Sampling Vintage Rhythm Machines [INCLUDES FREE SAMPLES]

[@djdominator805]

Thank you for offering these sounds all secluded to the public. There are still good people left in the world willing to share this type of material.. thank you once again

[@AlexBallMusic]

My pleasure. Enjoy!

[@GNeuman]

Gotta love the CR78...Numan/Blondie/Roxy Music machine!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Absolutely. These have a slightly different vibe in a good way, but I did love the CR78 when I recorded with it.

[@Ancaja123]

interesting w the duran duran tape speed thing, apparently thats how Tears for Fears did the intro to Mad World. its a slowed down CR-78, I think layered with some marimba sounds, which sounds really nice with the clave sound

[@AlexBallMusic]

Very interesting on Mad World. Yes, I can't imagine how else they changed pitch without any digital means. Changing tape speed seems the most logical explanation.

[@hamsticklehq]

thanks alex, these samples will come in useful, you just saved us all a small fortune. really appreciate it.

[@michaelharacopos6550]

dude thank you so much. this channel is definitely going to blow up and i'm glad to be here in the beginning

[@AlexBallMusic]

It blew up at 6:44 😀

[@michaelharacopos6550]

Alex Ball lol nice

[@HANGINGOUTWITHAUDIOPHILES]

Very kind of you to take the time for this. It’s a slow process but these sounds really are great. Some are really annoying to make in modular and with proper round robin you’ve done us a proper !

[@AlexBallMusic]

I've since got a KR-55 of my own with MIDI, which is killer. But I sample pretty much every drum machine or drum synth that passes through my studio. Round robins are a must!

[@DestroyER82]

You, sir, are the hero. Thanks again for all the usefull (unprocessed and well recorded) samples, will put em for good use!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Pleasure. Let 'em rip!

[@theshyguy1580]

I always liked the sounds of those.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yep, they're full of character.

[@rrocktoo]

You’ve just started a rhythm machine scavenger hunt. Nice work.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Haha. There's lots of them! Get hunting.

[@christofferainek]

This is pure gold! And the outro is just perfect alex quirkeyness 😆 keep up the amazing work my man!

[@AlexBallMusic]

😊

[@jabelsjabels]

Well thanks for that Joe Jackson link in the description, I'd never heard that tune, and what a tune it is! Blasting it on repeat for the entire evening now lol

[@andyjohnmm]

Thank you, Alex, for these fine samples, videos. Pure and exciting.

[@AlexBallMusic]

You're welcome. Hope you enjoy making music with them.

[@DarkSideofSynth]

OK, one came out when I was 1 year old, the Korg one when I was 11... thanks for making me feel differently young, Alex! :)))))) Give this guy a like and some more! Seriously!

[@AlexBallMusic]

And they're in better physical condition than we are 😛

[@DarkSideofSynth]

@@AlexBallMusic I won't comment on that :)))

[@busterabcat]

0:28 used by Squeeze on 1978 single 'Take Me I'm Yours' among other bands too!

[@glenesis]

Thanks, Alex, for all of the wonderful work you do. I appreciate it. 20 Round Robins is very generous. Your samples are amazing!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks! Glad you like them. :)

[@TDRKB]

You are really passionate about the old tech. What a great video!! Thanks for taking the time - so much fun and memories!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yes, love that seminal period where there were no rules. Everything has bags of character.

[@happyone234]

The little groove at the end heavily reminded me of the new Aphex Twin stuff before the vocals came in lol.

[@retrosound72]

O yes. I love these old boxes too. :D

[@AlexBallMusic]

Still grooving. :)

[@eferg16]

Educational, inspirational, groovy, and free samples!? This channel is amazing because Alex Ball is amazing. Thanks for all of the above.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks very much! Enjoy the sampley goodness.

[@TheSynthnut]

There was a cheap MIDI trigger kit for the TR77 available which I have for mine, just never got around to adding it! Many thanks for the vid upload, love those crusty old sounds :-)

[@AlexBallMusic]

The Tubbutec uniPulse one? It's on my list to order one so I can control it from midi. Will be worth it just to get the additional sounds out of it!

[@TheSynthnut]

@@AlexBallMusic It was a trigger interface board from Circuitbenders along with a basic MIDI/trigger board. www.circuitbenders.co.uk/forsale/TRig/TRig.html There's been quite a bit of interest in the TR77 it seems!

[@sK3LeTvM1]

Thank you for carefully sampling and sharing samples. Made Battery 3 kits. Nice thing about sampling is that these 'simple' sounds can be easily tuned in comparison with real drum sounds. I.e. the 55B that originally has one tom now has LO-MID-HI in a sampled kit... Although this doesn't work with the Linn9000 sounds that gives different sounds when tuned down because of 8-bit resolution...

