Bad Gear - Roland TR-505 - Worst Digital Drum Machine Of All Time???

In this episode of Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools, we will talk about the probably least sought-after member of the Roland TR family, the Roland TR-505. Can we find some use for the static 12 bit samples of this 80s relic?
❤Thanks to Alf & the Kommando Elefant Crew for their support. All Kommando Elefant material used with permission❤
Listen to the full song: • KOMMANDO ELEFANT - Sch...
❤Thanks to Thorsten for being the drummer❤

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[@monkeyhammar]

I miss my little 505. Sold it cause everyone gave me flak about it being "Old sounding". Never will I bow to peer pressure. Now to hit EBay and find me another.

[@AudioPilz]

Do it! And mod it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/poG4inqBbZWsmZI

[@monkeyhammar]

@@AudioPilz damn you and your charming German persuasion.

[@AudioPilz]

@@monkeyhammar thäts wot wee arr known forr

[@withinthrall1445]

I will never call LED lights LED's again after learning about Lauflicht. Thank you.

[@AudioPilz]

Lauflicht 4 Life ❤

[@MrSTAYUP33]

505 is awesome, works so well in synth pop/industial/ebm/indie dance/syntn wave. i love the hats & snare

[@AudioPilz]

Well, mine has changed... kzbin.info/www/bejne/poG4inqBbZWsmZI

[@tinykarpo80s]

true!!! the best music for these drum machines is the soviet post punk music ! the vinyl tune acoustic with new twist kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ_XiJJ8hdiKr8k&ab_channel=ZvezdaPolyn%27-Topic kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3Krm6mGiamdbqM&ab_channel=%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%90%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8F

[@keniabalquier3172]

I know this video is old but the jam goes hard!!!

[@quickscopesheep5994]

Sounds very joy division

[@menaceone509]

It’s not bad gear, it’s bad users 😅

[@AudioPilz]

Sometimes it's both ;)

[@ElectricLabel]

@@AudioPilz No, it's only ever bad users. Anyone with imagination can make use of any gear.

[@torontotonto6189]

well id say its pretty bad feature that it sounds bad out of the box and have to use other gear to make it right but at least you can make it right

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

@@torontotonto6189 Thats the thing it doesn't sound bad out of the box. That's an exaggeration, i find that most people that have extreme opinions like this make shitty music or can't create at all.

[@m3e642]

@@kensmechanicalaffair its literally a mini 707 dont understand why the same people that praise the 707 hate the 505 sound wise

[@scunnerdarkly4929]

If you see a 505 going cheap it’s a no-brainer, just buy it. Depending on your favourite genre it’s sounds are brilliant or terrible, but that’s not the point. Assuming the MIDI OUT port works, each of the 16 parts can be assigned its own MIDI note number AND its own MIDI channel. That makes it ripe for triggering external modules like the Novation Drumstation as well as units that are a PITA to program locally such as the Quasimidi 309. There’s more of interest to the 505 than first meets the eye, if it has a working MIDI OUT port of course. Mine does 😁

[@AudioPilz]

Mine is modded to F so I contemplate getting another one ;)

[@sheepkillindog]

Good midi tip. Super easy to program too. Thanks!!!!!!

[@JoelEverettComposer]

Exactly - I use this to trigger Samples of higher end samples in Battery 4 for example - plus the MIDI Drum Patterns are great as well and recordable via your MIDI OUT into your DAW.

[@AnalogFlava]

Wait, can you explain further? You are using the TR 505 to trigger sounds from another module via midi 1-16 in the daw ? I have an mpc2500 but the damn thing does not allow for multitimbrality, I can only trigger one channel via daw (pad1-16 on the MPC midi channel 1 for example) So I wonder if somehow I could use this trick to turn it into a multitimbral module somehow since it does have several midi channels.

[@Pichuscute]

I'll never get over how good the production quality of your videos is.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@marguskiis7711]

The haunting sound of 505 is really underrated. The drum machine for Joy Division if Ian never did suicide.

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed! Very close to the 707

[@AlexBallMusic]

Haha, this was a very enjoyable angle. Look forward to the next "bad gear" review.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much. Working on it!

