Bad Gear - Yamaha DD-10 Digital Drum Bank - Lockdown Drum Kit???

Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Yamaha DD-10 Digital Drum Bank. Is it the ideal vintage lockdown electronic drum kit?

[@bourgeoiscaesar]

"And the aforementioned buttons offer two levels of velocity, one more than Digitakt." Shots fired

[@EmergingPatterns]

That’s savage indeed ^^

[@AudioPilz]

Isn't it true? (love my Digitakt like sharks love blood, btw)

[@segfault-berlin]

@@AudioPilz can you "bad gear" the digitact and explain what alk the hype is about? I don't get it, its a rather basic sampler in a plastic box, what did I miss?

[@bourgeoiscaesar]

@@segfault-berlin A lot of the magic is in the sequencer and the level of control you have over samples. It can be used really simply, but if you dig into the workflow it has a lot of capability for the price. Polyrhythms, parameter locks, conditional trigs, etc.

[@distantcomets]

I *literally* was going to comment this. Well played, sir!

[@CaidicusProductions]

Given that English is your second language, your wordplay is just artful.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@tylergates4075]

Agreed

[@audreyazwell]

@@AudioPilz I'm a little ashamed to admit I never considered Austrians speak a different language, I thought they just had funny accents like British people 👀😂😭🤣 TBF in America the most well known Austrian is Arnold Schwarzenegger so gimme a break 😆 I know I could save myself embarrassment and not even make this comment but I figure it's way too entertaining not to, I cannot deprive people this level of stupidity. I'm not even gonna Google it, I'm just gonna ask, what language do you typically speak in Austria? German?

[@AudioPilz]

@@audreyazwell a German dialect Germans have a hard time understanding - like Scottish people maybe?;)

[@rars0n]

I could watch and listen to that IDM Post-Jungle Drill'N'Bass section on endless repeat and not get bored.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Happy to hear that!

[@Blutroyale62]

@@AudioPilz they were legit!!

[@gbraadnl]

@@AudioPilz should offer these as downloadable ;-)

[@BeniRoseMusic]

Yeah that shit was fire. Wish I knew how to program drums like that.

[@aaronzlanders]

it was cool reminded me of Mt Saint Michel by Aphex

[@ivanvereyn9685]

Use "afro dance" preset with boss metal zone so you can play all night live in Berghain

[@AudioPilz]

Wouldn't this be cultural appropriation? ;)

[@ivanvereyn9685]

@@AudioPilz I'm Russian we don't care 🙃

[@robinr22]

This comment aged well 😂

[@ElectroPotato]

The 8-Bit Guy called, he wants his drum machine back.

[@dustincassidy]

Haha I LOLed

[@AudioPilz]

Crossover episode!

[@angh3ll202]

I love him!

[@SlyHikari03]

Shots fired!

[@Rizimar]

Do a crossover with Look Mum No Computer instead

[@cablevamp3163]

That IDM part was sick actually

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@thisbreadisfine]

I want one of these so much! The sounds are so charming

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@acreil]

The DD-10 was used by the band Model Plants (look up "モデルプランツ「普通の恋の結末」"). It's based on the YM3301 RYP6 or YM3302 RYP6-2 IC, which is also used in the PSS-560, PSS-570 and a few other things. It uses very low quality versions of the samples from the Yamaha RX series drum machines. I actually like these sounds better than the RX series. The sounds are also possibly identical to the ones in the YM2608 OPNA sound chip, which was used in the NEC PC-8801/PC-9801 series computers (although this IC only has 6 sounds). The YM2608 is described in the datasheet as using ADPCM drum sounds. Likely the YM3301/YM3302 also use ADPCM, which may account for some of the grit. The sounds are also sampled at either 18.645 or 9.3225 kHz, which is considerably lower than the 25 kHz sample rate used in most of the RX series.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Good to know!

