Bad Gear - Boss Dr. Rhythm DR-110

[@AudioPilz]

Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel* Full Tracks, Extended Jams, Sample Packs: www.patreon.com/audiopilz

[@PNM_79]

Anything special coming up for your 2yr KZbin anniversary on the 12th?

[@mycosys]

'you can fit so many tracks in this thing'

[@davesandison2588]

T-shirts?

[@penitentiarychances9459]

amazing and so entertaining you really are great

[@AlexBallMusic]

Fun fact, I've done an entire album with this as the drummer. I won't here a bad word against my band member. We've been through a lot.

[@AudioPilz]

C'mon, you're going through "drummers" like Spinal Tap!!!

[@AlexBallMusic]

@@AudioPilz The Doctor and I have the most enduring musical relationship I've ever had.

[@Skootavision]

I remember commenting on the vid you did. This was my second drum machine after the DR55, which I gigged with just me, the good Dr triggering a Concertmate MG-1, and my Poly 800. By some incredible coincidence I found one this week which arrived by today (future readers, the release day of the video). I sat down to open my parcel and opened YT for my weekly hit of Bad Gear

[@old_romans]

hear hear to that

[@hyoonoot]

can i hear it?

[@2point7182818284590]

I always make it through the week by counting the days until the next episode of Bad Gear.

[@AudioPilz]

TGIF!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@lookapi]

👌🏼😁

[@stevehrach3771]

This was my beginning as a drummer in the early 80's - plugged into an amp and strictly live finger drumming in my first band. Ha! I never even learned how to program it, but spent many hours tapping on it.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice! That's quite ghetto!!!

[@lookapi]

😀😁👌🏼👌🏼

[@jeredalmeida1880]

Just like Roy (Futureman) Wooten of The Flecktones. That's BEAST!

[@wolfgangdevries127]

Same here. My friend had a Jupiter 8 and I had a Dr and a Japanese guitar. Did not sound too bad. We did not know about effects and stuff then 😁

[@pauldablue]

My first bit of tech, still have my red SH-101, I put a sample pack of this and a 606 into Zenbeats on my phone, it lives on, lovely.

[@AudioPilz]

It's now uploaded in the matrix;)

[@bowmanov]

I just discovered this show a few months ago and because of you I bought a synth. I blame you Bad Gear!

[@AudioPilz]

Guilty!!!

[@inthefade]

Welcome to the GAS club! May God have mercy on your wallet.

[@DavidKazantsev]

Roland, i guess

[@bowmanov]

@@DavidKazantsev lol no got an XD

[@wackerburg]

Only one? I bought like 5 now 😂

[@TobyBorrow]

This is like a journey through my late 20’s in the late 90’s. It’s a bit naff but it does sample really well especially when your using lower sample rates. We had an X7000 (128k memory) for that

[@AudioPilz]

Nice one!!!

[@prufrockrenegade]

The X7000 is a really fun piece of -shit- ... eh I mean kit, that should be featured on this show. They seem pretty hard to find now at a decent price though. I got lucky finding one at a thrift shop a few years ago

[@danielpirone8028]

My first drum machine!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice one!!!

[@DrMuse-on2dx]

Just goes to show if you know your art you can make anything sound good. You have proven this many times. As a guitarist I can get my sound from any source. Tubes, transistor, modeling makes no difference. Thanks, it's always a pleasure to see what you have in store for us.

[@graghamstaylor2341]

I had one of these back in the mid 1980s & virtually gave it away to get a shiny new Digital Roland TR 505 & later an R8 which I still have somewhere!!

[@patkelly8309]

Ulyseeeeeeeeeessss...Your intro's make me feel young again. Thanks.

[@EannaButler]

Haha the photo of the 707 as an MCB board!! 😊😊

[@AudioPilz]

That one had me rolling too!!!