[@MePeterNicholls]

Mr Ball!!!!

[@AudioPilz]

Don't forget to check out the supercharged 909 version of the TR-505 kzbin.info/www/bejne/poG4inqBbZWsmZI

[@gon2u38]

Try washing the equipment BEFORE YOU MAKE A VIDEO!!! ITS GROSS!!!!!!

[@dj2bklyn]

love your song

[@wattage2007]

Back in '86, as a 16 year old, I befriended some buskers who were using a TR-505 with the note values of the majority of the pads mapped to play bass notes through MIDI on a DX100. Pet Shop Boys covers featuring sequenced drums and bass with digital effects pedals in the high street, powered by a car battery - I couldn't believe my young eyes and ears!

[@AudioPilz]

Cool technique!

[@rachelar]

Necessity I mean lack of gear is the Mother of Invention

[@theproletkulttn]

I hope that one day Rammstein actually makes a song called Lauflicht. Sounds pretty badass tbh

[@AudioPilz]

That would be an honor!

[@Seeattle]

I love how you actually used the drum machine in context with a song as part of your review. Tanks

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks, man. Glad to hear that

[@morten1]

1:53 That dry kick is awesome for many styles. A bit like the Linn kick. Soft but punchy, not aggressive or boomy. I love it

[@AudioPilz]

I really like it a lot but after modding it sounds like a 909. It REALLY packs some punch now

[@morten1]

@@AudioPilz Yeah ;) It's soft but very versatile. Can be used for both pop and metal with some tweaking

[@NathanJayMusic]

I paid £200 for one in about 1988, the sounds were totally unsuitable for what I was into (House/Acid), the tempo knob was really difficult to get the exact BPM you needed, and even when you did the tempo would often drift a few BPM faster or slower. I don't miss it.

[@AudioPilz]

The tempo drift of the 505 is legendary

[@DragonGrafx-16]

Actually the sounds are perfect for house and acid and the 707 which the 505 shares its sounds with was used on the first acid track. The problem is that the 505 has only stereo output. The kick is pretty weak without processing. I just use an expanded TR-8 for this sound now. I owned a 505 for years and it was good as a secondary drum machine to layer with another one (in my case it was the Electribe ER-1) and yeah the 505 can not be the master clock source it drifts like mad. I use an Alesis MMT-8 as my master clock source and while that seems to be 1 BPM faster than it should be its drift is only by a few points of a BPM which is great for a sequencer design from 1987.

[@NathanJayMusic]

@@DragonGrafx-16 The only track I ever heard that used this drum machine was Virgo - Do You Know Who You Are. The drums sound at odds with the rest of the track! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHzJn5mOeaabhJI

[@DragonGrafx-16]

@@NathanJayMusic The 505 has the same sounds as the 707 and 727 (not all but a mix of the two), it doesn't sound as good as you can't process any of the sounds separately Sure the 505 specifically might not have ever been used much for house but it's not a fault of the sounds themselves.

[@F-Andre]

@@DragonGrafx-16 505 was used a lot

[@TheBroDotTV]

The 505 is good. What you talking about lol. Great for house. It's got it's own sound.

[@AudioPilz]

I don't hate it, I just reflect on the hate of others...

[@TheBroDotTV]

@@AudioPilz Fair enough lol.

[@brianwredfern]

I used it as a sequencer in the 90s it had a solid midi implementation I used it to drive my asrx pro.

[@AudioPilz]

True! Nice sequencer for electronic music. Don't forget to check out the modded version kzbin.info/www/bejne/poG4inqBbZWsmZI

[@82flappie]

Damn man, you make all the bad gear sound good and you can even sing! Thnx for these amazing videos, and definitely no autotune:)

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@ThePurityControl]

My first drum machine. Doesn't do a lot well but great for that 80s goth sound.

[@AudioPilz]

Instant 80s goodness

[@midinzidaido]

Back in the day, we replaced the tr505 with the Yamaha rx15. We were in heaven, more punch and cooler sounds. Now years later we understand we were in hell. The tr505 sits way better in a mix than the rx15.

