Why Roland T-8 is the best thing since sliced bread

[@djkanyon]

Shout out to my good friend Wyatt Crow www.youtube.com/@Wyatt.Crow., we wrote a lot of songs with each other

[@__teles__]

DOn't stop with these videos. They are great.

[@djkanyon]

thanks bro! another one in the making

[@mkfort]

Love the memes, brother. I think you sold me!

[@djkanyon]

it was a pain to find\create them but it's worth it!

[@joefather6084]

I think the comparison to the RD-6 sound and space wise is really good. New sub! :)

[@djkanyon]

i wish i did more of that but hey it was too long anyway!

[@BigMuff520]

I’m a recovered analog purist. Roland ACB digital is far superior to analog, even Zen Core. I’ve been using Roland gear since 1987.

[@djkanyon]

Same here... been there... and i was disappointed in ZenCore. I mean it's good for Phantoms and other monsters that carries a bunch of powerfull DSPs on board, but for weaker gear or vst it's just lame sometimes. But ACB is too good to be abandoned and it's good that Roland still uses it! I don't remember 1987 much... i was six then... was there any big Roland fan base back there?

[@BigMuff520]

@@djkanyon lol I was 17 and we were not Roland fanboys, we were just using whatever drum machines we could get. At the time, TR-808, 909, and esp 606 were cheap pawn shop scores. I couldn’t afford an EMU or DMX. We grew into loving Roland because we could obtain them. I always wanted a SP-1200 sampler or Oberhei DMX, but by the time I could afford one of those, I was accustomed to Roland gear.

[@djkanyon]

@@BigMuff520 thanks man,. that's actually kinda funny... Roland doing something affordable... and thus kinda sliding in the big league... hmmm

[@BigMuff520]

@@djkanyon 808 and 909 were expensive on release but they were a flop and so cheap second hand until entire genres were built around them. The 707 was never cheap then. 606 was always a budget machine.

[@djkanyon]

thank for the info! nice insight

[@dashlaru2]

Have you gotten the Donner b1 to sync with the T8 baseline? That would be a great combo!

[@djkanyon]

i absolutely did! Donner B-1 and T8 are present in almost all of my jams and it is highly recommended fro everyone to try!

[@weederian123]

man i have been watching that t8 for some time thinking about buying it. but then the Bad Gear show gave it a bad vibe and i was hesitant..... until i saw your video. I ordered it today ! 😂

[@djkanyon]

haha bro no intentions to make people buy stuff, but hell, this one is too cheap to miss

[@jjbing3]

I just sold mine and bought another S1. The T8 is the weakest link. It needs more drum sounds.

[@djkanyon]

@@jjbing3 have the s-1 too! and funny thing them two does not goes together like at all at least to my ear!

[@LSD555698]

SHOCK, IT"S TRULY NICE REVIEW WITHOUT 6 HOURS AMBIENT DRUM JAM, BUT WITH DIRECT COMPARISON WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS)))) IT"S UNLAWFUL))))

[@djkanyon]

yup but i think that that guy is NOT FAMOUS. RIGHT?

[@HerrDext3r]

The disclaimer for this video killed me xD

[@djkanyon]

sad but true!

[@kidzorro]

I thought about selling the T-8, but later changed my mind after realizing it is probably the most efficient piece of gear I have. Like you said, the sound is very soothing, and you can get immediate results. If you want something a bit fancier, you can always layer other sounds on top from a sampler.

[@djkanyon]

yup, soothing sounds kinda took me off guard, so good for dub techno and relaxing beats without harshness.... also i can't see a point of selling smol cheap gear, it's better to have one than to need it

[@Digiphex]

Good one.

[@djkanyon]

thanks!

[@EdwardAlexander-ABF]

As a Drambo on iPad user, I don’t need any of this, but I did watch the entire video and was thoroughly entertained. I dig your sense of humor! I actually low key kinda want one of these now 😂

[@djkanyon]

thanks bro! BTW Drumbo rules!

[@synthsamuraiproductions]

Great sounds on these small machines

[@djkanyon]

old school ACB!

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

My favourite drum machine is so versatile and isn't that big, you can edit every sound with no problems. You're all asking but what is it? Ableton on a laptop.

[@djkanyon]

Bro i love Ableton kick! But the overall workflow is killing me

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

@@djkanyon you have to find what works for you. I have been with them since version 4 and I'm used to it.

[@djkanyon]

@@b00ts4ndc4tssame here but with MixCraft

[@xCOLLINxSONNx]

Здорово, приятно видеть у тебя на канале такие видео на инглише - да ещё и получившие просмотры учитывая современные алгоритмы ютуба)) Мемы кстати разбавляют происходящее на экране, интересно получилось)) Ты так же часто пишешь на инглише в оповещениях канала DJ Kanyon, можешь снимать так же разговоры на разные интересующие темы на инглише связанные как с оборудованием, так и вообще с чем угодно интересующем тебя - может стрельнуть)) Ну короче типа Апология Мизантропии и Вознесение: DJ Kanyon Video Edition))

[@djkanyon]

Благодарю! Просто лишний раз болтать на инглише я не люблю, произношение плохое и много ошибок, поэтому вряд ли! И кстати,не было никаких алгоритмов и ничего не выстреливало - у этого видоса было 200 просмотров как обычно, просто знакомый из США показал на своем большом канале)

[@xCOLLINxSONNx]

@@djkanyon А, вот оно что - про знакомого без понятия был. А я уж было обрадовался что у ютуба шестерёнки заработали))

[@djkanyon]

@@xCOLLINxSONNx да) я тоже подумал по глупости, "хм может обзорчики делать?"... ну сделал еще пару-тройку на 200 просмотров и забыл)))

[@jimmythebold589]

Good Gear

[@djkanyon]

There's no bad gear... just wrong pricetags!