[@System.10]

Awesome video as usual! I absolutely love the clap on this unit, glad you showed off its full potential in that ending jam!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@markstevens5442]

This was the first drum machine I ever owned back around 1985 - Had a lot of fun with it then too :)

[@lukeburkett5645]

I like where you snuck the clap in the theme song redo

[@lukeburkett5645]

And then for the verdict track, it's front and center brap brap brap br-br-brap

[@treennumbers]

The trick with these is to run them through a resonant high-pass filter to boost the bass drum, I used to do it on a Yamaha CS-15 and it'll get you that big booming 808 sound without any problem. The snare and hats are serviceable as is and the claps are The Best Claps Ever anyway. Liked mine far more than the 606 I had even if it didn't have knobs for mixing.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice technique!!!

[@rachelar]

Fun Fact:the external in and filter is the same for all CS's

[@Nilspils73]

Excellent tip, I ran the DR through an Analog Heat and BOOM! What a difference!

[@inthefade]

I have half a dozen sample sets of this machine I've collected over 20 years and use it all the time. Some very reliable work horse drum sounds.

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed, it's a lesser known classic!

[@josephwright5921]

Neigh! Watch out for those horse🐴 drums!

[@SynGirl32]

So, could you cover the Wolca Modular? It's easily the most divisive Volca out there, and there's a lot to say about it.

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestion!!! That one is moving up the list, thanks!

[@lundsweden]

I have the Volca Modular, it is definately good and bad- bring it on!

[@ChiefExecutiveOrbiter]

I still like my Wintage Wolca Keez

[@attizzoso]

I had that in the 80's: an absolutely honest drum machine, I would buy it again (at a reasonable price)

[@AudioPilz]

True that!

[@h2o1969]

The Delta Air Bathroom pedal jam was dope. TGIF, I get a Bad Gear vid!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!! TGIF!!!

[@RomanRyabtsev]

HOLY SHIT!!! It was my first drum machine back in 1984 !!❤

[@Ismail-ie5gi]

Aww c’mon I’m recording with this right now 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@AudioPilz]

Nothing personal;)

[@adrianbrown471]

My second drum machine back in the eighties, loved it! my first had been the Soundmaster SR-88. Don't remember what happened to either of them, might still be in the loft of my first house!

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, the Soundmaster - forgot about these!

[@KojiKamori]

I am an even crazier nerd. I been collecting rolands since I was 14.. I don't regret it. The DR-110 reminds me more of the TR-505 than it does the TR-606 and I can say, I actually own both of them. The DR-101 looks very similar to the TR-505, just quite smaller for some odd reason. Same sort of LCD screen, button layout and so forth. The thing about the TR-505 is that it is Digital and not Analog, and so many too heavily modified them but mine is pure original and pristine. All I can say is that the TR-505 is an iconic drummachine in of itself, and let there be cowbells.

[@adamoliver82]

These videos really are very good.

[@adastra123]

" That's as dirty as a Delta Air restroom "... 😆 🤣 😂...love it.

[@volttema]

Never understood the urge to get it modded. The thing is beautiful in it's virgin 1983 soft-cased state. Seeing it desecrated with monstrous external boxes, protruding wires and scrap-made enclosures feels like watching a 1999 Virus movie. Please, people, have some mercy on this one, especially when the rd-06 is like $150

[@voltijuice8576]

I can explain that! I only bother with drum machines where I can play the drum sound synthesis live, which is why I'd always used 110s that I'd modified. It's an electro monster, and being able to (for instance) adjust the pitch of the snare and decay of the hats was a huge part of its usefulness. Otherwise I'd have needed a full analog "drum brain" like Simmons with a separate sequencer and neither were easily obtainable. Having this functionality portable and battery-powered was a game changer. I actually came full-circle - modifying so much of the DR-110 that it eventually became easier and cheaper for me to just build a new drum machine from scratch. When I'm making beats on a bus and able to edit the analog drum sounds on my nearly 40yo machine, I never wish that it was pristine and on display somewhere. More than enough fun and useful gear is already hoarded by precious collectors.

[@AudioPilz]

These were SUPER cheap for decades so I can actually understand it but it's becoming more of a crime every day;)

[@voltijuice8576]

@@AudioPilz - The only reason they become rare is because people store them with leaky batteries, that's the real crime! I've brought a few back to life by repairing corroded traces on the circuit board.