[@AudioPilz]

It always finds its place...

[@theothertonydutch]

I had a TR-626 and I sold it. Because I am an idiot.

[@AudioPilz]

Currently thinking about buying one

[@theothertonydutch]

@@AudioPilz Same, there is only one for sale in the netherlands. They hover around the 150,- euros still. 505's are more ubiquitous and about 30 euros cheaper but dishing out that extra cash does get you a lot more drum machine.

[@chadpescod-realtor3308]

I like the 626 better than the 707. You can tune each instrument making the kick way better than the 707.

[@spike3505]

@@chadpescod-realtor3308 Oh, and don't forget all of the percussion, Timbales and Agogo's etc. I also got rid of mine and I see how much they go for !!!

[@ezassegai4793]

normally I would put some salt on that wound but the pain is already too much to take for a human

[@Michael_Smith-Red_No.5]

I own four of these, and am rather fond of them.

[@AudioPilz]

Mod at least one of them kzbin.info/www/bejne/poG4inqBbZWsmZI

[@Michael_Smith-Red_No.5]

@@AudioPilz I was excited to find out that there are also eproms for the Linn Drum and DX. I'll look into it, as I know someone with excellent soldering skills (and the equipment.)

[@g10118]

@@Michael_Smith-Red_No.5 HKA will have more kits ready in October if you haven't grabbed one already. Honestly, super easy to solder this kind of stuff (large contacts/components) and individual outs on the 505 are also incredibly easy to do also.

I love the TR-505 had two of them at one point. Kept the circuit bent one :P

[@AudioPilz]

Damn, still haven't started working on the circuit bending episode

[@MoeShinola1]

First video I ever saw where a chart-topping single was created just for a demo of some bad gear. Kewl!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@einsteinx2]

Just found your channel in my KZbin recommendations. Instant subscribe after the first video and am already getting sucked down the rabbit hole of your bag gear playlist. Bad gear or no, you make great music across a bunch of genres, the video content stays interesting the whole time, perfect length, and the video editing is on point! I really hope this channel blows up, you deserve way more than a few thousand subscribers. Geiler scheiß alter! 😁

[@AudioPilz]

Besten Dank!

[@CaidicusProductions]

It's amazing how musically talented you are on top of your superb video editing chops. You're a whole package.

[@AudioPilz]

That is very flattering. Thanks!

[@torontotonto6189]

@@AudioPilz if you ever start making tutorials then i could really use and "how to make your drum machine sound more like rock drums" tutorial would be really nice, like version where you mostly use hardware instead of software and or maybe even "how to do industrial drums" tutorial. I personally have behringer 808 and only this week discovered how awesome it sounds with digital delay pedal after it.

[@byr5253]

I have always loved the sound this machine makes. Classic 1980's and I own two of them.

[@AudioPilz]

You can't have enough of those 80s relics ;)

[@atom_jack]

I think the MIDI out on my 505 might be broken as well? I really like the 505's built-in pattern sequencing, and I was hoping to use the MIDI out to sequence some Garageband drums but the triggering is broken, no matter what I try. edit: The MIDI out is now working properly when I use the Mio USB MIDI adapter. Still doesn't work with the MIDI interface built into my audio interface. The TR505 ain't so bad after all ;)

[@gainofdysfunction4135]

I had one of those bought at the Rogue blowout and had it ripped off by someone I allowed to stay in my apartment in NY for a few days. Lesson: never let anyone you don't know really well stay in your place, especially in NY ! Lesson #2: I should have bought a 909 they were also blowing out. Don't let a sales guy talk you into buying a drum machine because "it sounds more like a real drummer" LOL OTOH having a 909 ripped off would be far more traumatic now.

[@NEOREV_MUSIC]

Someone is selling a TR-505 for $70... should I get it?

[@AudioPilz]

Get it!

[@raycochrane3971]

I have two of them. It was all I had to make drum tracks from the 80s until about 2005. they're fine...the tempo does wander slightly though.