[@TayWoode]

Which RX? I have this and an RX7 and none of the sounds are the same. This actually uses the same sound but pitch shifted like the claves, agogos and cowbell are all the same sound same with the cymbals or snares

[@mycosys]

2:23 why do we need anti-Eliasing?? What did Elias do that was so bad??? #FreeElias

[@AudioPilz]

#nobully

[@emiel333]

He had an Alias.

[@SHINdanny]

He talked about Ali Ace

[@SHINdanny]

some joined the Anti Ali Ace Alliance, not recommended

[@TimJacksonOriginal]

@@SHINdanny The Anti Ali Ace Alliance was assimilated by the Alley Ass Acid Lass Association. It's now the Associated Alliance of Alley Ass Acid Lasses Anti Ali Ace Appreciation Supporters Club.

[@qjames0077]

Me, trying to find lyrics other than hey: 🤔🤔🤔

[@AudioPilz]

Still better than what a lot of very popular bands are singing

[@t0xcn253]

This thing is making me appreciate my volca beats more... but not much more.

[@AudioPilz]

I'd love an 8 bit volca!

[@amthanhgiaphu1265]

L

[@s3nsec0rruptr80]

I'd take this over a volca beats any day

[@Plexyglazz]

Prices yesterday: from 30 commonly accepted European monetary units… Prices after this video: 2 kidneys and your firstborn hamster… (I hope my offer of €25 on a local second hand site won't be affected.) Nice video as always, thanks!

[@AudioPilz]

I keep my fingers crossed!

[@Plexyglazz]

@@AudioPilz Polynoninal also has info on the DD-5 from 1990, always weird to see successive hardware with a lower number in its name… ;-)

[@sauermusicDE]

@@Plexyglazz Both machines came out at the same time....more or less as a part of the Portasound keyboard series. They were available in 1988 already (together with stuff like the PSS-680 etc.).

[@Plexyglazz]

@@sauermusicDE Thanks, I didn’t know that. Learning something new everyday. 👍

[@Plexyglazz]

@@AudioPilz Thanks for keeping your fingers crossed. 😉 Picked it up this morning in near perfect condition and it’s every bit as crunchy as I expected. Time to hook it up and do a little jam with my new toy. Jam Setup: - Yamaha RX11 - Yamaha DD-10 - Casio SK-1 - Korg EA-1 - and too many stomp boxes

[@PodmornicaFTW]

I love how you give old, forgotten and decrepit gear a moment in the spotlight and make it shine. Keep up the good work :D

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!

[@RSProduxx]

reminds me a bit of my Yamaha PSR Keyboard that I used as "drummer" and for basslines for my first Punk tapes when i was a kid :D

[@AudioPilz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZfRY3RnpZZmick

[@balazstorok9265]

Don't get it a hate comment, but the guy who destroyed this handicapped lil machine is really a dork.

[@AudioPilz]

To my surprise I found out that he is an award-winning movie maker ;)

[@lo-firobotboy7112]

Found one of these for $10 bucks at a yard sale. It's turned into one of my favorite drum machines. I typically run mine through a cheap JOYO phaser pedal.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice! Love those Yoyo pedals!

[@theW01F]

Ohhh the feels - the DD-10 was my first "drum kit". My parents also bought me the version with larger pads for sticks, the DD-12. Now I have to search them =)

[@AudioPilz]

Of course you have to ;)

[@Gainn]

DD-10 + Casio SK-1 was my first jam combo.. Then I became ultracool with an SHS-10. GAS clearly started early.

[@AudioPilz]

Damn, that's a nice first setup. SK1 is cult!

[@terrybull1534]

Sk5 is the real king os SKs. I had an Sk1 and Sk10 as well. Sk5 was best

[@defjeff2907]

I laughed hard at Beatar!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Did this word already exist?

[@foxholeartist]

Drumulele it should be

[@defjeff2907]

@@AudioPilz this is what/who I found kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2nIYXialNCnarc

[@Rompler_Rocco]

Wow!! If only I had known about this luxury machine in '98, when I was recording and performing with the DD-5! 🤦‍♂️

[@AudioPilz]

The DD5 actually came out after the DD10 (and it has midi out;)

[@apislapis]

Fab Florian, as always. Not sure you have considered (ripped to pieces yet) other Yamahahaha gear like the MR10 drums, CS-01 (love mine couldn't stretch to a CS80), the very poorman's KX-5 the SHS-10 (loving the last Christmas by Wham demo) or if you like drum pads with your keys there's the noisy PSS-780. Finally the king of samplers the Yamahahaha VSS-100, move over Fairlight!