[@volttema]

@@voltijuice8576 It's easy to forget about the batteries because the machine runs like 4 years straight on one set only ha ha

[@davesandison2588]

I would buy a Bad Gear t-shirt for sure.

[@AudioPilz]

I take two;)

[@mokujinsan9946]

Wicked Show as ever mate. I've wanted this little cutie for my bad but good drum machine collection for years. Prices are rising very swiftly.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@MrBrownAlliance]

great show, your use of Memes always is spot on. Well done...

[@SynGirl32]

I'm starting to think Boss may be the new Boss of Bad Gear.

[@AudioPilz]

Like a Boss!!!

[@couchcamperTM]

only because they are Roland.

[@RCAvhstape]

But plain old Boss effects pedals are still solid choices in a sea of hit-or-miss boutique pedals sporting fancy paint jobs. The recent SY series is among the very best synth pedals I've ever used and track perfectly on bass guitar. I also like the fact that they still look exactly the same as they did in the 1970s.

[@mrz80]

@@RCAvhstape THIS. I've gradually over the years worked my way thru a pedalboard full of Boss stompboxes, replaced 'em all with a GT-8, added a GP-10, and finally ditched the GP-10 for an SY-1000. Between the -8 and the -1000 I think I can do just about anything I'd ever want to on guitar and then some.

[@user82938]

The snare rolls sounded nice.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Really enjoyed that dry sound

[@martinbridgewater]

Back at school (god, that was long ago!) My mate and I were hiding out in the music room at lunchtimes, cranking out what would now be classed as minimal techno, with a Dr110 and an SH101, via a tascam 4 track mixer/recorder: no MIDI, questionable timing and no real idea what we were doing. I haven’t thought about that for a long time - those were good times.

[@GirlRaccoon]

Hello!!! I adore your channel and Bad Gear. Hands down you are my favorite youtuber and show!! I would Love to see the Korg R3 or the Zoom RhythmTrak RT-123 on the show! I really dig how you give such a thorough and earnest trial and description of all the gear you review. and your music is inspiring! Thanks for making a fantastic show

[@RCAvhstape]

2:10 I like your pronunciation of the word "balance". I shall endeavor to pronounce it thusly from this moment forward.

[@AudioPilz]

Lol, now I can't unhear it;)

[@TheAlienDog]

The Dr. is IN!!

[@vroenis]

Nice nod to JHS there 👍 It sounds pretty good, at least worth sampling for sure. I wonder how many of these & similar gear many of us came across in the 90’s+ when someone said to us “oh you can have that if you like, I don’t use it” & we said “naaaah” 😆🙁

[@AudioPilz]

I know, simpler times;)

[@ReverendHellbilly]

I got all my rhythm from this bad boy. I got one and spent the the summer jamming. Thanks for doing this video.cheers

[@adamkrasneski3679]

Now take that clap, run it through ur pod, use the treaadplate setting, crank the gain, reverb and compressor setting. Industrial magic.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice technique!!!

[@nailbiter82]

“The Ulinator” made me spit out my craft beer 🍺

[@heinzvoll7798]

I absolutely love the TR 606s hihat sounds. They stand out among all the classic drum machines of the time. Seems like the DR-110 hihat sounds quite similar. Cheers!

[@valvenator]

My first programmable drum machine. I was using the drums on a Casio keyboard before that. Would have been awesome if I could have synched them. I had too much fun with both units and regret selling them.

[@AudioPilz]

Syncing isn't that easy with gear like that indeed!

[@secretelitemusic]

Not something that I'd spend money on, but I will admit to having used a sample of that clap on numerous occasions. The sample weighs less than a picogram and only takes up a few electrons in my secret USB decoder ring. The Broland case won't even fit in my jeans pocket. (Terms and conditions apply. May cause drowsiness if consumed with opiates, barbiturates, or jello. Consult your pharmacist or quacktor if you are from another galaxy, or plan to visit one.)

