Roland AIRA TR-8 Tutorial (Settings, Sequencing, FX, Sidechain)

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[@marctronixx]

I bought this product on launch day and have not used it because of all the menu based settings. I'm old school and use all external gear (no computers) because I like to tweak with knobs and such. After watching this video, I feel less intimidated with the tr8. Your explanation of the basic settings really were easy for my limited brain to pick up. I feel empowered now. This is simple, easy to remember, and is one of the the better reviews on this item. Bravo and Cheers mate!

[@AnonymousAnimal1]

Glad we could help, don't be intimidated, make some noise and have fun! What's the worst that could happen?

[@sean6948]

+Marc Abernathy i'm oldskool like you and believe me this aira gear is right up your street, once yove learnt it youl never look back

[@neosashi]

+Anonymous Animal His shit could blow up.

[@colliemon]

marctronixx still using this gear 4 years later? Opinions on it?

[@marctronixx]

@@colliemon wassup mate! i sold all my aira gear years ago. :) i still use external gear and don't use computers for recording.

[@white-labelwill]

I got one of these puppy's and have searched all over KZbin this video is easily the most effective and most helpful top work my friend thanks for the help and it has helped me massively

[@mikeexits]

I tried using one many times at guitar center and could not for the life of me figure out how to sequence drums. Never used a drum machine before. Thank you for this!

[@187onasimp]

The TR8S blew this thing out the water. I had the TR8 and liked it so much I upgraded to the TR8S and boy am I in love!

[@Sagplaya]

Just got this product and really appreciate this tutorial!

[@alvaroalbarrandj]

Thank you very much for the video tutorial, I've bought the TR-8 recently and I'm producing my tracks with it. I've learned some tips with this video that I didn't know how to do. And it is fantastic. Thanks a lot!!

[@KordTaylor]

This is an EXCELLENT video. Great overview of the essential drum sounds and programming features. A cool beginner TR 8S tutorial. Thanks again. 🔥

[@proxxima038]

Thumbs up! Roland should pay you for such a good and clear explanation of the TR8! Thank you very much. The first thing that annoyed me was the need of sunglasses for the bright light of the knobs. The second was that screen saver. Spot on, really a good explanation where to start with the TR8. Rolands way to huge, one page manual, with too small text size can go to the waste bin... :-)

[@junglajuan]

First video i see showing real intersting features of Tr8

[@JammyGit]

So.....that external in feature seems like the magic sauce that actually takes the TR8 closer to the TR8S territory than you'd think.....ok so you can't load samples on the TR8 by way of a memory card, but you can probably do better by connecting a synth to the external in and probably get similar results. I'm no expert and have only recently bought my first synth, a Modal Electronics Cobalt 8, and bought a TR8 last week for £230, which is my first ever drum machine. Those 2 things should be more than capable pieces of kit....even though I don't know what I'm doing at the moment 😎👍

[@micy80]

I sticked an Elektron Samples to the external in and they sound great together. Opens up the possibilities indeed.

[@JJ-tc7eh]

Well put. The TR-8 seems to have limitations rather it is more feature rich then an original Roland TR-808 which makes it a must for someone who really wants the original because this wonderful simulator is genius for preparing as well as it is its own instrument!

[@theKrautwald]

Great review/overview of the TR-8 man!

[@martincaz7772]

Loved the feature side chaneing with the Volca!

[@lesyouri]

The sidechain + scatter is amazing!

[@jihadjoseph768]

Well I thought it was a great video, and considering most of my mates roll their eyes when I even bring up the subject of making trance techno tracks and, gasp, playing live at the local boozer/disco in Brâlia, Romania, I need all the help I can get. The TR-8 is a great machine but fucking complicated too. Keep it up Barney.

[@DannyBFunman]

Thank you so much I'm learning about the equipment now I'm planning on buying the whole set up of the AIRA system

[@TheoVoidTV]

I had one and sold it. I really miss it!! So much fun to play like an instrument

[@Claidheambmor]

It's one of those straightforward, great sounding devices, really fun!!

[@РоманСилантьев-о4ш]

Thanks man! This is a really great review!

