Bad Gear - Roland R-8 - End of an Era

[@AudioPilz]

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[@jukesjointOG]

Always happy to be reminded that it’s Friday, when your new episode drops!

[@roberthiggins7930]

You should do the Yamaha rx11 next!

[@jukesjointOG]

@@roberthiggins7930 Ooo, yes, I second that emotion...

[@gonzinigonz]

@@roberthiggins7930 Classic!

[@AlexBallMusic]

I was given an R-5 but it's missing that bizarre power cable. Discovering the replacements are £60 I've made drum sounds by slapping my forhead in shock, so it worked out.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice technique! Have you tried alligator clamps?

[@Gin-toki]

Thats funny, a cousin of mine found one years ago in a dumpster, missing its power supply. We could at that time not find any replacement for it so I modified the unit by removing the weird power socket and replaced it with something more common and useable. I also modified the power circuitry inside the unit a bit to also be simpler. Sadly my cousin has lost the power supply I made him, so I have it at my home to make him a new one.

[@phfatband]

The power supply or the cable? If it's just the cable, replace the power connector inside the unit. 5$ on a bad day and historically doesn't hurt the value of a unit. If it's the power supply then its on you to make a call...

[@BosleyStarr]

Apparently you can adapt an old PC power supply but need to do some hacking because the connector's a bit unique. I bought a relatively cheap R5 a few years ago but but my girlfriend's dog pissed on the power supply for some reason and I haven't tested it since. Time to bite the bullet and plug it in I suppose.

[@josebritoneto]

I bet a subscriber with some electronic knowledge would happily make that for you for free.

[@skoog7091]

Makes me remember when we recorded some punk songs in high school and we used triggers to the R8 because we were to lazy to mic the drums.

[@AudioPilz]

Nothing wrong with that;)

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

Would sound great on Big Black Kerosene.

[@lancepage1914]

Nearly every metal band you could think of have done this since the late 80's let alone most other genres. If the Pros do it, you're on the right track IMO.

[@EFFbriskethead]

Not a bd idea

[@reginaldbowls7180]

Too lazy or broke to afford good sounding mic’s and drums? I was the former. :)

[@ahhhhh2334]

The jams in this one are absolutely wicked

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@KeirMurphy]

Maybe the best one yet!

[@jezza8558]

Agreed, its excellent!

[@joseperellooliva9523]

Great tune Florian ✌️

[@stevenlindstrom3050]

Yep, nasty and tart!

[@Psychlist1972]

I worked at a music store when these came out. I loved the huge (80s, but didn't realize that at the time) drum sounds. The pads were yucky plastic, but the textured case was something else. They were the top-tier drum machines we'd sell, or more realistically, try to sell, back then.

[@AudioPilz]

I know, these were quite costly

[@WilmarBoer]

Nice! I worked on this one together with a Roland D70 (programming tones in voices in presets in performances or whatever the crazy workflow of the D70 was). Try to get a D70, DJ70 , MC50, R8 and M24E together for a True Digital Roland Linear Arithmetic Eighties Badgear Sequenced Song that's ticking all the boxes!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@bisheejom]

You know you've made it when the actual guys who made the product comments on your videos.

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

I remember the R8 being pretty sought after in the 90s. I settled for a Boss DR660 with 808 and 909 sounds.

[@AudioPilz]

Not a bad choice!

[@t0x0n1x]

A lot of us did :| The DR660 and the DR5 were meant for guitar players who can't put up with drummers. I shoulda got the ASR-X at the time, but I think it was kinda pricy compared to the cheap boss stuff. Some people shelled out for the MC-303 unfortunately for them.

[@OscarUnderdog]

My god, this is top tier stuff. Thank you 💪

[@AudioPilz]

Hey Underdogs, nice to have you around!!!