[@AudioPilz]

A ring to rule them all;)

[@WesslansFilmprod]

Arturia ACR 30 Sequencer Controller? Is this a new product (leaked/just released) or something someone made up? Cheers Daniel, host of Eat and Listen channel

[@lairdkilbarchan]

Thank you for the sound financial advice. First thing Monday morning I shall empty my entire Bitcoin wallet and invest entirely in Boss DR-110 futures. My girlfriend and our unborn children are going to be so happy. Bless. ❤️

[@AudioPilz]

You are a wise man!!!

[@RaffRobinson]

Legend says Audiopilz got married with dat clap 🤤

[@AudioPilz]

I won't publicly comment on that;)

[@reggiep75]

I remember this gem fondly and it did what you asked it to, if you weren't asking for too much. FX and sampling got more out of it but it was quite usable. The Pope SH-101 meme was a belter 😂😂😂

[@adrianmccombe625]

Love this. Another great vid. If you get the chance can you do one on the Yamaha SU700. I had one years ago. It was excellent but limited at the same time. Would be great to see a vid.

[@KenDavis761]

Nice nod to JHS! I actually had one of these before upgrading to the 220. All sold now, There goes my retirement.

[@AudioPilz]

I'm still not sure whether I should get a 220 - retirement fund only of course;)

[@djlungo]

I´m a big fan of this machine - mostly for nostalgic reasons. And you won´t find a better clap anywhere else. By the way: Your selection of memes are always great fun and I always look foreward to a new AudioPilz video.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@s3nsec0rruptr80]

I actually kinda like the clap on the Yamaha RX series better, the one on the RX 21 is kinda chunky in a nice way

[@wolfgangdevries127]

Yup, I had one. Loved that clap, but did not know anything about fx other than (guitar) distortion and reverb mid 80s 🙃

[@synthmage00]

Haven't heard one of these in a very long time, and it kinda reminds me of the Drumbrute. Not sure what I can do with that information, but...yeah.

[@donaldpriola1807]

I have one, and I love it. Sure, the limits are there, but that forces interesting decisions. The sounds are pleasantly dirty.

[@AudioPilz]

True that!!!

[@deelux5519]

I dunno.....I have modded for MIDI and indy outs...I love it....Plus, though it doesn't have velocity by triggering different key comes you can get different versions of the sounds, Under-reported feature.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice, didn't know that!

[@j1m1j3nkins5]

There is no limited gear, only limited minds.

[@AudioPilz]

Wiser words have never been spoken

[@j1m1j3nkins5]

When I was a young scrap, and worried about "good gear" I had an audio engineer from Ardent studios in Memphis tell me "Gear is gear, just write a song worth recording, THAT'S what you worry about."

[@holythursdayz7023]

Nah.....you need to take this down...lollloool..the hand claps on this machine was ridiculous..... Everyone had one back in the day.....really great sounding box...

[@AudioPilz]

Out of my cold dead hands;)

[@MrChopemup]

I run mine through a Yamaha e1010 analog delay... I buy and sell so much junk stuff. But I’ll never sell this little thing. The matrix is very rewarding. It’s very inspiring to play with you can get some great beats out of this thing and helps in songwriting.Just the (ride)cymbal is useless. All the other sounds are fab ..... I use an RC 300. And then take the 5 V trigger output. And run it to the tap tempo control of the RC. And then I run the clock Midi out.. It’s quite stable. And in increments in about . 8 bpm . 108. 116 . 124 etc.

[@AudioPilz]

My sweet spot was 123 bpm;)

[@briannicholson5747]

The 2nd jam with all the pedal FX was DOPE!! Puts me in a mood of like an arcade fighting game!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@djlocodoc]

AudioPilz jams are the best! On a side note, you could never find these back in the day, at least our local music shops would not carry them. DR550's were everywhere and no one was talking about these. Way to highlight how under rated these are! The Dr-101 sounds so punchy on those jams! Well done!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Really liked the sounds on this one!!!

[@m2ad18]

I got mine from a Byron bay market in 1996 for $10.. still “works” although never gets used…

[@sparabo3780]

I always thought this is a pocket calculator, where someone weirdly forgot the 0 and 9, with a bizarre sub graphic display (even by 1980’s standards) and no pac man on it, not even asteroids. A rolandish calculator if you understand what I mean. If I would have known what it can do… I missed it.