[@AudioPilz]

...it is drifting like a glacier

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

At a time like this, I wish either that my DTX multi 12 had more than the stereo output itself or that I had a power supply for my other Yamaha drum machine, the RX5.

[@rars0n]

I love that you're combining the Alesis 3630 with the TR-505. Nothing like combining bad gear with bad gear. I'm really impressed with not just the results of the sound but your musical sensibilities. Your style is vast and interesting. I'm really digging the musical creations on display! Edit: Also, you've got a really great singing voice!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@ThePrinceChet]

"Nothing like combining bad gear with bad gear" true statement

[@soepil]

The TR-505 is a charming machine. Used to have it. I liked this video and especially the hard rock song featuring the 505. Einfach genial! :)

[@AudioPilz]

Besten Dank!

[@angelog.spicolaiii8021]

This thing is so underrated the sounds are helldry so it does well with multi-efx machines like Boss ME-30 or Digitech 256XL. Best feature of it is it's MIDI omni mode as a mini midi sequencer it can't be beat that alone makes it a great trigger & all-time keeper for me folks

[@AudioPilz]

Dry as a bone!

[@alanshewitt]

Seems to me based on what it pulled from you, it’s a pretty inspiring bit of kit. And it sounded just right while doing it.

[@organfairy]

I have the slightly bigger TR-626 but it has the same shortcomings when it comes to the sound. I can't really say what it is.....except that it sounds like something you would find in the rhythm section on a 1980s home organ - which I should know about given my username :-) It's like it's missing something. Maybe it's "punch", maybe it's "bottom", maybe I just find it boring. I don't know exactly what it is and it annoys me!

[@AudioPilz]

Well, I did some modding on this. It sounds like a zombiefied 909 now ;)

[@fwjadeee]

3:35 we just got rick rolled bruh

[@AudioPilz]

That's the risk of being on the internetz ;)

[@ericMT]

Kind of reminds me of the LM-1, I like it.

[@quill_master9454]

1:14 is that a Rammsein reference?

[@AudioPilz]

Of course it is ;)

[@ElectricLabel]

The 505 is the only drum machine I like. You have to be creative how you use it. Spring reverbs, guitar pedals, amplifiers etc. and it sounds great with the Midiverb II. But its really only for serious people who are serious about serious music.

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@Droid_Behaviour]

My first Drum Machine, i was 20 when i bought it for 80 euros 😅 Since, i bought the TR707, the TR8 Aira, the TR606 and the TR909, but the TR505 is still in my setup ! I love the sounds of this TR505, the only big drawback is the lack of rapid and accessible controls as mini faders, or more knobs and the lack of separated outputs.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@MattGreerMusic]

I like these old EPROM drum machines. Some are better than others but they have a certain punchiness (usually) that in the context can be quite useful. In this vein, I have the Boss DR-220E. It's not right for everything but for synthwave it fits like a glove.

[@AudioPilz]

Have you heard the modified version? kzbin.info/www/bejne/poG4inqBbZWsmZI

[@killswitchmediastudios]

This machine was great back in the day when 909s were hella expensive, and there was a time, believe it or not, no one wanted an 808 because it didn’t have MIDI.

[@AudioPilz]

I know, digital was da shizzle

[@boriscat1999]

"Chase light" would be the closest English equivalent for "Lauflicht". If it goes back-and-forth then it's a "scanner light". older English-speaking computer programmers call them Blinkenlights/blickenlichten. a reference to a very old joke. slightly younger, but still old would say it's like Knight Rider's car (KITT) or the Cylon scanner.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!!!

[@jasecastle9173]

What? Nice guitar tones? AND YOU CAN SING???? Less Bad Gear Reviews and More Jamming Please!!! Long time subscriber.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@larryfinke6133]

Aw, I loved my little 505 and 707.

[@AudioPilz]

Classic!

[@nosebleed1242]

wdym this machine is great, a shitty dum machine would be something like those weird korg super drums, even though it clips at around +6 db it still sounds hollow

[@AudioPilz]

There's a crossover episode with Alex Ball about the Super Drums ;)

[@GUSCRAWF0RD]

This is my favorite video with no keys

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@NoSonicLimits]

It's been a while since I've smiled this much, over a "product-review". Excellent editing, clever "visual-puns", and yet very subjective-informative! Nice one AP! Kudos.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks man, it means a lot to me!

