Roland TR-8S Guide / How to create a Tech House track in 30 min!

[@gwenbagus2092]

I'M SOHAPPY THAT YOU MADE THIS KIND OF SUPER COMPLETE VIDEO ON THE TR8S : THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEGINNERS LIKE ME WHO NEED EVERY STEPS DETAILED , AND YOU DO IT SO WELL. SUPER UNDERSTANDABLE ;YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB, HOPE YOU'LL GET ALL THE BEST CAUSE YOU DESERVE IT.

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thank you for your awesome feedback! This will give me motivation to create more helpful videos and great content. Cheers

[@nikotremora]

Realy useful for beginners. Thanks

[@ricardopineda8224]

yes

[@VimyScout]

The TR-8S is one the most versatile instruments out there. I have mine along with a MC-707 linked up to my old MX-1 mixer. Also have an aged Roland keyboard that I love to produce some great retro house sounds. TR-8S though, you can't go wrong. One of the best that Roland has ever done.

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

I totally agree, the TR-8S is very versatile and doesn't matter what you want to do the TR-8S always find its spot. For a drum machine actually pretty good.

[@markorendas1423]

Im not into house per se but like electronic music many styles. But may incorporate some elements into my music. Your vids are very helpful and always fun. Thanks..!

[@MarcusFenixGears]

Amazing thank you so much, just got the TR8s and this was extremely helpful!

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thanks mate, I'm glad to hear that. Just message when you have any questions. Cheers

[@djmumma]

Really useful and your videos are the only ones i've seen so far, that actually make any sense! I'm gonna binge watch all of these from the beginning. You've got a real niche here, as most of what is out there is too difficult to understand, especially for the entry level peoples! Thank-you so much 😀

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thank you for your positive feedback. I will start to make new stuff now. If you have any suggestions please let me know.

[@jaredthomas4131]

Thank you for sharing this! I am still learning how to use the TR8s. This has been very helpful!

[@TheBiftoff]

Thanks for your Work!!! There aren't many good tutorials for the TR8-S so i'm very happy that i found your channel! Very helpful!

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thanks for your positive feedback :)

[@IKUCHI-TRIBE-ICUICY]

I am so thankful for your excellent videos. I have learned how to use the device by watching almost all your great videos.

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thank you 😊 I'm happy to help

[@danielpad1103]

Let´s make a drinking game here! Every time you say "through" you need to drink a shot! :-D Have fun! ... Just kidding! I just got my TR8s today and this realy helped a lot!

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Haha :D I will try to avoid this... Thanks, I'm glad that is a little help.

[@proxxima038]

Cool thanks a lot! I've sold my TR8 and bought a TR8S 😊 So this is a quick start for me with your 30 min intro

[@MikeRenouf]

Are you enjoying it?

[@markwar6353]

Thx a lot ! Best TR8S tuto ever seen 🤩

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thanks mate!

[@TheMilanMovies]

Very helpful for getting started, great example of many different functions on the TR-8S

[@rjadamz9117]

I love the 626 clap, bass drum, snare even better than 808 and 909.

[@Tom_G_Hausler]

Use mine for ambient and dark goa, minimal.Drill, Rap, synthwave..you are the drummer! Eazy to handle. If you dont like the legendary Roland drum sounds. Use your own samples. Never forget its a very good functional drum maschine. Its not an MPC, or Polyphonic Synth.

[@meilstone]

Thanks for the great video! I didn't realize post-its also come with acoustic rating... 😉

[@andrewstanworth529]

I've just bought a TR6s to compliment my OG TR8, so your video was quite interesting..

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thank you for your positive feedback, much appreciated.

[@depoldersjamaan]

do you have a video where you show how you get the bass at posision 2?

[@KulturaRaztura]

Thanks for this, it has really helped me.

[@davishous1]

this a really good video. I been looking for something like this. I have watch all the great tutorial and beat makers out there . but your style clicks with me. I learn a lot with all the videos but this is helping put things together better. Plus I watched the whole thing, what long video ? done well is a great video now I am turning on my Roland

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thanks for your great feedback! :)

[@matthewsmith6697]

What cables would I need to record midi and patterns directly into FL Studio? If this is even possible - still new to all of this, thanks

[@MikeRenouf]

You could just use a standard USB cable to record midi and multi track audio.