[@AudioPilz]

Great input! Thanks!

[@nicototem]

Excelent show as usual. Keep up the good work. Please make a review of roland mc 808 and 909 groove boxes.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! MC303 and many MC505 derivates on the channel. Is there any hate for the 808 and 909 out there?

[@nicototem]

@@AudioPilz yesss there are differences between them and menu diving, ram, sampling software for pc, one has a big lcd screen the other one don't, but has better ram, the 808 has motorized faders but less knobs etc, feel free to categorize as better gear or bad gear lol. Thanks for your amazing job. Your show should win an emmy.

[@YoshiLightStar]

I recognize some of these drums samples, they are also in the YM2068 soundchip which is also by Yamaha

[@AudioPilz]

Didn't know that, thanks for posting!

[@doordedeur]

Yamaha has made some nice kids toys that can be used professionally, like the SHS-10 keytar. I find the DD-10 very limited, but in the toy category I find the DD-5 a usable electronic Midi drumkit.

[@AudioPilz]

SHS-10 is a great idea!

[@nolram]

The cowbell causes me physical pain...

[@AudioPilz]

It's...erm...special...

[@mrudo8663]

Need MOAR Cowbell! Nice tool for Circuit bending, have you tried to kill it with midi signals (just Sen to much data to it)?

[@reggiep75]

@@AudioPilz - Unique is a good word for being nice to something a bit crappy!

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Cowbell is a human right! Cowbell hating should be punished by everlasting torture by the next UN resolution ;)

[@gautrstafr]

You should do a Kaossilator [PRO] episode. It's so close to being very cool, but always falls short. If only it had midi sync... Still the original has the best design.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the suggestion, it's on top of my list!

[@samcadima]

The last jam was surprisingly cool 👍

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@mootbooxle]

Shawn Lee used the DD-5 on an album we made last year, it’s on Legere Records, it’s called Shawn Lee’s Incredible Leg Warmer Band “The 37 Minute Workout”....a tribute to the early 80s Dance Aerobics records. I bought a DD-5 recently and was like...where do I know that pattern from? Oh yeah! Shawn Lee!

[@AudioPilz]

Oh, Mr. Booxle! Cool, have to check it out...

[@mootbooxle]

@@AudioPilz Cheers Florian! Love your channel!

[@Symmetronic]

I kinda think the Beat-tar should be more of a thing! Thanks for the entertaining video :)

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Beatar for life!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Ah, the DD-10, it puts the "sing" in "aliasing".

[@AudioPilz]

I should ask you before I mispronounce stuff like this ;)

[@AlexBallMusic]

@@AudioPilz Your English is superb. I think the only thing is the Germanic v/w thing which is actually part of the character. Don't change it.

[@rnedp760]

The cowbell. The cow. We are dealing with genius here people.

[@AudioPilz]

There's a reason why cows are worshipped in some cultures

[@fatkev1983]

I just bought one of these, in the box and with the two pedals... looking forward to playing it!

[@ruezulich8]

Your videos are giving me life through the pandemic. You got an Aphex twin breakdown with that post-jungle jam! VERY COOL! Here I thought I was crazy for sequencing my DD-50 with a model:samples. But you made me feel valid. Gotta have those dirty drums

[@AudioPilz]

True, the AFX is strong in this one! Thanks for watching!