[@savanaviolenta]

Love those beats,especially when you play the volca keys blends so nice.

[@Remigiuske]

Thanks for the video. Very nice and clear tutorial as it should be!

[@AdiBrighlight]

Thanks, I just got the TR8 and appreciate the info.... now I will enjoy and see later if you have more info on this one and other AIRA ..thanks

[@djrohannnunez]

Life so easy after this video thankyou bro any tutorials on d Mx 1

[@AnonymousAnimal2]

We don't have a mx-1 yet, thinking about it...

[@horsezanthus5040]

+Anonymous Animal 2 dude can you help me Please!! I can sequence the fx on certain steps no problem< but when i press the kit button and then try to add the reverb or delay globally to the different kit elements, nothing happens!! its driving me round the bend. Ive had it working before, I just don't know what I'm doing wrong.I beg you for a reply

[@aorue534]

That was pretty good and straightforward. Kudos

[@williamyonley5075]

/////This was totally perfect! Exactly what I needed to know before diving into this. Well done!!!! ////

[@sean6948]

fantastic thanks, simply explained for my small brain, the volca keys is going into the side chain as i speak,

[@toki_-_wartooth]

great video thanks!! coming from playing live acoustic drums i'm a pure n00b so this was very helpful for me

[@poussecafe6524]

A pro tutorial, thanks. the tr-8 is my next purchase.

[@MegaPhalaenopsis]

You shouldn't do that man , you would do a big big mistake.

[@williamlittlejohn5929]

Many thanks for this tuto,clear,straight forward....perfect!

[@ralphooms4776]

great indeed, it puts me on the right track to play with my drummachine

[@amosandy123]

Best video I've seen on this machine. Thanks!!!

[@jamescorrigan1724]

Thanks, great intro vid. Helpful. Also, like your shirt.

[@DJdoublevision]

brilliant thanks for a great review ...evcen down to going into the settings ,i got this second hand ,and resetting it has made so better playing removing the previous owners settings .....spot on ,brilliant ,well covered

[@Wanderlinse]

That helped me a lot. Thanks.

[@morganhuggins6367]

Really helpful video, thanks for making this

[@SobayoSowemimoCoker]

Thank you for uploading this tutorial, it was helpful

[@arktikfoxtrix]

Great video thanks, running into a few issues with some sounds not working, bought it used hope there is no glitches:/

[@arktikfoxtrix]

I am an idiot luckily :) - in channels weren't on lol great video thanks! feel much more confident

[@techstyle123]

I never knew that yellow cable was available for external in I need one now

[@thomask6873]

nice tutorial simple and clear

[@emildobranszky3656]

Slow Start but very Great overall Video! Thank you!

[@pleasuredunes]

Great video. I was wondering if there's a way to sync the delay time to a specific time divisions, rather then free balling tempo with the timing knob? If you're familiar at all with the volca beats, there's a hidden feature where you can hold the function button and turn the stutter's time knob to sync up to specific time divisions.

[@AnonymousAnimal2]

Colton Little unfortunately not, this is a pretty huge oversight :(

[@pleasuredunes]

Ah that's really too bad. Maybe if enough people ask for it, Roland will patch it in a firmware update. That was one of my favorite functions on the volca beats.

[@alzepop]

Great video. Thanks !

[@julianobortolato]

Great Video tutorial, Congrasts bro!

[@crosstalkmusic6812]

Nice, like this machine use it all the time in our music

[@blainewalter8933]

Thanks for the info! Great overview!

[@geluix69]

Great video, thanks

[@spencercrimin1067]

I found this helpful. Thanks.

[@Banksyyt]

Thank you so much for this!

[@iwillnever4getu]

i like the carnival lights screen saver

[@oscargoldman85]

Thanks for your work putting this together; a couple of observations @5:31 where you say "I can hit Instrument", you show yourself hitting the wrong button (you hit instrument play, you should have hit the "Drum Select - Inst key" below it and to the right. This was very confusing,as I was trying to use this as a tutorial. Also, earlier, when you are resetting the colours, you do an extra reboot to get into the settings mode, but dont show it, you maybe should have done a wash transition or something, as the viewer has to be paying close attention to see how you got back in to settings mode (which you dont show). How ever your wording and actions are well thought out, I know how much work there can be to do this, so please think of this as constructive criticism and not butthurt whining - THANKS :)

[@WatchMyBeers]

I’m a complete beginner with drum machines. I’ve been gassing for a tr-09 but I feel like the learning curve is much more involved. Would you recommend the tr8 over tr-09?