[@DoctorBastardo]

Why does EVERY German/Swiss/Austrian speak English like a British newsreader with a German accent yet sing in an American accent.? (Except peter schilling who is probably from alpha centuri really... )

[@AudioPilz]

It's a combination of Austrian/German/Swiss school system and listening to 90s rock and rap records

[@ryanmoran2403]

Hahaha great video! I know it’s a pretty lame machine but yet I LOVE IT!! Just bought one pretty cheap in mint condition 🌝

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Nice!!!

[@soundfx68]

505 snare; short, sharp love it!

[@AudioPilz]

😻😻😻

[@pete2070]

I think my alesis sr16 (newer model) is the worst D/M in the world! When I've connected my synth and got the midi on the d/m going, it's fine for a while. Then I hit another note on the synth and... whoa!!... drum machine has stopped! And it keeps on doing it! I've shoved it in a drawer now and am using a different drummer!!

[@AudioPilz]

The SR16 is a mixed bag. Great and functional sounds but the sequencer is terrible

[@darrenbrown7134]

Any chance to review a BOSS DR-110. Now that was a limited machine although it predated all the mini sized Korg stuff by a couple decades 😂! I managed to get some nice tunes out of it with pedals of course!

[@AudioPilz]

Great idea, I'll take a closer look!

[@automaton111]

Sounds good in that genre of music. I wonder if it can work in today’s retro futuristic genres. Have you reviewed the Kawai R-100 series known for industrial music drum sounds?

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestion, thank you!!!

[@virgilwilliams2378]

At lease with the Yamaha RY10 you have different drum patches that you can tune. Uh Roland.. Step up your game. This machine sucks.

[@AudioPilz]

True that!

[@gilbertotoledo1421]

Huh so you do play guitar! I knew it!! Sorry I remembered your SR-16 video where you just sampled a guitar and thought maybe you didn't know how to play it. Lol

[@AudioPilz]

I don't really know how to play it which doesn't mean that I don't do it;)

[@mikemeengs4124]

Mattel's Synsonic "drum machine" was worse. WAY worse. THE worst.

[@AudioPilz]

I only heard the legends...

[@birdie17uk]

I hate this box. Hate it. I part exchanged my Pro One for one at Notting Hill music exchange in 1990. I hate myself more though.

[@AudioPilz]

No need for self-hate. Deals like this were pretty common in '90

[@sr7bbird]

did not say why the 505 was bad!! just a bunch of random clips. matter of fact, i have a arturia beatstep pro and was still thinking about finding a roland 505 because you can change the midi note each pad sends out on the fly with-out hooking it up to a computer. that is something i thought i could do with the beat step!!! so, the roland tr 505 WINS!!!

[@AudioPilz]

I don't hate it - I just reflect on the hate. To be honest I really like it a lot. Had the 505/BeatstepPro combination in the latest video about modding the 505. Works like a charm

[@AlbertSirup]

i bought this like 5 years ago... it has a special place in my heart but i barely use it... i can't even really use it as a midi-controller because the midi latency is so bad.

[@AudioPilz]

Mod it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/poG4inqBbZWsmZI

[@jacobwhite9159]

i actually picked up a 505 for like 30 bucks years back, it has some kind of burn mark on the screen but works fine, I'm gonna mod this thing to hell now

[@AudioPilz]

Nice find!

[@keyboardkingpin]

Yall sleeping on the TR-505! Love making beats with it!

[@AudioPilz]

Classic!!!

[@erroneousbosh]

8 bit samples, not even 12 bit.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the clarification. I became aware of that while working on the EPROM mod episode kzbin.info/www/bejne/poG4inqBbZWsmZI

[@mapache_al_ataque]

I love my TR 505. The screen is very dim ( crystals leaking maybe?) so its a hard time setting it up from the panel, Therefore I sequence it via MIDI using SEQ24 .

[@AudioPilz]

Oh, a Linux aficionado...