[@danielortizdecaracas]

in 1993 i worked in a hotel bar gig with a Singer guitarrist he has uses These Drum machine “guitarrista de sancocho” we called him

[@AudioPilz]

Lol, had to google it (my Spanish totally sucks)

[@danielortizdecaracas]

@@AudioPilz sancocho is a BBQ Soup for drink joking a party for village

[@jackblackguard8908]

Wow, I’ve actually been looking for one of these for a while now. I hope this video doesn’t drive the prices up too much : ) Awesome show as usual, I never miss an episode.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks, but I think you are overestimating the reach of this channel ;)

[@yosi1989]

YM2608のリズムと全く同じ音が出るやつあったんだ… ちなチップチューン界では人気のあるやつよー。理由は前述。 I found one that makes the exact same sound as the YM2608 rhythm... It's a popular one in the chiptune world. The reason is mentioned above.

[@AudioPilz]

🤔🤔🤔

[@funkdefied1]

These videos make my lunch break every Friday much better! I appreciate how you take advantage of the connectivity of the instruments you find. It really raises them to another level.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Connectivity is the key!

[@Cubik303]

The woodpecker gag had me in tears 😂

[@AudioPilz]

Not easy to find naturalistic depictions of woodpeckers ;)

[@GullySyde28]

you rock man on all types of levels one of my fav chans on YT AudioPilz

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@MobCat_]

yamaha.... ya mom ha... your welcome, now you can never unhear it.

[@AudioPilz]

That's how you say it around here (and AFAIK it's closer to the Japanese pronunciation)

[@MobCat_]

@@AudioPilz yeah it is. ascents make everything weird

[@gaticosmusic]

My parents bought me this one when I was 16 and I still keep it! Back then I liked the DD-5 as its big pads could be played with sticks, but finally I chose the DD-10 as it can record and store 2 user programmed patterns. Years after I realized the DD-10 lacks a MIDI Output so you can't play its pads and get the sound from another instrument! I regret not getting the DD-5 instead, which does have MIDI Out and could be useful today. I just was dragged by its sequencer when I still had no computer with MIDI capabilities. My favorite sound is the 'Castagnet' (white kit, pad 6) which can add nice low end to a regular kickdrum. I never expected the DD-10 to appear on your channel. This IS real bad gear!

[@AudioPilz]

The obscure sample set really makes this usable, even nowadays

[@vladtheinhaler93]

I got one of these for xmas when I was about 9 or 10, so this is real childhood nostalgia for me. I fancy getting into electronica, so I should dig it out again!

[@dorn_beats]

Awesome as alyways! But hey! Admit that the idea for the show was to make money with the old gear. Buying it cheap - building hype- selling it at very high overhype price! Good idea!! Love your show!!!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! That's part of the Audiopilz business model;)

[@dmares700]

Loopop for futuristic music gear reviews. AudioPilz for blast from the past trash gear reviews. Both truly spectacular

[@AudioPilz]

I'd do the futuristic stuff, as well but the manufacturers are a bit hesitant to contact me, IDK why...😂😂😂

[@OscillatorCollective]

Honestly, those tones can be useful, with a sampler and some effects… Be interesting if nothing else.

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed

[@Janitorscage]

Are there any other drum machines from this line that had the pads with the sequencer? Looks like DD10’s are few and far between and expensive

[@XHALE303]

Still have it, eating dust somewhere, i actually made some decent tracks with it, altho i won't claim it was because, but inspite of it.

[@AudioPilz]

I can imagine making some proper leftfield house music with it...

[@georgeisratemint]

loved that IDM tune it was like a love letter to Aphex Cock/Ver10. I would like it if you started distancing yourself from master/slave terminology and started using controller/peripheral terminology instead. It's a horrible artefact from previous years and should be disposed of.

[@zr4342]

Sounds like the rhythm section of the YM2608 chip

[@AudioPilz]

This sounds very plausible

[@snoballuk]

I used to have a DD-5 which was released the following year in 1989. Better quality samples but just 12 of them, only 30 built in rhythms, no programmable sequencer, no MIDI In, but it did have MIDI Out and four proper velocity sensitive drum pads. Although that's velocity sensitive in the 80s Yamaha meaning of the word - max velocity was 100.

[@AudioPilz]

Cool, read about the DD-5. Seems like a nice box

[@jackispax1633]

DD-5, despite its limits, may be the cheapest midi drum pads out there? Mine was around $10.