[@DudeWTF1983]

Great video.👍

[@JakkRylde]

Are you able to make a track like Billy idol's Adam in Chains with this machine?

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Well... making a whole track on a drum machine is not so easy (limited functions etc.) However, you can try to make a full track but with all the fx's and so on.... like in the track you mentioned not that easy.

[@JakkRylde]

But do you think it can do all the percussion?

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

I would say only possible with samples. Eventually, samples within a sample to make up space for tracks.

[@brunobely]

This is such great content. Keep it up!

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thanks mate

[@EdgyNumber1]

Is there anyone on KZbin I can check out who uses TR-8S for anything other than house/techno? I'd like to see how this fares with other genres. I've seen Loopop do something interesting with this machine in his review. The FM percussion sounds awesome.

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

That is actually a good point. Thank you for your comment. I will create some videos with some new sounds other than house/techno.

[@poppoppy6946]

Great tutorial👍

[@ricardopineda8224]

Thank you., This is a great tutorial of the Roland, because you explain carefully, and show what we are listening in those explanations. Just one question if you do not mind: You rename the instruments with those yellow tapes. How did you assign each instrument? Why did not use the Roland's instruments or their labels? Sorry but I am newbie in synths. Thank you in advances.

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thank you for your positive feedback. About the labels, yeah I could have used the Roland original labels but it is much better to see for the video and for me... It's also like my style... Just like to label everything.

[@ricardopineda8224]

@@choppedstrandaudio4561 Thank you.

[@schmikeuk]

Thank you for taking the time to record all these videos - great format and well explained. The TR-8S is an extremely powerful thing, but as someone once said, power is nothing without control .. your videos have helped make that control possible! Would love to see where you have gone yourself with this machine, please post some more tracks that you have made!

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

I will i the near future. Thank you for your great feedback.

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Not yet, it would be great if this would be that easy.

[@dreddcore]

Thanks it was really useful!

[@tribeoflife1046]

Hi how you doing, do you know if i can connect the akai fire with the tr8s, as it would help alot when in fl studio 👍🏻💪🏻🎧

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Hey, very good thank you. I'm not 100% sure as I only work with Ableton. However, you might need a midi host for your Akai fire and use the tr8s software parallel to it...

[@hardcore_mxthafxcka]

Is it possible to arrange a full track of about 3 to 5 minutes on this device and then export it as a wave file to send out for mastering? Very helpful video. Thanks

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thank you for your positive feedback. I would say yes that is possible. You have to use a DAW for that. I also depends on you track BPMs. The TR-8S has 16 pattern with 8 variations in it. You could chain the pattern together or record some into your DAW and make a song. You can export the song in wav format and send it of for mastering.

[@sigismundfreund]

Is there a difference for changing the velocity and the accent of a step?

[@GolabKitsForTR-8s]

Good work

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thank you so much 😀

[@SebastianBrodtkorb]

Could you please help a beginner :) Why is it that I on some instruments only get sound in certain steps? For example: I have cleared the pattern of OH. I activate all steps, choose INST 707 Open HH, but I can only get a sound in steps 4,11,12 and 14?

[@xXvvoya]

Thanks for this video :) !

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Much appreciated, thanks :)

[@martheataca]

The 2 dislikes are from people who like Cowbell

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Haha

[@brandonmoss7976]

What is this mystical thing called a dislike? 😳 Is that from like the 2021's 😆

[@joshuajeffree9887]

Always More cowbell 😂

[@tribeoflife1046]

😅

[@Tom_G_Hausler]

Nothing wrong about more of this fucking 606 cowbells! ❤🎉😅😅😅 In fact we need more cowbells right now! 😅😂

[@bartjanbosch]

Great tutorial! Thx!

[@atomikrobot8016]

Wonderful mate..! I appreciate it..

[@mike_qbik]

Excellent. Please do minimal Techno video. Its flooded with Behringer Rd9 videos these days, but I thing Tr8s is far more capable and still deserves the spotlight. Thanks for what you do!

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thanks for your positive feedback. I will do a minimal Techno video in the future ;) Cheers

[@jurgenvandeputte4027]

Thank you! Very good tutorial. Greatz from Belgium :) Wonder why the TEMPO value is not visable....

[@MikeRenouf]

Thats because the TR8S is receiving Midi clock from another source.

