Roland R8 11 demo songs from factory ROM cards

[@tntturnip]

Really amazing sounds you're getting out of it here! great vid thanks!

[@MusicianParadise]

Thanks! I'm planning to do some more videos about vintage drum machines!

[@mallendo]

Thanks for the sound demos!

[@davidsalomon1484]

This video has been a great help to me. Thank you!

[@MusicianParadise]

Thanks for watching!

[@popcycles]

18:02 maybe Marrs Pump up the Volume basic drum machine parts were programmed on this machine! The song has around 15-20 samples from other record, and then the basic skeleton beat, which sounds like it might have been made with this machine.

[@MusicianParadise]

wow, sounds really like Roland R8 Dance Card! Great sonng!

[@popcycles]

@@MusicianParadise Right! Classic.

[@TayWoode]

@@popcyclesthose are actually samples from the old CR78 so yes they probably used this to program the rhythm with those old sounds. I recognised it too, still have it on vinyl 😂

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

This thing sounds pretty damn impressive for '89

[@MusicianParadise]

Yes, and the possibility of real time recording of any parameter with the famous slider can take R8 into completely new sonic territory

[@popcycles]

@@MusicianParadise Yes that slider, I'd like to hear more 👍

[@johnquinlan7433]

I love the brewer and Shipley reference

[@gibberishdump1610]

9:17 I might be wrong but I believe these are the drum sounds that Aphex Twin used for Digeridoo

[@MusicianParadise]

There's a probability he used R8!

[@unknownfilmmaker777]

8:36 that brutal kick sound, that is specifically from the sound effects rom?

[@MusicianParadise]

Yes, from the sound effects rom card!

[@yellowmarioflexing8626]

At 6:41, I hear the MIDI Cuíca samples. Ronald R8 is where the MIDI Cuíca samples came from.

[@MusicianParadise]

Exactly!

[@erikt211]

I always thought these were dogs barking and wondered what barking dogs had to do with Spanish and Latin drum sets😆

[@MatusDualRELAX]

which drums play in card 07? Spec. Snare and Toms?

[@MusicianParadise]

I don't remember exactly, I have to insert the card and play some sounds

[@cyborgmetropolis7652]

I owned the R8. Little did I know at the time that installing ROM sounds would wipe out everything in memory

[@MusicianParadise]

Ohhh I feel the pain!

[@RogerBrenon]

It doesn't wipe out the memory. Just reset it.

[@popcycles]

5:00 curious which rom card is being used for your sound exploration segment? Is that just the internal sounds?

[@MusicianParadise]

I believe it is SN-R8-04 Electronic or SN-R8-10 Dance; those are two of my favorites. Unfortunately, I don't remember exactly which one it was.

[@Wild_Echoes]

Apologies if this is a stupid question, but do these patterns/rhythms come as presets when you load the card?

[@MusicianParadise]

Yes, exactly! When you insert the card you can access the demo song and patterns specific to each card!

[@Perceval17]

Thanks very much ! Sometimes I do feel I should get a R8 instead of the R8M :D

[@MusicianParadise]

Yes, because of sequencing capabilities - real time recording of sound editing parameters is a lot of fun!

[@popcycles]

Nice tabla!

[@MusicianParadise]

Yes!

[@gjb5864]

Its like autechre really ..

[@popcycles]

Curious, where's the internal sounds demoed at?

[@MusicianParadise]

I think at 16:32

[@popcycles]

​@@MusicianParadisethat one says the Power Drums

[@MusicianParadise]

@ yes

[@popcycles]

man you're intro track is dope, that's your track right?

[@MusicianParadise]

Yes, thanks!

[@palbo7871]

5:39. 6:16 7:58 8:28 9:23. 9:50. 14:20 15:40 16:38 17:15 18:29 19:42

[@manuelsirotti9340]

I'm in shock fucking wow wow wow !!!!

[@MusicianParadise]

Thank you!

[@JeezVince]

Man we need a sample pack of all the R8's sounds

[@MusicianParadise]

Working on it, stay tuned!

[@JeezVince]

@@MusicianParadise oh man, you're a hero. Also, you surely know Bad Gear from AudioPilz, we need a "Bad patterns" type show, he is kin on it.

[@MusicianParadise]

@@JeezVince Bad Gear is my favorite show! "Bad Patterns "actually a great idea, but it hard to compete with Florian Pilz - he is a pure genius, I didn't miss one episode of his show since the beginning!

[@JeezVince]

@@MusicianParadise Oh yeah, he is the best. Great producer too! Please if you do a sample pack of the R8, would you be kind enough to put some recordings of the patterns with? I'm still lokking for those of the Roland MCs line, they were hilarious but great in some ways ;D

[@MusicianParadise]

@@JeezVince Yes, I will let you know! BTW all Roland R8 samples can be found on internet for free - just Google it, you will be surprised!