[@tomblaze2]

looks kinda cool - I used to get down with the slightly more modern early 2000s Yamaha DD-35 Electronic Drum Pad

[@AudioPilz]

Nice! So many Dee Dees!

[@robfriedrich2822]

Was part of a sketch, where the employee played always the 8 Beat and when the customer asked for Lambada, he found the same 8 Beat again and the customer accepted this as Lambada and said "I never would bought it without Lambada"

[@robfriedrich2822]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYerkoOAg6t1n6M

[@AudioPilz]

Watched this yesterday! Nice one!

[@SianaGearz]

5:50 who's that? I think 8-bit is about a fair assessment, from the amount of quantisation noise. It's just very bad sampling, very aliased. I'd probably prefer 1-bit DPCM to this with 4-bit expansion. I had a bad feeling at first when hearing the drum machine in the intro, but you made the best of it.

[@AudioPilz]

Some girl playing the DD-10 very passionately in a very early YT video. I like her enthusiasm. Thanks!

[@SianaGearz]

@@AudioPilz Ah ok, apparently her name is Ayako Shinada and she's in a band called "Mig" which plays junk instruments.

[@sheepkillindog]

The intro was rather bad but it worked in other applications

[@6pin66]

After this one they went to rubber pads , better midi , and better sounds . I got the DD-11 new around 1990 (I think) and eventually with help wired in jacks to connect triggers . I used it as a midi brain to trigger sounds from the Korg ES-1 . I played with one of these briefly and was rather disgusted at how crappy the hard plastic pads were . Why Yamaha ? why?

[@AudioPilz]

I have to admit that I like those hard plastic pads (just like the one on the Roland R8)

[@tonyisyourpal]

Love for the DD11 - still have one around to trigger MIDI by hitting something with a stick... coming next, the Roland PAD-5 Handypad, the drum pad/rhythm machine that doesn’t make any sound...?

[@lo-firobotboy7112]

Another machine with some similarities is the Mattel Synsonics Drums. Would love to see that one here on Bad Gear!

[@AudioPilz]

That one came up quite often, already looking out for one! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

I actually got the samples for this thing, and they're absolutely amazing. The DD-10 sounds amazing in everything it was not at all designed for.

[@AudioPilz]

I wholeheartedly agree!

[@texacomann]

Geiles Teil, der kleine dd10, klingt realistischer als Superior Drummer ☺️🤟🤟🤟Rockit

[@Timbobs]

I had one of those! But then I didn’t have one of those anymore. I’m ok tho.

[@AudioPilz]

Music making is possible without one ;)

[@ayyluckyboymike]

Holy shit your content is god tier as always my dude, I have no clue how you pump out episodes so regularly with the amount of thought and editing that goes into these bad boys. You should do a mini series where you explore the world of shitty guitar pedals, call it "Ill Effects" or something more thought out.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Love pedals, got too many of them ;)

[@lundsweden]

I think the DD10 is great! I had a later Yamaha drum pad thing with only preset drum patterns, no midi (it had blue pads). Sound was more hifi than this, but I think the DD10 sounds better. Gotta love the footpedal thingys too. Always love the bad gear reviews, always good dry and witty humour!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@churricardo1457]

Pretty sure delroy edwards uses a drum machine like this for most of his stuff

[@AudioPilz]

Good to know, thanks for posting!

[@droetkering]

Make some banger Jungle and Drum and Bass tracks please!

[@AudioPilz]

Not an expert in this field but I'll do my best!

[@droetkering]

@@AudioPilz this jungle / DnB dude will help you!

[@VictorFleur]

The DD5 (May 1988) and the DD10 (April 1988) were indeed the first wave of "DDs". I suspect it may be a repackage of tech already found in the low end of the RX line of drum machines or from the ED10/ED20 line

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the clarification!

[@emmarossignol4445]

I have the DD-5 and I kinda love it! Tons of fun to play with drumsticks, just wish it had a pedal control for the bass drum.