[@BuddhaPhi]

This is my favorite YoutTube channel. Thanks again Florian! Funny story: Back in the early 90s my roommate worked at a music store and was able to borrow gear occasionally. One day he brings home this expanded Roland R-8 (with RAM and 909 cards) and I loved it. I'd heard Prince was using one around that time and the machine sounded great. I had to have one. With the R-8, my Kawai SX-210 analog synth, a loaner Ensoniq EPS-16+, a crappy mixer and an older Tascam Portastudio 4-track we were convinced we were gonna make the next hip-hop or R&B masterpiece. I told my roomie as soon as he brought the R-8 back to the store I was going buy it with my savings money since the store was selling it dirt cheap (maybe $250 US). He returned it so I went to the store after a couple days and found out that someone stole the damn thing from the store the night before. I was so mad. I was convinced maybe my roomie was the thief (pawned it for rent money?) and it took a couple months of me giving him the side-eye while he denied stealing it before I believed him. lol.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Wow, great 90s setup!

[@InnerVisions68]

Man, I miss my R-8 MkII. I loved that drum machine. Great piece of gear.

[@AudioPilz]

MK2 is the one to get

[@RogerBrenon]

@@AudioPilz Actually I looked into what Espen craft said about the R8 vs. The MKii and he's right. Roland used cheaper components in the MKii to balance out the higher cost of putting a few more samples in it and thus it doesn't have the same quality of sound as the original R8 had. Better to have original R8 with cards.

[@davesandison2588]

I like how you take the time to respond to people who comment your videos. Respect!

[@AudioPilz]

Always a pleasure, thanks!!!

[@thesequencer4971]

At SAE Frankfurt, a few years ago, we had a funny ProgRock teacher. He did a few short drum programming lessons on an Roland R8, as final exam, we had to program a 7minutes ProgRock drum session with lots of time changes, fills ect "Xanadu" from Rush by Sheet haha. ..what a nightmare, but the R8 Sounds really Realastic like Rushs Drummer Neil Peart.....ProgRockers Dream Drum Machine 🎸🦄

[@AudioPilz]

Isn't that a bit...mean;)

[@thesequencer4971]

@@AudioPilz Haha that was poor ProgRock pain...but Rushs Xanadu still sounds great today and R8 could handle it...cheers

[@cdk2968]

Right, great machine for "complex stuff" like Prog and Fusion - the electro dance stuff people usually make with it barely scratches the surface of what this thing is capable of!

[@maxadocious]

i read that Prince (RIP) used this drum machine on many classic track. listening to the samples in this vid confirms this for me.

[@AudioPilz]

I thought he was more of a Linn guy. I have to check it out, thanks for posting!

[@lundsweden]

Maybe Gett Off!

[@avace917]

That's a first. The year this came out was when the Batman album dropped. Most of his classics had been released by them. As was stated already, the Linn LM1 was the drum machine he used the most. Some of the samples sound similar. That could be what the person heard that told you that or they could be talking about later albums like Diamonds and Pearls or the Symbol Album

[@maxadocious]

@@avace917 i consider his 90s name-change-era stuff to be classic, but I am also a big fan... i hear what you're saying, most of the most famous prince tracks definitely use Linn's stuff.

[@8-BitHeart79]

The R8 was also used in A LOT of industrial music from Front 242,Skinny Puppy, and even Leather Strip if I recall correctly. 1984-1998 was one heck of a time for music. So many changes, so little time…

[@AudioPilz]

True that!

[@BluePlanetMedia]

No, That was Kawai R-50 and R-100. Aka "Wax Trax in a box"

[@chriswareham]

@@BluePlanetMedia Allegedly it was Fairlight samples that just happened to sound similar to the "electronic" drum set for the Kawai drum machines. The Wax Trax studio had a Fairlight thanks to Al Jourgensen of Ministry wanting one, and he layered the library drum samples with his own and those of other people he worked with like On-U Sound guys (Adrian Sherwood and Keith LeBlanc).

[@ChiefExecutiveOrbiter]

And Autechre for sure. maybe Beumont Hannant too

[@slipknotboy555]

@@BluePlanetMedia 1. It can be (and is) true for more than one drum machine 2. There's much more to industrial than Wax Trax stuff Also, I bought an R-100 years ago because it was recommended for industrial. Was frustrated to then find out people really meant the R-50E or R-100 with R-50E sounds (though people would just say R-100). It's alright, but bulky, and takes up space. Kinda wish I'd just downloaded samples.