[@HighWigsell]

had one of these back in the early 90s.... found memories of it, but no way I'd buy one again, especially considering how much they are going for now.... think I'll stick to my Elektron Digitakt

[@AudioPilz]

Digitakt is so great!

[@romanbrandle319]

Oh yeah, bass chords is it a tribute to Lemmy from motorhead, I don't know if he'd approve of drum machines?.

[@AudioPilz]

I think he was strictly anti-drum machine (in contrast to guys like ZZ Top)

[@UnitedPebbles]

So you saying after chaining and coupling some fx modules and filter-it sounded decent and it does not cost expensive NYC or Cal sq footage?

[@AudioPilz]

Prices of these have risen quite a bit

[@72cpugeek]

lol this a funny channel !! but the facts on bad gear !

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@DrUmSensitive]

Warte eine Sekunde! Are You telling me I am a idiot for having just bought a TR505 from Austria for 150€ since I already own a TR 707?! IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?!?!?! That I risked being murdered by my wife for nothing?! 😮 Please tell me it isn't so! :(

[@AudioPilz]

You are safe, it’s got a few latin samples from the TR-727 too. Totally worth it!

[@DrUmSensitive]

You almost gave me a heart attack! :) Man, but really, all jokes aside, that singing of yours... Very impressive. I would definitely like to have you singing on a project. Or a 100 projects. :)

[@MadSoundFactory]

My first drum machine

[@monomixer]

Sounds shitty. By default! This is probably why metalheads hate drum machines

[@AudioPilz]

Being the synthhead I am, I am still in a healthy relationship with the drummer of my old band

[@stuffonmystuff]

Yet another from your series I've had the pleasure to own. My quickest turnaround on gear ownership, I burnt the chip out the day after I got it when I thought I could lern2bend just by connecting one solder point to the next. This was back in the affordable days and an important lesson that couldn't have happened to a worse piece of gear 🤮

[@AudioPilz]

Tragic!

[@calyx93]

It holds a special memory slot for me - used it with a Mirage and S-10 for simple bassline sequencing and drums. Took a lot of processing, but it was rock solid and did the job well!

[@AudioPilz]

80s homestudio workhorse

[@angelog.spicolaiii8021]

Did the same thing 'cept with Kurz K2k still doin' to this day good setup for me thanx dude.

[@angelog.spicolaiii8021]

@@AudioPilz...as stated in previous reply with a Kurz K2k it's a '90's studio workhorse' as well as it is in this day & age thanx dude.

[@mikebass8881]

Waldorf Rocket! I have one! Is it bad gear or not? Should we expect a new review to appear on а rocket?)))

[@AudioPilz]

Always did that one. Love it (it's bad tho;)

[@MichaelSouhoka]

At least 505 is a value version of 707 and 727 in a compact size, but 626 is much better.

[@AudioPilz]

It indeed sounds quite similar to the 707!

[@MrTheChosenOne23]

Awesome, even as someone who never used anything else than a reloop mixage 😂 can you do a video on the jungle beat thing?

[@timopaananenmusic]

Man. That's a really shitty drum machine. I love it!

[@AudioPilz]

One man's trash is another man's treasure ;)

[@tonyjackson5261]

I don't agree with this. It was meant to be a basic intro Drum Machine. It sounds like your expecting for to be something it is not which is preform like a more expensive Drum Machine. Which it is not. If you want all those bells and whistles than you have to pay the money for them.

[@AudioPilz]

I really like the 505 in its original form. Nevertheless, it's my favorite drum machine since it got the 909 treatment kzbin.info/www/bejne/poG4inqBbZWsmZI

[@dj2bklyn]

maybe the worst but it was most famous and used by every 80s record in history

[@AudioPilz]

True that!

[@robotgrass]

Drum sounds on the 505 sounds like the real thing. A snare sounds like a snare - The Arturia snare sounds like a hiss, and no modeling of the sounds will help.