[@jthorpe4droid]

Excellent, I got mine years ago for circuit bending, I repaired it all but button 0, then my daughter claimed it 4 years ago and it lives in our living room with fresh batteries for random jams along side a pss-780 keyboard.

[@AudioPilz]

Great setup for family jams!

[@Skootavision]

I expected/remembers this thing as being utter crap tbh but I think you might have just blown up the used prices. My memory of it is a mate who sorely wanted to be involved in music having one and doing out of time finger drumming. Didn’t know it even had a sequencer!

[@AudioPilz]

Those samples pack quite some punch! Still a bit toyish, though

[@Skootavision]

@@AudioPilz was thinking that, but with midi in and a sequencer, it's better than a hacked toy, and without the solder burns

[@jeroenski3487]

I never knew there was such a thing as a beatar. Now I need one.

[@AudioPilz]

We all do ;)

[@nekurobaito]

Strap buttons remind me of Yamaha SHS-10, keytar from the same era. Btw are you going to review some keytars?

[@AudioPilz]

Which keytars would you recommend for the show?

[@nekurobaito]

@@AudioPilz SHS-10 or SHS-200 for 80s vibe (cheap FM synth with simple arranger).

[@DrUmSensitive]

Wait, did you say: "toy-like" or "toilet" instrument? Couldn't hear right.... ;)

[@AudioPilz]

It lies in the ear of the beholder...

[@s3nsec0rruptr80]

It does appear to be portable so it could be either!

[@Tape_Echo_Player]

Came for the bad gear. Stayed for the Drum&Bass

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@thedemyex9223]

The amount of movies you have to watch to make all these intros with iconic szenes Just wow

[@AudioPilz]

Fortunately, I've already watched TOO MANY of them ;)

[@eboyvolkihar616]

I remember I used the DD-10 in a dungeon synth track on a compilation album called The Green Goblet, it and the Casio Sa 10 and it was surprisingly well. Maybe chiptune musicians would find it useful

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, this channel is extremely under-casioed!

[@littlebubble380]

Does the midi in operate as a clock only or can you actually trigger notes with it? I have an Alesis electric kit that I would love to hook up to something like this. It would be awesome to play these sounds with an actual kit. I love the gritty, lofi feels.

[@AudioPilz]

Both possible! Have fun!

[@RayTheProducer]

Funky! and I love the Fox News Leg Cam. PS, don't get mad friends, but the dig at the Digitakt made me laugh. I had one for a few months, and couldn't make heads or tails out of it. Perhaps a contender for the show...?

[@AudioPilz]

Love the Digitakt but some of its quirks are strange

[@DonnDeVoreMusic]

While I don't support the Yamaha DeeDee-Ten, I did click the 1000th like for this video and that was quite satifying.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for liking!

[@emiel333]

Hey this is cool. I have a vintage Yamaha DD-55 in mint condition. It’s a digital percussion with 7 pads from small to large (5 inch). It can be played with ordinary Vic virth drumsticks and there are banks init for hand percussion. It has General Midi, two pedals, headphone output and line out, MIDI IN and OUT and very loud built in speakers with dedicated amplification. It’s a very cool drum device with actually pretty good sounds! I’ve bought it a couple years ago and I’m still using this old device once and a while. The pads are sensitive and really good responsive when using drumsticks. Just look it up at Google. Yamaha DD-55 it is.

[@AudioPilz]

A friend of mine had one of these. Nice one!

[@emiel333]

@@AudioPilz Awesome and thanks 🙏 for the reply.

[@johndef5075]

I have the dd65 and its a blast. Hh65 hihat pedal and kp65 bass trigger instead of the little switches. So much fun.

[@emiel333]

@@johndef5075 Cool! These DD series are absolutely awesome. Thanks 🙏 for your reply!

[@dunetwo2942]

DD and Dexter, Cow and chicken, Ed, Edd, Eddy... and Powerpuff girls

[@AudioPilz]

Momma had a chicken Momma had a cow Dad was proud, he didn't care how

[@giwake]

Oof, those punchy old prosumer -ish drum sounds remind me of TMBG's early demos. Have you considered looking at the Roland JD-XI? I've had it for a while and haven't really found much of a use for it outside of short 4-bar songs.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the suggestion. The JD-XI came up a few times, I'll take a closer look!