[@Scyber_Official]

That snare SLAMS. And the first jam was killer! 🤘😎

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@jamesm601]

I was 18 in 1989. I spent $450 on a Roland R-5. $450 was all I had in the world and I spent it on a Roland R-5. Anyway, I loved that little thing. It had a bass guitar sample on it that you could map across the pads and write little songs. I programmed Yes's Owner of a Lonely Heart in its entirety. It must have taken me like... 40 hours. Amazing. I think I just figured out why I didn't have a girlfriend in 1989.

[@AudioPilz]

Lol, I know that feeling!

[@Klangraum]

With no doubt, people would buy this thing if they would produce it today with extra memory and USB. I would buy it. Great 80ies soundtrack!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@shaft9000]

If Roland had asked me, I'd have led the entire Boutique range's debut with a micro R8 and marketed the shit out of it to hip-hoppers as well. I'm surprised they haven't done anything like it in any hardware yet. Not everybody wants to spend time sampling or VST-ing - we just want to plug in and go.

[@Klangraum]

​@@shaft9000 For me, it's all about this Japanese industrial design. It's just like when you buy fresh bread from the bakery, it just fits in with any time.

[@LeadingMotive]

Yes! Imagine if Roland had added the R8's soundsets to their TR8-s. That would have been brilliant since it contains almost everything else already.

[@Rompler_Rocco]

So much excellence! The biggest takeaway? Florian bought an ADAT !! 🕺💃

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! That ADAT isn't so bad as an AD/DA converter

[@gwugluud]

I gave mine away circa 2000ish. A couple of years ago I started missing it for some reason. When I bought it, I was tracking with a Yamaha 4-track cassette.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, 2000 was around the time it was least desired

[@gwugluud]

@@AudioPilz Just a couple of pointless comments, lol. I’m remembering that I didn’t think it was “human “ at all, but I still liked it. Also, a real hardware drum machine, unlike the VSTs now, will…drum roll… Actually print to a track. 🙄

[@towmotornoises]

That intro in that jam was BAD ASS.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@nkozi]

This thing sounds great and its capabilities clearly place it ahead of its time in many respects. Love that snare and I'm sure I've heard it on a few dozen classic J-Pop records.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice! Gotta listen to J-pop more

[@kneonic]

Great video, love how that TB-3 keeps showing up!

[@AudioPilz]

It has become one of my favorite synths!

[@nobel11]

Very nice. Especially enjoyed that 80s Anime OST bit at the end. I've never actually used the R8, but I've loaded its sounds in a lot of samplers over the years.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! These sounds are non-timeless classics;)

[@axymoulm]

The R-8 click is probably one more electronic sound on that machine worth mentioning as it got popular as rhythm element. You can hear it on „Da Rockwilder“ by Method Man Redman (though Rockwilder used the sample of it which is contained in the stock Roland JV/XV library as „R8 Click“).

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!!!

[@DjTroublemaker]

I loved mine. I used it on so many tracks. I even credited as a band member. Drums by Roland. I even used it to trigger basslines on my keyboards like a sequencer!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!

[@TayWoode]

Haha like when PWL always used to say Drums by A. Linn on the back of their records 😂

[@artisan002]

Nice timing. An artist started following me on Instagram the other day. And in his page, he has a jam session that includes an R-8.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@ericobrocki5850]

At 3:35, it sounds like you were on track to recreate the intro/outro to Smashing Pumpkins's 1979 lol. Lovely content as always!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! That one's on Autechre records too;)

[@iblamesummers]

@@AudioPilz Exactly circa "Incunabula"...

[@PanHoover882]

I just bought one of these in January, and I am pleased with it.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!

[@aliensporebomb]

Meanwhile I used an R-5 to do entire album projects: drums, bass, synth sounds, melody lines. You name it.

