sounds like an 808

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Same type of synthesis

[@AnthonyAnthony-tk4ye]

Sounds more like a CR-78

[@RaquelFoster]

LOL I've been looking at this on Reverb it's totally a good deal I just don't have the room.

[@arsenybezrukov3553]

Reminds of Crash Course In Science and Suicide

[@AnthonyAnthony-tk4ye]

What if you don’t stop it before switching patterns…. Will it blow up?😳😜😜😂😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@westbestp]

the foxtrot is Tainted Love?

[@toi_techno]

It's a pity the forgot techno, break beat and electro or it would still be completely useable 😊

[@chezchezchezchez]

They spelled BOSA NOVA wrong?

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

I read some manuals of those Roland boxes this week and they do have some typos 😉

[@mitchelldries6628]

SAMBA WITH THE CANCELED BASS DRUM! WHO'S STILL LISTENING IN 2024???!!!