[@THEBESTOFJAY]

stellar review, great job

[@samochodylat80]

Thank you man, I'm buying it!

[@kerryschambers]

hey man, good review. thanks!

[@LavitoBeats]

Topvideo man!

[@mcabijker]

i just bought one! thanks for the infoo

[@abitpoet]

thanks for professional tutorial

[@stevenphillips3329]

Woe Gamala j

[@reinventing59]

Great video

[@robertlinnane8597]

thanks!!!! great tutorial!!!

[@jeffyou4244]

good review mate. just a little gutted that u have less control over the fx than the electribe. I loved the fact that on the esx2 uncut make some proper funky trippy delay sounds. I've order the try sonic hoping this might be more possible with that. but yeah tr8 sound quality is instantly brilliant. Nice one

[@kepler16b]

super helpful video man. thanks. quick question, what cable are you using for the side chain in from the volca? i have a volca bass and this looks rad! cheers

[@AnonymousAnimal1]

You'll need a 1/8 inch jack to 1/4 inch jack

[@Noisybatt]

Great review! Thanks!!

[@Marcelo-rb4sb]

Great video, how do you change tracks? if you r in a live mix how do you change between patterns or tracks?

[@congapaul5131]

Thank you are very helpful to explain the TR 8, thank you. How can i safe the new drum pattern if i want to use these for the next day? Has the TR 8 a memory bank or to safe the data? I discoverd if you turned the TR 8 off, is my drumpattern which i wanted to use gone

[@adamb2987]

very helpful, thank you

[@kbruff2010]

Thank you

[@Acekorv]

Blalalal look at me, look at me! Made me lol

[@Жан.джазмен]

I have to have one, thank you!

[@cristoffmusic]

Great video man, really useful! How do you have it so that the reverb or delay is only effecting one sound? When you put the reverb on the clap sound how is it not also effecting the kick drum on that note?

[@mrbreaker101]

easily done, press kit, then press and hold either effect. All the drums light up to show the effect is applied to them. Press each one to disable reverb/delay being applied to that drum sound so with just the kick lit up when you hold down reverb, reverb will only be applied to the kick, etc

[@cristoffmusic]

Fantastic man, big thanks for that. Really love these vids, keep up the work as I always use them for reference :)

[@Omriy92]

thanks for the awesome video! would you recommend the tr8 for those for never had a drum machine before?. i really wanna get a drum machine and this seems to be what im looking for. thanks a lot :)

[@AnonymousAnimal1]

I highly recommend the Tr-8 as a 'beginner' drum machine, it's easy to use and a lot of fun

[@Omriy92]

so I guess I'll go for it. thanks a lot

[@jonnyj46]

Great review

[@historicaandrelated2921]

Useful video

[@joshuashaffer6737]

i just recieved the tr8 in the mail. Does the tr8 have a built in speaker that plays as a stand alone or do you need one ? The headphones work fine . I am slowly learning and I mean slowly . But it is so much fun . Thank you for the video ! I need something very basic in order to get started and work with this machine I feel and you helped out a lot

[@TEATON1994]

Hey man, nice review of this. Im rather into trying to make my own beats and currently have an AKAI MPK mini Mk2 and sometimes have trouble using ableton and making the sounds that i have in my head.. If that makes sense, do you think for someone starting out that this instrument could get a good starting point? Cheers Tom

[@AnonymousAnimal2]

This is the perfect machine for anyone who wants simple, great sounding beats in very little time.

[@dame3726]

Thank you Man!

[@lagoonrecordings8438]

great video man :)

[@ZsiIrRuUeElLoOxX]

im a noob but what tipo of cable are u using-?