[@simonb1009]

What card used at 0:42 ?

[@MusicianParadise]

It's a default sound set with no card inserted

[@simonb1009]

@@MusicianParadise Very interesting! What sounds do you use at 0:50? It is tom?

[@MusicianParadise]

@@simonb1009 Yes, you mean the low pitched sounds?

[@simonb1009]

@@MusicianParadise yes, what name of this sound? )

[@MusicianParadise]

@@simonb1009 I don't remember, it was long time ago , I have to see if those patterns still saved in my R8

[@DaniHDZ]

Hi! Do you know the actual mapping of each card on the R-8? I mean the the mapping of the sounds on each pad. Thanks!

[@MusicianParadise]

Yes, but I have to go to each and every card to confirm it :(

[@DaniHDZ]

@@MusicianParadise Thanks for answering! Can we speak privately? I'm really interested in the mappings. Thanks again!

[@MusicianParadise]

@@DaniHDZ yes, what do you prefer - email ,whatsapp, zoom, skype?

[@popcycles]

So let me understand this. All the sounds are im the machine? And the cards are just playing the sounds?? Or these cards have new sounds that were not originally in the machine when bought new?

[@MusicianParadise]

The cards contain new sounds that were not originally present in the machine.

[@popcycles]

@MusicianParadise do you have to keep the card in the machine while you use those sounds? Or can you "load" the sounds into the R8? That way, you could hypothetically load various cards into the machine?

[@MusicianParadise]

​@@popcyclesYou can load only one card into the machine, so you will have the default internal sound set plus the sounds from the card. If you change the card, the sounds from the previous card will be replaced. Later iterations of the Roland R series have more sounds (almost all the cards) on board but fewer editing possibilities.

[@popcycles]

@@MusicianParadise 👍 thank you so much for the info and taking the time to reply. I wonder if anyone figured out how to hack those old cards, or copy them. Appears they can be quite expensive.

[@MusicianParadise]

@@popcycles If I remember correctly you don't have to keep the card in the machine, but you can use only one card soundset at the time, as the internal memory of R8 is very limited

[@mardobeats2944]

Lol that beat reminds me of goldeneye N64

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

All those sounds came from the JV-1080 so it was still Roland :P

[@beep1484]

買った時からずっと持ってるが、はじめてROM聴いた。ARIGATO.

[@MusicianParadise]

You're welcome 🙏

[@andersschroder2483]

Id be happy to pay for the unedited samples from the powerdrums usa card. Maybe you could sample them for me. I can chop them up my self

[@MrKrippe1000]

anders schroder have an R8 an the powerdrumcard. I use Reason nowadays but the software drums allways sounds weak. When i sit with the R8 and headphones the sound is incredible, this video doesn't make the sound justice. I used it to practice guitar with and it's like instant Deaf leppard 80s rock.

[@MusicianParadise]

www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/6uwd3t/the_largest_drum_machine_collection_on_the/?

[@simonb1009]

4:40 Autechre style

[@gueorguititov89]

Yes! Autechre it's the reason why I bought R8

[@simonb1009]

@@gueorguititov89 can you please make tutorial for creating beat on r8?

[@gueorguititov89]

@@simonb1009 Probably someday I will do it!

[@amonster8mymother]

I have the rackmount I'm not using it.

[@MusicianParadise]

Well, with all the plugins we have access to now, I'm not surprised 🤣!

[@amonster8mymother]

😮

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

All these sounds make me want to lower my ray bans as a hot girl wake by

[@MusicianParadise]

oh yes!

[@popcycles]

Yellow Tambourine. 😂

[@MusicianParadise]

Exactly!

[@DroneOn]

I spent many hours with an r8..

[@MusicianParadise]

I can imagine!

[@whatistau]

DREXCIYA

[@MusicianParadise]

Detroit!

[@SPAZZOID100]

Mk2 version is better.

[@MusicianParadise]

Yes, R8 MK II has more sounds by default and double memory for patterns. However, some purists says R8 MK I sounds somehow "better" due to downgraded DAC converters on MK II although I can´t confirm it in any way :)

[@acreil]

@@MusicianParadise The converter thing is bullshit; they're exactly the same.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

@@MusicianParadise Someone always says that :D For every damn piece of music gear someone says the old version is better because it had a germanium capacitor somewhere, or a different DAC......blah blah :D

[@MusicianParadise]

@@PlasticCogLiquid Exactly!

[@aki_gong6271]

It is not, mki sounds has a different thumping - stronger