[@geet77777]

what can you say about the R-5? Its blowing my mind how all of this gear tat was literally thrown in the trash or sold for $10 during the 2000s is suddenly crazy overpriced on reverb suddenly. None of it is even rare, people are just greedy. I'm afraid to mention any old gear that I likw because anyone who reeds the comment and has one will certainly list it for $600 over its value on FeeVerb. any thoughts about the R-5? ive been using ableton with a push controller because I was talked into it and I truly hate it.

[@SuperPogu]

x-03 acid jams are life and love. A portal into the subconscious. May they never die!

[@AudioPilz]

Long live the THREE!!!

[@HousePlantBand]

damn i wont be able to sleep tonight knowing that snare sound exists

[@AudioPilz]

It's so HUGE!!!

[@skipbreakfast]

Back in '91 I used to run my R-5 through an ancient 6-channel PA board for the same "old school" effects you were doing!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!! Love old mixing boards

[@djcoolcliff]

First Drum machine that I saw in a store!!!! It’s literally cost the same price as the Lugwig Rockets that I was purchasing at the time!!!!

[@AudioPilz]

Yup, that one was big bucks back then

[@goosemansell]

I was given one of these for free by the music department at my secondary school. It had sat in its box in their loft storage for years along with a D-20 (which they gave me too - being a teacher's pet pays in the end!). To a 15 year old kid, this thing was a treasure trove. Great video!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! You had nice gear at school;)

[@t3hjnz]

Your demo of the features basically re-created several of the tracks from Ministry's album Twitch. I'd often wondered where those percussion sounds came from, and now I _definitely_ know. This is great as always, Florian!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Big Ministry fan here

[@t3hjnz]

@@AudioPilz here, too. :D

[@ryn_pail]

I have the R8 for recreating some of my favorite vintage industrial rock sounds, but if Twitch era Ministry is what you're after then the Kawai R100 is what you're looking for. It's THE sound of WaxTrax. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGbQqod6pqmEnKej kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnqcdKZ5eNSMg7c

[@erikt211]

That album was recorded in 1985 though, a few years before this drum machine came out. The sounds are similar but I think they used a Fairlight CMI IIx

[@arijr71]

Thanks for the memory lane! I've owned a few Roland drumboxes including R8 and R8Mk2 (R8 + all sound cards built in). In dance genres the thing was those specific sound cards specifically Electronic and Dance which contained 808, 909, CR78 etc. The user interface was/is really snappy to create beats for electronic/house/contemporary music so they were popular. Then came the era of MPCs and such and beat boxes faded away as bigger phenomena.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, these ROM cards are really nice!

[@alvaroapablaza5471]

nice! I've always seen these high priced. I gotta admit the very first time I read Human rhythm composer I thought it would provide sounds like beat boxing samples and smacking your thighs and chest sounds, true story.

[@AudioPilz]

Lol;)

[@lundsweden]

No Roland Jazz Scat samples!

[@deelux5519]

The R8 isn't bad gear....it's gear too complex for 99% of the Ham n' Egger's out there to deal with. I HAVE USED FSK SYNC! And I CAN Fully program this bad Muthaf%$ka of a drum machine. I've got the 808 and 909 cards and let me tell you, this machine was the best investment I've ever made (In regards to drum machines.) The problem is simple. You NEED to understand music, in a classical sense, and engineering, to use it properly. Kids today simply do not have the skills to operate this classic.

[@AudioPilz]

Respect!

[@lancepage1914]

I love the drum samples on this era Roland/BOSS romplers. I still use them a lot in my Digitakt, they sound very punchy and they are good base for mangling. As always great video and audio production and a wicked sense of humour. Once again you made my day AudioPilz.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@jazzseba]

That was powerful! loved the synthwave-anime track!!!! made me crave for playing my tenor sax with tons of chorus and a bright reverb!!!!!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Careless Whisper FTW;)

[@LouisSerieusement]

5:48 Thank you for yet another fun and banging acid jam

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!

[@musamusashi]

I have one of those but i very rarely use it these days: it has always been too complicated for me. This video gave me a boost to go try mess with it again.