[@synthsamuraiproductions]

Awesome video brother

[@djkanyon]

thanks bro!

[@synthsamuraiproductions]

@@djkanyon u try the J6 yet?

[@djkanyon]

@@synthsamuraiproductions my friend bought it and he's pretty happy with it!

[@dkb219]

I absolutely love my t8... sounds great (and I'm a bassist, so hard to please). Easy to use, but plenty to get into once you start tweaking.

[@KingzofSwing]

Roland is my top gear

[@djkanyon]

we need Top Gear show dedicated to Roland stuff!

[@jamisondonald384]

I had no interest in this before seeing this video and now I'm thinking about how well it fits in my setup and whether I'm willing to spend like $200 on something I can't directly defend the purchase of

[@djkanyon]

Same here... it was sent to my by a friend to try out and i was VERY sceptical at first (but we bought it for a hundred extra, not full 200 USD)

[@80sRetroVibes]

I just picked one up this week and I'm a big fan of it. For creating simple, great sounding beats quickly, there's not much better. I sync mine via MIDI to the Roland J-6 chord synth and that combo is awesome. I give the T-8 a rating of 9.9 out of 10 so far. My only complaint (unless I missed how to do it) is that there's no way to save your drum sound settings with the pattern. So if you have a booming kick drum and snappy snare on one pattern, and then you switch to a more chill pattern that you made previously, that booming kick and snappy snare are played on the chill pattern (vs. whatever more mellow versions of those sounds you may have used when you created it). That's fine though, I can just manually set the sounds back to how they were whenever I switch patterns. The T-8 seems maybe to be more of a fun tool for live DAW-less jamming than for using to record finished tracks anyway. Either way, I can't wait to make more music with it! Great video! Thanks!

[@djkanyon]

There's no sound setting to save, it's true, also if you add distortion to bassline there's no way to keep it on or off on different patches.... Thank you for watching bro, we are all in this together!

[@dinkc64]

Such a lovely little device, wow!! It roars!!! Thank you for the nice video!

[@djkanyon]

no problem bro! thanks! love this thing to death, now my search of drum machine is over!

[@koalemos1679]

The Behringer is similar money but my Td3 was really glitchy so I sold it. Next time I can grab a 303, it'll be this one. Just good value.

[@djkanyon]

you mean OG 303? Behringer one is basically dirt cheap now so it;s a shame not to have another one just in case

[@koalemos1679]

@djkanyon Naw, I just use 303 as a general term. I'd never buy an OG, too expensive. The Behringer is cheap but the firmware has tons of glitches. Mine did all sorts of wrong stuff. The Donner looks good but the T9 is just the best 303 imo. It comes with FX and a drum machine too.

[@djkanyon]

@@koalemos1679 Donner is up on the list BTW, i love this little thing to death but i think it's not THAT 303 sounding... close but still not there

[@koalemos1679]

@djkanyon I wish more brands would do like that Roland Touch 303 and have more choices of waveforms. I can get 303ish with my Electribe 2 but the envelope is not good enough and most waves are very similar to a square or saw anyway but, "more is more" as Yingwie Malmsteen would say.

[@djkanyon]

@@koalemos1679 bro... Electribe 2.... my biggest disappointment... especially in synth department coz as you say... all the wavewforms are kinda similar and sine and triangle is just bad...

[@Nebulous6]

11:29 reminds me of SNAP's The madman returns. Very cool.

[@djkanyon]

Snap rules! one of my fav electronc project of the 90s

[@guiom77]

👍👍💥‼️

[@gru_day]

So... do I need to sell my B1 for this? Im tempted.

[@djkanyon]

Donner B-1? Don't think so, they works good together

[@Rustik1722]

Voice makes it unwatchable…..

[@djkanyon]

dude, i'm with ya, weird voice stupid accent... and too much talking... pain

[@ericMT]

@@djkanyon Your voice is fine. Thanks for the video, I might buy one of these.

[@djkanyon]

@@ericMT bro i can't watch my videos... i'm my own biggest hater! but hey thanks

[@alicelaranjeira3127]

Bad Gear much?

[@djkanyon]

i don't think my name should be anywhere near Florian, tho... to me the guy is the best, making funny and informative videos with wit and good music. I wish he had DVD collection

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

Our French brothers know their gear when it comes to electronic music

[@ВолодимирШеврон]

Palpantine`s voice: Goo-ood! Goo-ood!