[@josephwright5921]

I love old non-realistic analog drum machines! I have an old sample disc that has many old these old beasts.

[@davidm3569]

Thank you, that was very interesting. There's a real charm to the old rythmn machines. I think that the digital drum machines have their place but you can't deny that the 'oldies' inspired others to follow. 👍

[@AlexBallMusic]

For sure, those analogue sounds are bursting with characterful. They sound wrong in all the right ways.

[@mons.romerodurante8086]

That sustained cowbell / clave sound is awesome. I fairly breathed a sigh of relief when I heard the word "sample". I was concerned that this was going to go all dark and become a heretical _circuit bending_ video.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yeah, love those sounds too. Circuit bending would just be a video of me breaking things and then driving to a tech. ;)

[@mons.romerodurante8086]

​@@AlexBallMusic I can see a whole new series: _"join Alex in the workshop this week as he enjoys the thrills of pcb assembly"_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3-rq2N7aM2sosU

[@AlexBallMusic]

@@mons.romerodurante8086 Funnily enough, just ordered a Unipulse for my TR-77. :)

[@bakerbakerbaker305]

oh these old ones have a great sound

[@not.spir0s]

>includes free samples YES PLEASE

[@stoneslice]

Thanks Alex, great sounds. The tambourine is top!

[@awfurby]

Brilliant stuff - the samples sound brilliant.

[@KNHSynths]

Nice job, good samples and good choice of devices. The Korg 55B is sounding really great. Thanks for sharing !

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yeah, agree the 55B is a bit of a gem. Enjoying playing with the hardware before it goes back.

[@JulioAvalos3000]

Awesome video, Alex, and thanks for the samples.

[@JuliaGarbe1]

wow listening to the end on good headphones was so good

[@OscarRhling]

Cool as always. I really enjoy your synth-funk. Thanks for the samples!

[@OscarRhling]

The non-B KR-55 - with the same sounds - is all over the first Depeche Mode album. Kick was from Daniel Miller's Arp 2600 though, I do agree that the 55(B) kick is a bit sh... , but the snare is better than the 808 one, imho. :)

[@lucagunther5405]

Great project. Love the results. Appreciate you sharing the samples !!!

[@AlexBallMusic]

You're welcome. I'll be using them too, so nice to able to share the love. :)

[@amour4all]

Super cool and thank you for the sounds Alex! :D

[@Magnus_Loov]

Great! And thanks! Hehe, that last song sounded a lot like something that "Moog Cookbook" would do...

[@claudiostano]

the final groove is so cool !! =)

[@wingflanagan]

Finally got a chance to watch this. Alex, I cannot decide if you are an engineer with the soul of a musician, or a musician with the soul of an engineer. Your profession would suggest the latter, but stuff like this suggests the former. It's like a Zen koan...Oh! And nice song, too. But too short...

[@AlexBallMusic]

My engineering skills reach as far as changing a plug. I'd love to know how to do the electronics side but I know very little there. I know enough about the sampling and Kontakt to be able to do they at least. :)

[@SyncdAlien]

😍 Very cool project! 😍

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers. Yes, pleased with the result. I've created a bloopy monster.

[@SyncdAlien]

Would you consider making bloopy monsters out of modern analog drum machines which are also known for their ability to produce some bloopy and splashy sounds? It's a target rich environment these days; DSI Tempest, Moog DFAM, Volca Beats, and several Roland clones, among others.

[@AlexBallMusic]

I hadn't thought of those because they're still available to buy new. My head is more into sampling the extinct stuff for preservation.

[@SyncdAlien]

Of course, you're right, I assume for sampling the modern analog drum kits one would wish to do something creative like with compression and eq and so forth. Perhaps to make exaggerated versions of themselves? But yes, you were very wise not to get bogged down in a project such as what I suggest - endless work! 👍

[@AlexBallMusic]

@@SyncdAlien Pendle at Sound Dust has done stuff with modern machines like the DFAM (plus Oberheim Xpander, EMS VCS3 and other beasts). dulcitone1884.virb.com/oddular

[@jaymeselliot8181]

holy crap dude ,you put a lot of work in to this! Thank you!

[@themetropolitains]

Cool Video. How did you manage to build such a great analog studio? What's the secret to acquire all those gear, even if little by little, as they all are to some extend rare or always been valuable from the moment they were on the market to now days. Do you have any advice a method to finance all this equipment? Thanks a lot

[@dionysiaex5538]

More cool stuff. Thanks Alex!

[@AlexBallMusic]

👍

[@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa]

I'm amazed! Congrats, fantastic work!

[@ChristianIce]

Thank you!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Pleasure

[@VINYLandSTUFF]

This was awesome to watch and that you made it available for download very nice of you.