[@AudioPilz]

It's a bit challenging but totally worth it!

[@dvdny]

First! Where is that clip at 1:38 from? I need to see more 😂 This is one of those 'Bad Gear' episodes that's really more like 'hurry up and buy this gem before they get truly overpriced'. Thanks for the heads up 👍

[@AudioPilz]

I think there isn't more to see. Just a harlem shake;)

[@dvdny]

@@AudioPilz Ahh, of course.

[@iopsyc15]

Best sound source I had as a live drummer with Pad-80.

[@iopsyc15]

Then there was the Alesis DM Pro....

[@AudioPilz]

Classic!

[@stephpicher]

"Welcome to gooooood gear!"

[@AudioPilz]

Bad in a good way;)

[@MrTelecasterPignose]

This channel is the reason I got a Roland TB3. My favorite synth so far

[@AudioPilz]

Big favorite of mine!

[@jensmeyer3718]

Bad gear ????!!! Noooooo. I love this since i bought it in 1989. I habe all cards collected. For 20 years it was my workhorse, until switch to fl Studio

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, all cards! That's one for the pension fund;)

[@sauce_aux]

My Friday is now complete.

[@AudioPilz]

Have a nice weekend!

[@23bit76]

That snare 😎

[@AudioPilz]

It slaps soooooooo hard;)

[@Damien-og6sk]

That snare is a classic(only rivaled by the one in the Kawai R-100), it sounds like KingKong slapping Godzilla in da face, MASSIVE!💪

[@AudioPilz]

One monster of a snare!

[@distantcomets]

8th! This one is such an edge case: the drums sounds genuinely good but also incredibly specific to their era. Like an M1 Organ sound, using them almost inevitably evokes a certain slightly overused aesthetic that can be difficult to shake IMO. Still, it’s got an incredibly powerful sequencer, and the sounds are high quality. Some clever afterprocessing could be the difference in making it sound more original/modern…

[@AudioPilz]

True that!

[@distantcomets]

@ghost mallDepends on your objective. I buy all these old bits to sample, layer, and thrash em. The hardware is great for that. Then I resample them. But yeah, in the box, there’s probably a Roland pack someone could buy instead… just for the stock sounds.

[@robbiewabisabi]

I was so stoked when I was 15 to get a brand new r5. Then I graduated to an r8…sold it and got an r8m with dance and electronic cards included! :-0 now I am back to the og r5 which I mostly use as a metronome. Any hardcore jazz brush card fans out there? Thanks for ruining my childhood again and…see you next time!

[@AudioPilz]

The Jazz Brush card is awesome!

[@AndrewJohnClive]

Nice jam Flo. I used to have a Boss DR660 and I can see this is where it comes from..👍🏼

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Yeah, the Doctors borrowed heavily from the R8

[@fisk0]

Just gonna say it's wonderful how the TB3 has transformed from "what's this, it barely does 303 sounds" to the most versatile synth of the 2010s

[@AudioPilz]

I wholeheartedly agree!

[@RCAVDH]

You make the world a better place!

[@AudioPilz]

So do you!!! Thanks!

[@gonzinigonz]

I remember when these came out, working in a music shop at the time. They had a problem with leaking caps on the a early ones, had to replace a few.

[@AudioPilz]

Ah, good to know! Thanks for posting!

[@HenryCullenDaveTheDrummer]

Some storming tracks in this episode!!! The R8 was my first drum machine, I love it but it's a pain and I don't have the ROM cards anymore I had nearly all of them at one point, they were dirt cheap. Aaah well...maybe I'll plug it in again, and maybe I won't.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Definitely plug it in!!!

[@apoplexiamusic]

Now that is some BIG DRUM ENERGY!

[@AudioPilz]

Player, player, big drum player

[@MistabishiTV]

Ugh i love this channel.

[@user82938]

Funny, I was just listening to old EMX-1 videos of yours the other day. They still rip :)

[@samecoff2788]

FSK sync was the bane of my existence for years! I had a Kawai Q80 sequencer, and FSK was the only way to sync it to my Tascam four track. You had to play the track from the beginning every time. Sigh. I can still hear that screaming tone when I forgot to switch that little switch on the back of the four track which routed the Recorded FSK signal to the dedicated sync outputs and instead routed it full volume to my monitors.