[@BleedingEdgeOfProgress]

Really wanna see you Korg Monotron, Kaosillator 2S, and the poorly working mess that was the Oasys PCI soundcard, as well as the MIDI sounds of the Sound Blaster 16....

[@AudioPilz]

Great ideas! Thanks!

[@funandelectronicswithb4894]

BTW, I just tested the current incarnation of this, DD-75, and was a bit surprised about how horrible that sounded and felt to play. For over 200€, that's definately a piece of bad gear. m.thomann.de/fi/yamaha_dd_75.htm

[@AudioPilz]

Good to know, I'll take a closer look

[@peterpiper0815]

Hahaha, no matter how ***** the gear you make it sound great *thumbs up* Like I said in the DR550 comments, this was my first drummachine back in ?????88 or so. I cant't even remember where and how I got it or where it is now. Had some fun with this machine, a consumer Philips reel to reel, a 15 Deutsche Mark microphone, a turntable from Sperrmüll and a 5 channel mixer (images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--V7G60Owv--/a_exif,c_limit,e_unsharp_mask:80,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_south,h_620,q_90,w_620/v1529433307/irlf8wdz7ctouuykfvki.jpg) and still have some (embarrising) recordings on tape. :-)

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Deutsche Mark & Sperrmüll - love Germany ;)

[@ezion67]

I had a DD5 with 4 rubber drum pads you could play with sticks, in 1987 the cheapest way to get midi compatible drum pads. Think the DD5 predates the DD10 or was released at the same time. Anyways, one could argue the DD 10 doesn't really belong in the DD line, you can't play it with sticks. However before the DD10 there was the MR10. It had 6 of the same drum button thingy things the DD10 has, 5 sounds and a whopping 12 preset rhythms. I still use a DD11, but mostly as a drum trigger. Though some of the 6bit? sounds (especially the chromatic sounds like Orchestral hit and Wurlitzer) are so bad I actually use them from time to time :-)

[@AudioPilz]

The DD range remains a mystery to me;)

[@_DRMR_]

Hehe, I have a DD-5 which is not even close to half a DD-10. Only 12 different sounds, 4 voice polyphony and no midi-in ... I've been tempted to figure out how to hack midi-input via an arduino or something .. lets just say it's one of my "long term projects" .. The most fun I've head by playing some of the built in rythms and sample those. Cut up as a crunchy backdrop for some minimal wave track. Kind of almost works.

[@AudioPilz]

Those built-in rhythms are really nice!

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

I'm surprised the samples are just 8 bit when even the Yamaha PSS 680 from the same year, has 12bit sample ROMs for the drum pads :o But still though… i bet it would sound great with some reverb added to it.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it's really dated, even for the time!

[@ChrisCebelenski]

[@AudioPilz]

Damn, Dubstep would have been nice!

[@chrisledbetter3775]

I have a DD-5 that came with drum sticks stored on the bottom of the machine. The four drum pads require a fairly hard hit so sticks are necessary to get sound without bruising your fingers.

[@AudioPilz]

Didn't know that, thanks for posting!

[@johngoodlass]

I also have a dd-5 and a dd-14

[@Atomicsuplex]

I had a DD10. Was about £100 used it for most of my teen demos. Don't know what happened to it, I think I might have just chucked it in the bin in the mid 90s when space was precious. What a fool.

[@AudioPilz]

It happens to the best...

[@astropo]

Beatar!

[@AudioPilz]

Did that one already exist?

[@astropo]

AudioPilz not that I’m aware

[@davidm3569]

I am the proud owner of one of those. Proud owner? maybe that should be embarrassed owner? I bought mine when it first came out, don't think that there were many drum machine products around, or if so at that price, I forget how many £ I paid. I was hoping to use it with a second hand Sequential Circuits Six Track I had. It didn't 😞 . I remembered about it earlier in 2020 and was going to give/sell it to an old man I knew that played accordian and piano at a hospital. Unfortunately Covid 19 stopped that and I wonder if he survived the terrible pandemic because I have not seen or heard from him. 😑

[@AudioPilz]

Had a 6Trak, too. Great synth!