[@polkmusic]

This is so cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@PickinPal]

Sounds so cool Alex, thanks for creating this 🙂👍👍

[@gattobus]

Thank you very much Alex, the samples are awesome! I put them in my TR-8S

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers Gianni. Bet they're pretty cool inside some hardware like the 8S.

[@SaintLaurent420]

Great collection of drum samples! Thank you.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks! Hope to hear them in one of your stellar remixes at some point. :)

[@silverqumera]

Have no words for this... *clap* ....... *clap* ....... *clap*...... You are a Synth Hero.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers. Enjoy!

[@apislapis]

Many thanks for sharing the samples Alex, such a nice touch.

[@amonster8mymother]

Thank you for the free samples. I already have 20 odd drum boxes set up in FL Studio with the FPC vst. 😁. They do have the rythmn tracks on the originals. 😎👍🇨🇦

[@Cadesworth]

You are freaking awesome, sir, thank you so much! I honestly can't hear much variation between the 20 samples of each drum, although I use them all the time in my music. Can you explain how exactly each sound differentiates from its counterparts? Is each frequency slightly different every time a drum triggers, or...?

[@AlexBallMusic]

Glad you enjoyed them. As the sounds are created in analogue circuitry every single time, there will be very slight differences in the sound from one to the next, just like with an acoustic instrument. If you load the samples up and look at them up close you'll see it.

[@Cadesworth]

Alex Ball Ah, thanks. I'll do that!

[@moebeats85]

Thank you for those sounds you're the champ!!!

[@dougefunk7005]

You have a lot of really nice orchestral libraries......

[@RogerPenrose]

Hero. Uploading to my TR-8S--stat.

[@AlexBallMusic]

That should be a fun combo!

[@chent]

Awesome. This is so cool. Thanks a whole bunch, this is the kinda stuff I usualy make for miself and keep locked away in the safe in the basement of the safe lockdown.

[@cremersalex]

Wow! These sound better than the samples I bought! Thanks!

[@velonaut303]

loved the outro

[@theleastsignificantbit4794]

Thanks for the killer vid and samples!

[@frankneumann2108]

First, thanks for this great free sample pack - I love the quality and time you put into this! Now, while I was looking at a KR-55 owner's manual PDF, I see it states "Percussion instrument sounds: 12 (bass drum, snare drum, hihat 1, hi-hat 2, cymbal, rim-shot, low conga, high conga, claves, tom-tom1, tom-tom2, cow bell), but your sample set appears to have only 1 tom sample (the higher tuned one, I guess), which makes for a total of 11 instruments. Is there one instrument missing? I do find "pattern demo" YT videos where I can hear a "low tom" sample (mostly used in the intros/fill-ins), but maybe it's impossible to isolate it (or there is really only one and the manual is wrong). Yeah, a nitpicky grumpy german over here, sorry 😀. Anyway, a very nice set, and still better than all others I found out there which only have 10 samples or less!

[@AlexBallMusic]

I'd have to check back, I did this video a few years ago with a borrowed unit. Quite possibly couldn't isolate it, yeah. Funnily enough, I since bought a KR-55 (not the 55B) cheap, but that needs restoration as it doesn't even power up. It's due to be fixed and longer term I want to add midi and mods, so I might be able to find the final missing sound!

[@Lesgo]

Cheers for the samles (great vid too). I will be plonking them in to my TR-8S first thing tomorrow.

[@donaldpriola1807]

Thank you for all of your hard work!

[@weststarr2046]

AWESOME my friend... your work deserve a new subscriber 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🎩!!!!

[@iantanner7579]

Cheers, - much appreciated. ~ set up a program in logic's exs24 using all the round-robin samples, - lovely! ~

[@martinheath5947]

Brilliant. Love the Roland!

[@ncapone87]

That Korg Rhythm 55B sounds like the drum machine used on Gut Level by Cabaret Voltaire

[@MrKoolaidfrozenpizza]

you're an absolute madman. thank you.

[@monocold]

Thank you for the samples!!!!! 🖤

[@AlexBallMusic]

You're welcome

[@phoenixrising1576]

Dude that's very kind you have made all this hardwork free. I have a Korg 55b and soundmaster stix. U Gota check that thing out. I was wondering why my own samples went as good. I never new about round robin. Do u find that your sampled hits and beats sound as good as the actual unit? Sometimes I think to just use the unit for what it is then other times I think , well if I had that snare I could do some other stuff.

[@Bo-rv8om]

Super video! I'm thinking of picking up a Ace Rhythm FR-8L, what do you think would be a good price to pay for one?