[@MAMANUNGAOfficial]

Cool tuto

[@anatavares6822]

Thank you so much bro!!! ;) You have a cool a clean way of explaining how to work with this kind of intruments! It really helps!! :) Tell me can we record a sample of an external instrument to the tr-8? And can we loop it? Keep up the good work

[@AnonymousAnimal1]

The Tr-8 cannot record or loop, a Kaoss pad makes a great companion to the Tr-8 if you want to sample/loop

[@88SPIKE]

Very good tutorial - I have one question.....Can you change kits during a sequence eg Bass drum of one kit on beat 1 and bass drum of another kit on beat 3?

[@zachboddicker4378]

Perfect 👌

[@zemarceloalencar6716]

Great video! Thank you. I'm restarting in this musical world... I just bought a TR 8 and one moog subphatty. I was trying to play them together via MIDI cable, but I think now this should be via audio cable, right?

[@xxkillshot5xx]

So I know you made this a few years back but I'm hoping you could answer a question for me. You can select your kits, and that changes the sounds of the particular instruments. But if you select a kit, and then start changing one of the knobs (let's say delay) would that change the whole sound to what you have live? I don't know if that makes sense. I don't own one of these otherwise I would just try it myself. Would you recommend this for someone who has no DAW or any instruments? I want to get into music making but I don't really want to get a DAW.

[@ViralVideoviralvideo]

nice job ... thxs

[@ramseykattan]

Thank you So Much ! Amazing !! Really Down to earth video i really appreciate it . Dude plz i ask for help . I am unable to save the patterns even after clicking PTN select and "numbers on " sequence " ? I stored some Paterns before and totally lost track how . How to Save a Pattern ? People ... Help ?! Thank you !

[@SileDevil]

awsome vid

[@Samuellupian]

Thnaks!

[@rudegunz]

its like a 'modern setting' and ' original setting " for the sequencer ppq.

[@ej1mshan]

i got to get one of these things.

[@juantromba]

best review!

[@djrohannnunez]

thanx bro any tutorials on d mx1

[@AnonymousAnimal1]

Coming soon!

[@rudegunz]

hey great vid! theres a setting I turned on and cant recall where it is now ..theres a setting where you can kinda mess with the internal 'clock' or 'feel ' of the TR. It allows you to turn on or off the TR8 original 'feel". Because the original TR had a bit of 'wobble' in its resolution or clock to give it a bit of loose feeling theres a feature to 'tighten" it up. It makes the resolution more up and down. I turned it on to do some recording using the DAW but cant remember how to turn it off!!! Any ideas??? thanks man .

[@reazallykhan8614]

No I disagree….I want automation .. would be nice. . Good review my man😂😂😂❤️✌️

[@bjjking1000]

is it a good production tool? or rather for live play

[@mikroskosmos5315]

You have the 7x7 expansion? I see more instruments on yours when you press kit.

[@eddiegomez4134]

I was wondering the samething too!

[@michaelfedora5630]

I like what i see and i was told at long & Mcquade its absolutely awsome to work with but if i buy 1 can i get a bit of training on it. For instance how to hook it up to the rest of my keyboards and computer equipment. Would need some guidance cause the staff just sell it they are not tech wizards.

[@lucaugoliniipinza5312]

hey man , great videos , i want to ask you a question , which sinth or other machine you think partners best with de tr8 ???

[@lucasknauerhase3220]

great review. I would like to know if there is something similar to the maschine from Native Instruments or push from ableton where you can just keep the bouton pushed and makes some fills with no need to write it on the pattern?

[@AnonymousAnimal2]

Lucas Knauerhase the Scatter knob does that sort of, otherwise you would have to write a 'fill' pattern and use the pattern selection to jump back and forth

[@LousyFacelift]

Lucas Knauerhase There is a roll function just like the note repeat in other instruments like the MPC and such but only for realtime use. When in InstPlay mode hold down one or more step keys 12-15 labelled "Roll" and press any instrument key to get variations. The more roll keys you hold the faster the notes.

[@reinventing59]

How about using all these features with an external sequencer like Side chain and the effects can this be done Thanks yours michael

[@jondcoderjondcoderdotcom2067]

when you said 9:42 that it didnt have the option of saving, do you mean that patterns cant be saved?

[@lilprocker9955]

Tanks Men