[@coolelectronics1759]

its a boomboombox! I wish I had this as a kid, I got the kawasaki (Big Boom Bam!) instead lol. It looked like a big canon thing you would sling over your sholder and play it like a drumtar and it had 4, non-velocity sensitive pads, each triggering a 1shot sample, on the side was a row of pattern presets, a yellow 1shot boom! button, a volume dial and a speed dial. No cool midi or sequencer features but it still influenced me into loving music.

[@AudioPilz]

Boom!

[@TimJacksonOriginal]

TL/DR : does it have enough cowbell?

[@AudioPilz]

There is no such thing as enough cowbell

[@jeremyacton4569]

I have a DD35: 4 'hotplates', about 100 voices,. Fun percussion bongo thing, without foot pedals.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!

[@guyburton9394]

I've never understood the obsession with including so many crappy patterns on drum pad machines. Isn't making beats why you have one of these in the first place? Do people really like 'jamming' by adding some extra cowbell on top of a 4 bit polka!?

[@AudioPilz]

Many people were seriously using that stuff instead of a real drummer or for practice on other instruments

[@SvexTheDragon]

Recently bought a DD-11 which sounds way better (and way more 80s lol) than this, but I'm still considering picking up a DD-10 just for that lo-fi sound. Also got a PSS-580 which is a 2-operator FM "toy" synth with actual parameter control for the synthesizer so you can do a lot more with it than on most FM "toy" synths from Yamaha (and there's even an editor for it!). Other synths with the same synth engine and parameter controls are PSS-480, PSS-680 & PSS-780 (in case peeked your interest).

[@AudioPilz]

The PSS range is indeed interesting, I'll take a closer look

[@Mouxbar]

More cowbell. And did I just watch a video of a six handed dude playing drill and bass on a 1980's thingy? Yup, must be Friday.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank god it's Friday!

[@cooperofnavarone8616]

Aha! I think my dsr1000 has the same drums! Nice breakbeat jungle braindance patterns! I love this channel!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@alanshewitt]

“As can be found on bedroom producers’ blog” lmao

[@AudioPilz]

Credit where credit is due

[@GaitaPonto]

The DD-10 is kind of good compared to its predecessor, the DD-5, which is below bad gear standards. I know, I own one.

[@AudioPilz]

It seems to be the other way around www.polynominal.com/yamaha-dd5/ They made it worse ;)

[@s.fleming2441]

now possibly take on the Access Virus, please. I have loved using this synth, It's really great. BUT it is also an unstable mess to use in the "total integration" form they suggest. Also has been abandoned by the manufacturer more or less. If you look in the Virus TI forums you will find loads of people who both love this synth but at the same time don't feel like they can use it in a live or studio session setting because of drivers being old and the synth just generally not being reliable on a number of fronts. And that has also been my experience with it... :/

[@AudioPilz]

Always loved the Virus. I'll take a closer look at it!

[@alexwestconsulting]

rad. did you go looking for one of these, or did a lisiting just come up and so you went for it? This thing is just screaming to be modded.

[@AudioPilz]

It's a mix between those two. A lot of the ideas are based on the commenters hivemind. Mods will happen!

[@jessymina]

please never change the hilarious intros

[@AudioPilz]

Mörtal Kömbät!

[@benjaminbrand3714]

I’m not sure how hated they are, but it would be fun to see you take a look at the Korg Kaoss pad or kpII. The second one is so small it’s almost comical they expect you to play an actual melody on it. Don’t get me wrong, I picked up a kpII to use as a recorder/effects unite with my hardware setup and I enjoy some functions on it, but it’s definitely bad gear material

[@AudioPilz]

Kaossilator is in high demand ;) I'll take a closer look at the other Kaoss products