[@PunkRaver1992]

Very informative. Thanks for sharing man!

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thanks for your positive feedback :)

[@twoHRdrive]

Maybe this is a silly question... but why did you turn the kick attack to around 100? One thing I am always unsure about is how much attack to give my kick. If you wanted to maximize the "punch", wouldn't you want to turn the attack all the way down? Don't get me wrong, I like the way it sounds where you have set it. I would just like to know how musicians/producers choose their kick attack times. Like, what is it that you are trying to achieve? Thank you, and great video!

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Hi, there are no silly questions and thank you you for your feedback. I turned the attack to 100 because I think that is the level where my kick sounds great. I would say it depends on the kick you are using and the song etc. I'm trying to achieve a more punchy and aggressive sound with the attack set to 100 which is a slow attack.

[@twoHRdrive]

@@choppedstrandaudio4561 Sorry for the late reply, but thanks a lot for your explanation

[@chilluminare]

looking into buying this thing. few Qs. the pattern is only 8 bars long. can it extends to 16 bar length? also, all the chords of the efx, can you change the keys?

[@MikeRenouf]

Not sure if the question is still relevant to you after 5 months, but you can chain variations to make a longer pattern. Press and hold variation A, then tap variation B: the machine will then play the two patterns one after the other.

[@pavelNek]

how should I save the track? i always save and it never saves the same sounds or melodies. every time it's something completely different and I do it according to the instructions :/

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Even if you press write and save manually the pattern kit and system? You may be in the wrong kit (not the saved one) ?

[@lifetakesflight]

Are you limited to 8 variations of you are building a track?

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Well, within one pattern you are limited to 8 variations plus 2 fill-ins. However, you can chain your pattern together and have much more variations to use.

[@alexanderschmitz737]

Hey :) Wie kann ich denn gespeicherte Patterns bzw. Systems öffnen? Oder wenn ich neu anfangen möchte alle Patterns löschen mit und ohne Instrumente? LG

[@mauakatakla]

How to create a blank project pls? With no patterns

[@sammybnn]

TOP, THX!

[@diegoaragon9122]

Thanks !!!!

808 likes! :) Roland approved.

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Thanks a lot :)

[@vincentgeorge3070]

Very nice 👍

[@nicofitness8346]

Top thank you m’en

[@Boris_Chang]

Too bad you can’t program in little OLED screens with the voice names instead of using masking tape.

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

I agree! That would be fantastic

[@transicaobanda]

Gostei muito de sua explicação

[@minimal3734]

It's a bummer that you can't set the bass line chromatically.

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Yeah, unfortunately. I just say it is what it is ;)

[@cesarvalentim9796]

I think you are not at 127bpm, but nice tutorial

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

I checked it again and my Tr8s is synchronised with Ableton. It's set to 127 bpm.

[@Blacky824]

Haste das auf deutsch auch gemacht🙃wäre cool

[@eightcoins4401]

Needs more cowbell

[@radiosmith8207]

⭐⭐

[@LoneWolfDion]

Why bother doing so many stereo fx of you're only going to give us the mono?

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Well, that is a clear production mistake :))

[@shinezacharias3118]

so this is the basci tech house pattern

[@WalterHemingway]

Why is this drum machine incapable of playing triplets?

[@choppedstrandaudio4561]

Hey mate, sorry for the late reply. The TR-8S is capable of playing triplets. The problem is the adjusting the time for the triplet pattern length with other PTNs. For example: You could set a PTN to a length of 12 steps. Choose steps 1,4,7. BUT than we need to adjust the time. The time for a cycle through the 12th step PTN needs to be the same with our normal 16th step PTNs and I'm not sure so far how to do this. Possible impossible.

[@WalterHemingway]

@@choppedstrandaudio4561 I'm am going to experiment with this. I don't know how to change to 12 steps yet.

[@snedward_owden]

@@WalterHemingway You can change to 12 (or any number of steps from 1-16) like this: 1. Select the Track (Instrument) where you want to change the amount of steps 2. Push the "Last" button on the far left. 3. The Steps will all illuminate green. Now you can choose the last step of the sequence for that specific track. If you pick step 12 as your last step, the sequencer on that track will jump back to step 1 after step 12. 4. Beautiful tool to create polyrhythms, as the other tracks will still cycle through all 16 steps.