Saturday, January 25, 2014

Roland R8 Drum Machine


An absolute beast of a drum machine, in both stature and sound. None of the sample kits you hear of this thing ever sound quite as punchy. The 16 assignable pads are exceptionally sensitive, and the quantity of built in sounds is (was) staggering. It has two input slots for sound expansion cards; I personally had the Jazz Kit `SN R8 05` but it wasn`t used in this video.

One of the best features is the `flam` button which triggers multiple hits for each press of the pad, the rate of which could be altered. It is no wonder that this machine was used on many a seminal 90s dance album.

It also features the best loading screen ever seen on any music equipment: 




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