[@lundsweden]

I think the screen is better than anything on the Korg Volcas!

[@sparabo3780]

@@lundsweden You’re right, that’s a big bonus over the volcas ;)

[@AudioPilz]

Hey, this is one of the best Roland displays of all time;)

[@thisisnev]

A law should have been passed to make grids like the DR-110's display had mandatory on all drum machines. Nowadays I have a Kawai R-50 and a Yamaha RY20, and boy do I miss my Doctor!

[@AudioPilz]

Let's take it to the supreme court!!!

[@henryvenn2077]

wish i still had mine

[@AudioPilz]

I feel you!

[@hollownation]

Been watch JHS videos all week so seeing he has the box has just made my day

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@thewesterj]

This was musically my favorite show by far. Just grimy AF ! I've subbed since the first ep and I'm blown away by level artistry you get outta these lovely throw away machines just to make demos for us normies. Bravo !

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@JeuneLysOfficiel]

Sounds not Bad ! Never tried one but Electronik sound Lab has a great Vst (Rompler) of it 🔥

[@AudioPilz]

Nice! Gotta try that - thanks for posting!

[@twinsismoon]

i have one, i love the handclap sound of this shit

[@AudioPilz]

Best. Clap. Ever.

[@chriswareham]

The band I was in circa 1995 used a DR-110 on a gothic rock track. We originally used my thunderous sounding Sequential Tom, but that broke down just before the session so I had to resort to the little Boss. Fair to say the lack of spearate outputs hampered processing the drums, as you can hear on the resulting demo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGa2eax-e8elnJo With hindsight we should have double tracked it, EQ'ed one track to get more bottom end and soaked the other one in some reverb.

[@mosesve1]

He has the Boooooooooooooooox! I am not sure if I want an episode of JHS featuring you and Josh, sending your collection through his. I think the internet will explode...

[@AudioPilz]

Big JHS fan here!!!

[@odiroot]

I would like to hear the first jam without the coffee cup. I'm afraid, it may have influenced the timbre or DR-110.

[@mudsh4rk]

Best clap full stop. Everything else about is... complicated.

[@DarkSideofSynth]

No financial advice uh... Clever option to get away with spiking up prices on the used market :)))) Great little drum machine. That clap is awesome, indeed.

[@gamma_noize]

Kinda Offtopic: Please get an IK Multimedia UNO Pro on the show as a follow up to the original UNO Synth! I reaaaally wanna see, what you can coax out of this synth! I guess, you'll find enough hate on the desktop version to justify bringing it on. 😅 I was hesitant on getting the UNO Pro, cause of all the flaws the original UNO had... Like so many, i guess... But almost all of those issues got ironed out and the UNO Pro is just an amazing synth. Especially the Desktop version gives you so damn much bang for your buck. I kinda regret not getting it sooner. I got mine for a while now and it effing blows me away! I get that the matrix style of controls isn't everybodys favorite, but it's not that bad either and dealing with that is totally worth it. So freaking fat and "mastodonic" it may rival the boutique SE-02. In terms of features it certainly blows the SE-02 and other similarly priced mono synths completely out of the water.

[@M1k1haus]

"I don't own a 606" Look at him and laugh boys and girls. jk. Do on episode on the Yamaha MR10 if you can get one. Yamaha's only Analog drum machine.

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, didn't know that one. Thanks for the heads up!

[@LFC303606ACID]

But wait, I take all my financial advice from this channel! One day it's gonna pay off..

[@AudioPilz]

The crypto channel of gear;)

[@daionsavage]

Friday, I’m in love.

[@AudioPilz]

OK, another melody I won't get out of my head for the entire weekend;)

[@raulgorgulio9834]

I really love the way how they made a display on that machine - there's something beautiful about combination of printed grid and electronic dots. I think it would be cool to see something like this on a modern device.

[@DrMuse-on2dx]

P.S. maybe someday you will find the YAMAHA TX-16w to play with.