[@AudioPilz]

Had some "fun" with regular SMPTE but FSK is too old school even for me;)

[@RodBeauvex]

It's always impressive to watch you twiddle knobs and mash buttons to play the instruments in real time without making mistakes. I can't even use a PC keyboard that well. D:

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks but it usually takes a few takes;)

[@user-lq5ev8hg9q]

the way that you use memes as an expressive vocabulary is just delightful every time

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@speckles9251]

Tape Sync saved me on a live act in NYC when we found that the TR909 only has MIDI Clock on ONE of the two MIDI outs! Tape Sync is friggin cool !!!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!

[@MD_Builds]

Christ that OST sound track is epic :D

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@trevormalcolm4328]

I had one of these for about a week back in the day! So 90’s

[@AudioPilz]

True that!

[@trevormalcolm4328]

@@AudioPilz can you at least give me a week where you don’t feature something I’ve got (or had) please.🙏🏽

[@an2qzavok]

that pitched down clap is kinda cool

[@AudioPilz]

Yes, nice an squishy

[@dietmarschlichtherle7061]

I got the R8 and the R8M and use both until today...nothing better available

[@DestroyER82]

Those samples are so well selected and crafted. Really liking the sound. With such limited memory in that era, companies had to really dig for the best possible samples available. If I ll see one for reasonable $ I ll definitely get it (or rack version). Thank you, all the best!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching, rack version is recommended!

[@old_ogcdigital]

KILLED IT with the jams today! Now I'm fighting the urge to buy an R-8

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Get the MK2;)

[@monotrious]

Another Outstanding Episode . I Think I'll Still Hang On To My R8 Though .

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Maybe get the USB card?

[@monotrious]

@@AudioPilz Yes , I'll Definitely Be On The Lookout For A USB Card For Sure .

[@jamesmeeker6933]

I owned an R8 for almost 20 years. Good machine, very powerful for those types of sounds.

[@AudioPilz]

It was top shelf stuff back then!!!

[@sled9876]

That display looks like the regular 2-line MT32 type display with some extra pocket calculator displays glued round it to make it look bigger.

[@AudioPilz]

Roland calls this R&D;)

[@dawidsidor8887]

Please do the JX-08 or jd-08 in the future. We've gone too long without another boutique video!

[@AudioPilz]

These are totally going to happen. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@Gin-toki]

I currently have its littlebrother, the R-5, in for repair for one of my cousins. He found it in a dumpster many years ago, presumably tossed out due to a missing power supply. So I made a DIY supply for it. And now I need to make a new one due to my cousin having lost it during a move :P It is less advanced than the R-8 and has a more cryptic display to edit from but otherwise resembles the R-8. Fun machine to play with for a bit, but rather limited, both sound and featurewise, compared to modern drum machines/grooveboxes.

[@AudioPilz]

True, it didn't age so well

[@Smelter57]

I too have a working R5, but being pre internet and KZbin I have never got to grips with it due to the lack of tutorials. I would appreciate any links anyone has to help my progress. :-)

[@Gin-toki]

@@Smelter57 The manual is a good starting point. Just do a search for it on the webs and it should pop up. Do note that roland does not have it themselves and instead gives you the manual for a handheld recorder named R-05. But other than that, I don't have other sources.

[@Smelter57]

@@Gin-toki Oh I do have the original printed manual and the PDF version, it's just that it is hard work with out tutorials or a workflow.

[@opensourceq]

that fill at the start of jam 1 made me laugh like a madman. great job

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@danielepecorellimusic4339]

Hello! Yes, I used the FSK sync with a eight track tape recorder. Old school synth era!!!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!! That's really old school

[@haolekoa737]

Damn, now I want one... My inner wrestling nerd is loving the rasslin' memes, and the NOFX cameo might be one of the all-time great visual puns. Love it!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Get the MK2;)

[@StephenMcLeod]

I think my dad had one of these in the 2000s. It sounds surprisingly good.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice! My dad was anti-drum machine;)

[@snowleopard9749]

Don't worry, Behringer is ticking all the boxes for creating a new era of bad gear.