[@AlexBallMusic]

Ah yes, the the Ace Tone FR-8L which is actually the same machine as the Rhythm 77. Kakehashi took it with him when he left to start Roland. Worth £150 - £300. Ignore the jokers selling them for £500+

[@Bo-rv8om]

@@AlexBallMusic Exactly! I just got one in great shape for 130 Euro's. Found some mods online that add MIDI triggers, very excited to try that. :)

[@ertueertue6025]

Good work Alex👍

[@iseeolly9959]

Just got an Akai MPC Live........spent a couple of days with it..........still haven't got a clue...miss my DR110!

[@synthpalace3048]

brilliant!!!!! such a great deployment of a fantastic and consequent idea!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers Peter. :)

[@confoundshovel7919]

Awesome, many thanks for the samples!

[@AlexBallMusic]

You're welcome. Enjoy!

[@lahattec]

Great work. Thanks! Probably not worth the trouble, but making MIDI files of the factory sequences might be fun.

[@AlexBallMusic]

You know what, I did consider it. But the Korg has 116 rhythms and also fills, so I skipped it. Ha.

[@lahattec]

@@AlexBallMusic Sounds like a decent move. :)

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

6:00 nice little D.C. Go-go vibe there👍🏽 Also a little George Clinton-esque

[@foujj]

Nice work dude

[@dessiplaer]

Sounds great!

[@getjervis]

Wonderful feature sir! Totally miss my Korg Rhythm 55B..

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers. Well, now you can have a virtual 55B at least. :)

[@getjervis]

@@AlexBallMusic totally! And will enjoy the flexibility I was never able to 😜

[@AlexBallMusic]

@@getjervis I did try out 64th note fills just because I could. Give it a go. :)

[@getjervis]

@@AlexBallMusic oh I will..oh I will 🤪🤯

[@ryanmoran2403]

Thank you for the samples!!

[@100ThingsIDo]

Nice one Alex... 'Straight to the pool room' with these samples :D

[@AlexBallMusic]

Mangle then through your gear and see what comes out. :)

[@tawfigadam822]

Did you come a cross same work for JVC KB700 ?

[@markusfuller]

Thanks Alex. loved the outro

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers Markus. You've also just reminded me I need to get that lapel mic you suggested.

[@MRicciardi]

Thanks for the samples. Brilliant!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Pleasure.

[@EdEditz]

Thanx for the downloads!!!

[@hobbified]

Brilliant idea.

[@saxmidiman]

Thinking "Outside the Box" ?

[@matiasss550]

what converters did u use to record the samples?

[@zooblestyx]

JMJ made those old crates sound a lot cooler than they look ^_^

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yep. Look comical, sound magical.

[@zooblestyx]

@@AlexBallMusic Forsooth, sir! Forsooth!

[@bhamadicharef]

How to convert / extract to wave if one does not have Ableton ?

[@somnaut]

Lol that song at the end! Musical perversion i tell ye! 😂👍😂

[@sK3LeTvM1]

Thank you very much.

[@EvilDragon666]

Heya Alex! Did you maybe get around to sampling the Roland more completely? :)

[@AlexBallMusic]

It's having a midi kit installed at the moment, then I'll be able to do it.

[@EvilDragon666]

@@AlexBallMusic Ah alrighty! Sorry for pestering :)

[@AlexBallMusic]

@@EvilDragon666 No not at all. I'm keen to do it too.

[@EvilDragon666]

@@AlexBallMusic :) Did you maybe check out the updated NKI with the script that I did? Everything in a single instrument, multi not needed! :)

[@AlexBallMusic]

I downloaded it and forgot about it (apologies). I'll have a look.

[@nationsofthereverbs812]

Great Job Man. Thanks for share It!!!

[@GNeuman]

And, thank you for your efforts!

[@AlexBallMusic]

You're welcome.

[@andylindsaytunes]

@@AlexBallMusic And they are even all properly edited, you lovely man.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Of course! They're useless otherwise.

[@LouisSerieusement]

multi sampling cheap or old analog gear into kontakt is a very clever idea ! How long did it take for the korg (including choping sample and organizing them into kontakt) ?

[@AlexBallMusic]

Did the TR-77 last year so I've forgotten, but the Korg took about two hours. Not crazy. Cubase has splicing tools to sort the samples out quickly. That's a big time saver. It's the round robin stuff that takes the time.

[@LouisSerieusement]

@@AlexBallMusic 2 hours is totally worth it ! kudos for mentioning the micro differences occuring between each sound, I love when analog gear have this behavior, and I don't hear this argument often :)

[@AlexBallMusic]

@@LouisSerieusement Cheers. Yes, I think it pays off with the patches because you can really program whatever you want and it sounds like it came off the hardware. The thing I'm going to try is some pitching automation and stuff like that. That should be fun.

[@unimode1]

Thank you very much !

[@samjones5885]

Brilliant👍🏻 nice one

[@gelatinous6915]

I'd kill to have one of these as my own to be able to modify.

[@eancurtis9333]

Amazing