[@benjaminbrand3714]

Florian in the TB-3 video: "To be clear, I still don't like the TB-3." Florian after using it in 30 other videos: "Perhaps I treated you too harshly." Great work as always! Keep up the good work!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! TB-3 is already a modern classic!!!

[@eddievanheinous666]

1980's box is more "graphic" than the new Boutiques 🤨

[@AudioPilz]

Gotta keep your kids away from it;)

[@NOLNV1]

This video taught me the Cyclone 606 beats the uli one Also that the TB-3 seems really great

[@AudioPilz]

TB-3 is phantastic! One of my go to synths

[@DerAykac]

He has the box!

[@ErikHawk]

Some of the best audio geek one liners around! "That was dirty as a Delta Air restaurant." Thank you! I love my DR-110. Considering I bought it for $50 it's definitely doing better than my retirement fund 😂😥

[@tobitweaks]

You are starting to become sensitive of unser aller gear addiction. Thank you

[@nickfbatombrew1436]

My 606 is a great but I might have to get one of these as well and let them chat amongst themselves🤣 … more appropriately good to see the video length is 909….👍

[@hillie47]

Thanks for the disclaimer at the end.... I was almost going to dump my entire 401k into this stuff. I'll talk to Nick B. first. He'll steer me to something PWM'able I bet... :)

[@AudioPilz]

Wise decision!!!

[@apoplexiamusic]

That was CLAP-tastic!!! The snare is also good enough to cut through the mix ans easily surpasses more modern equivalent, like the snare of the Volca Drums and the Drum Brute. Good shit mate!

[@leepshin]

Nice use of Ullysses 31 visual which has one of the most kick ass soundtracks of any cartoon series.

[@wolfgangdevries127]

First time a device I had is mentioned. Oh boy, I feel proud now! 🤠

[@romanbrandle319]

As always you manage to pull a rabbit out of the hat , and that crappy piece of plastic sounds better than it looks especially the👏.

[@heavysystemsinc.]

I bought one at a low price and sold at a high price and used the money to purchase my mansion! THANKS, FINANCIAL GEAR!

[@AudioPilz]

The crypto channel of the gear world...

[@JJohnkkttran]

I love this machine so much. It. just. looks. cool. I've seen so many pop up on craigslist for like $100 over the last 5 years and I've NEVER jumped on them. Now you're going to make sure that never happens again as you're right, they sound awesome!

[@AudioPilz]

I already paid more than I actually wanted;)

[@lundsweden]

I had one of these back in the 90s. I thought it was pretty good for the price and size. Its a bit like a Korg Volca beats about 30 years before the beats was released!

[@AudioPilz]

I also thought of it as a proto Volca;)

[@vestaarcadia]

2nd jam was so fucking gnarly goddamh

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@MCBrainpower]

Dope episode! Love the DR-110, been looking for one for a while now. Salute to the ‘…patterns on THE FLY’ edit • Jeff Goldblum is still one is the best 💙

[@snowleopard9749]

Who do I sue for making bad gear related financial decisions?

[@shnixbot]

If the coffee is as sweet as your filter sweeps - dear flow, you are on the edge of diabetes. Be careful!

[@viktorrepasi1979]

"he has the box"

[@acid2go]

Where can I order the Analog Ganja Machine???

[@AudioPilz]

There's that one guy in the school yard...

[@AaronSwensen75]

I love my TR-06 because it adds the clap and built in distortion (and delay and reverb), adds TR909 and 808 kicks and snares and some variations to the toms. It really is the ultimate 606/110 plus mods in an “official” package.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, that one is still missing on my list!

[@user82938]

When I got my TR-06, I plugged it into my speakers and had a jam and my gf was in the other room and thought I was listening to an album :) Top piece.

[@JohnLunney]

Also just got one, pretty amazing

[@mikemeengs5720]

My second drum machine after my Synsonics...man, I loved that little box! But I happily replaced it with a Drumulator. Ah...good times! Thanks for the memories!

[@AudioPilz]

Ah, Drumulator - sometimes you gotta get out the big guns!!!

[@drop-out4661]

I guess in next months we will get a load of tracks with that clap 👏