[@AudioPilz]

Looking forward to it!

[@Gainn]

RD-07 needs to happen first.

[@kenzoblytheproducertv4934]

I got on to the Boss Dr-5 after these came out but they are very similar in sound🫡.

[@geofff6671]

Had access to one for a few weeks back in the late 80s. Found it impenetrable to program, which was a real shock having come from a TR-707.

[@AudioPilz]

The 707 is much more straight forward

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

@@AudioPilz 707 also has this Linn/Oberheim kinda sound.

[@MrBrunoRenee]

super cool video. thanks om mor time!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!

[@Gainn]

Oh boy, prices bout to go bananas on this thing.

[@AudioPilz]

You mean as bananas as the prices for the ROM cards?;)

[@Gainn]

@@AudioPilz I remember seeing a 'dance' one on eBay a while back priced at around $500.

[@mixourband]

Wow, I had this Drum computer back in the 80s - 90s. I also owned the Gray HR16 sequencer and the Black HR16-B, Drum machine.

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, I want these HRs!

[@chrisbarriere101]

Sounds exactly like Ministry And KMFDM. Seth and the others must have had one of these back at the mystery studio..

[@AudioPilz]

It's all over these records!

[@liminaltheband]

Love the dictionary of obscure sorrows reference - "anemoia". Such a good book, an influence to a lot of our lyrics :)

[@AudioPilz]

A word we all needed!

[@lowfinger]

That jam with the TB-3 was what I came for, Im glade I came.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!

[@gravit8ed]

Half the reason I watch these are for the wicked OG tracks from classic gear. Anime Elecktro heell yeah

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@kcosminhz7988]

fantastic finale!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@nosville22]

>"anemoia" used You once again have my full, undivaded attention

[@AudioPilz]

We really needed that word;)

[@nosville22]

@@AudioPilz very much so, yes

[@SGeorgeL]

This episode bumps heavy. That second jam with the mixer is 🤌

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@angelaferkel5614]

hahaha, auf dem kanal sprichst du meine gesammte jugend durch. dr. sommer quasi. wie kann man nur so ein ehrenmann sein.

[@AudioPilz]

Bravo Leser unite!!!

[@angelaferkel5614]

@@AudioPilz da ist der kanalname programm 😂🙏🏼. Ach ey. Den Blumenkohl hatte jeder mal. Waren halt andere zeiten damals.

[@wayneanderson2866]

The live jam ‘out jammed’ the soundtrack jam IMHO 👊🏼💕🔥

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@hiding_my_name]

I have one of these and this is a magical instrument.

[@AudioPilz]

Definitely a classic

[@lundsweden]

FSK Sync... yes used it a lot back in the day. I used to record it to one track of my 8 track (cassette!) recorder. The R8 would then be perfectly in sync with your track, as long as you did'nt stop, pause or rewind/fast forward. If you did that, you had to rewind the tape to the beginning to re-sync it!

[@AudioPilz]

Good to know, thanks!

[@Nilka5150]

ITS FRIDAY BABY

[@AudioPilz]

TGIF!

[@cl1xor]

Nowadays it’s more pricey but back in the day poor students like me bought the r8m because we couldnt afford a drumstation or the real deal. With the cards you really get close to the 808/909 sound which cuts through the mix like butter

[@AudioPilz]

The rack version is still VERY affordable. Really liked it!

[@cl1xor]

@@AudioPilz yeah! And you can use your favorite external sequencer. For instance the ER1 is a perfect match

[@meansoftolerance]

My first ever drum machine. With the right ROM cards it rocked. Was using every little ability of its complicated menu. Loved it and regretted selling it.

[@AudioPilz]

The ROM cards are a must!

[@Psychlist1972]

That TB3 jam was excellent.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@jasmeerlabeer4591]

That last track is awesome!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!