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed! Works great with "normal" music

[@christofferainek]

It’s a very cool piece of gear indeed. I stuck a rom hack in it and now have the option of using both Linn and DMX samples at the flick of a switch. Usually I just sequence it with my BSP and that’s just fine most of the time. Individual outs is a simple and very usable mod that’s next on the todo-list.

[@AudioPilz]

Got mine hacked too! Great!

[@ActionlessLoveless]

so when gonna be Zoom 5-OG-5 episode? also speaking of autotune -- boss have some vocal pedals with quite cringy autotune, but idk if they're popular enough for the bad gear

[@AudioPilz]

The Zoom is on my list, thanks! There's an episode on the Roland VT-3, crappy enough?;)

[@ActionlessLoveless]

@@AudioPilz checked the episode now -- indeed sounds quite similar, just boss have couple more knobs, but not worthy separate review :)

[@Lhenndyn]

Abviously you have to talk about a Bontapi... Any gear will do the job (Fun fact, in french it means "wathever"... Perfect name.)

[@AudioPilz]

You mean bontempi?

[@Lhenndyn]

AudioPilz yes, that’s it, thanks to the auto corrector... I don’t know for the US, but in France it’s the reference for bad synth :)

[@beauwhitlock5034]

Autotune=Bad Gear Melodyne= Sweet Plugin

[@AudioPilz]

Melodyne is almost too powerful by now

[@s3nsec0rruptr80]

I kinda dig that snare, honestly. Throw a little pitch shifting on there for that Prince style detuned snare...not that I'm comparing it to a Linn lol

[@AudioPilz]

Why not?!? ;)

[@areadenial2343]

Holy crap, I randomly came across this video and it is bursting with quality! My guy, you've earned a like and subscription from me.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@videomove]

absolutely NO!! and hell yes, the worst fosho!

[@AudioPilz]

Fosho!

[@sirjellybeans1st19]

When I had mine I discovered by accident that when it was near a uv lamp it actually pitched up the drum sounds and made them snappier sort of like what you would hear on early Prodigy stuff. I sold it in the end for a Dr Rhythm that had no midi capabilities but had sounds that were excellent especially the clap sounds

[@AudioPilz]

Interesting! I have to try that!

[@kaitlyn__L]

Haha, I bet that was radio interference from the ballast

[@TheSunshineGroup]

Found one of these at a local music shop. I thought it sounded horrible. But then I heard the clap. I believe this to be my favorite Clap in all the TR drum series. Hmmmm. I brought my MPC and sampled it :)

[@AudioPilz]

Don't forget to check out the TR505 mod episode. It sounds epic now kzbin.info/www/bejne/poG4inqBbZWsmZI

[@mattzr1550]

You could also just use the endless roland samples found in any daw nowadays

[@TheSunshineGroup]

@@mattzr1550 ....thats no fun

[@xisotopex]

black metal must be always during the blackest frost forlorn forests of the bitter north!

[@AudioPilz]

Trve Kvlt!!!

[@breakalime]

I just got one of these FOR FREE on Facebook marketplace? 😱

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@glenesis]

Yes. It's horrible. Sell me a mint one for cheap please.

[@AudioPilz]

Mine sounds like a 909 now ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/poG4inqBbZWsmZI

[@DietSodium]

Damn! This deserves A LOT MORE views!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@sheepkillindog]

Ngl, just bought one and it’s awesome!! Got the eprom package that emulates linn drum and a few others. It sounds so good paired with my Rhythm Wolf.

[@AudioPilz]

Cool, I need to get a more versatile eprom update too!

[@patrikknoerr9777]

Is it wrong to say that I like the sound of the machine? I can't hear anything wrong there - perfectly cheap 80s sounds suitable for any synth before 1985.

[@enverrrrrrrr]

Japanese Pop group ZIN-SÄY!’s keyboardist Kim Glison used this before her husband Hitori Etsu joined on drums. You can hear this on their song Merry (メリー), which is the last song on their 1988 release As A Face… (顔として･･･)

[@josejuan4405]

You play guitar very well. Said by another guitar player. 👍

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@gregoryromero9709]

LOL. this is the FIRST piece of gear i ever owned. :')

[@AudioPilz]

Nice, not the worst starting point!