Roland TR-808

[mariano26788]

1:58 this is a great beat

[benjamminbb2011]

I have a tr 808 im looking to sell, but there is some scratchyness when you turn some of the knobs. Does anyone know what causes this or how to fix it? Do I just need some compressed air maybe?

[synthartist69]

I love this machine..thanks for posting!

[fender1000100]

@iamyourfuture. I am deadly serious. Not all hip-hop electro fans opt for the 808. Some went for the mightyest of them all THE DMX. But you cant get em easy these days. So your next best option for hardware is an RX11 or RX5. They have that killer punch. Listen to BLUE MONDAY--NEW ORDER or the RETURN OF CAPTAIN ROCK--CAPTAIN ROCK and feel the power of the DMX. Listen to WORD UP--CAMEO or SIGN O THE TIMES---PRINCE and feel the power of the RX5. The RX11 is bang in the middle of the two.

[fender1000100]

Most overratted drum machine ever. And I am an eclectro/future music freak. I prefer the Yamaha RX11. Its got a similar sound and punch to a DMX. But you can get them really cheap. I will demo mine soon on here with a DX7S to show its power.

[iamyourfuture808]

@fender1000100 LOL your a joker ..... RX11 Mwaaaaaahhhhhaaaa !!

[bangaarhus2]

never gets old

[wavecatcher91]

crazy crazy crazy crazy carzzzyyyyyyy

[HatredPrime]

Man how I hate that cowbell I rather stick with high processed drum samples because I trying to find my signature sound , this machine is so overused , but nice

[DjDaveDivision]

hey guy! u have really good hardware!! amazing rymth box!

Greetings

[alundrasrt]

Une tuerie!

[vegunited06]

nice programming!, but dislike cam audio

[buddyeagle]

i have fun. Thanks bro.

[itsreal1971]

It's amaginz that When you would switch batteries and reset the patterns...random patterns would be programmed by serendipity...

[itsreal1971]

I want my 808 back...it had a midi mod with in and out ports and tuning pots on the side...rumor has it that it came out of a big studio in Burbank, mine was not a normal 808 but one that you could program from Logic Studio or any other sequencer program...thought you would wanna know...

[mazayme]

were can you buy them?ebay?

[incandescentK]

That looks so fun... If I had one, it would consume so much of my life. lol

[pyniolek]

DRUM MACHINES HAVE NO SOUL

[ChickenVendetta]

These aren't just fly. They're FLY-ERRRR!

[dreadstock]

the only thing frustrating is i had some real nice super slow chron-swamp-screw patterns I made in 07, went to do my annual AA battery change with power on to insure patterns backed up, lost my patterns a few days later after i powered up a few times

storing, even manual writing down of those accidental patterns you can make is eluding me, anybody got ideas for redundant back-up of patterns?

[dreadstock]

yes they are fly and worth saving every cent you have and spending every free moment with a real Roland TR-808...

samples will get you that boom you may want for a track and samples of an 808 can be their own creative thing, but when I first started programming my 808, wow ... organic and then some...

[JVGmidi]

@dreadstock the sequenser from the 808 is also very good, i have a couple Roland drummachines and there sequenser is good to, even the tr505 has a pretty good sequenser. and what about the R8

[bonusbmusic]

what would it cost to get my tap tempo button fixed

[Elnufo]

no words to loose on this. just one: LEGENDARY!

[Lexprins]

dat ding klinkt altijd nog steeds ubervet!

[visigods]

sistem good but sounds to old

[RoxannePerson]

damn this is so fly! i wish these were still made!

[fckyoubtch1]

@RoxannePerson, there are some new analog drummachines like the mfb522 and acidlab miami.

[pomfrit93]

@RoxannePerson acidlab miami

[zsyed12345678]

Jammin' the box!

[Rugerman205]

love the video! U freaking that 808 the way Phil Collins did (albiet more laidback) to create IN THE AIR TONIGHT...but you could get some vocals on that track you've done and have a certified CLUB BANGER!

[marcvanagteren]

Hi Didn't use the 808 for that song, but the Roland CompuRhythm CR-78. He used the 808 a lot with Genesis though.

[MARANTZamp]

He didn't use the 808 on that song...it was a CR-78.

Reeno

[Rugerman205]

it's crazy I was talking about the Roland CR-78 & TR-808 months ago and still getting replies?! I got excited over this video and yeah Phil used the CR-78 and later the TR-808 one came before the other but many of the voices sound the same and they're BOTH made by the same company (Roland) like someone from a DISTANCE mistaking a Tahoe for a Surburban OR Maxima & Altima?! Oops! *LOL* I do know they're 2 different machines thanks a lot playa!

[ravensheat]

play love lockdown

[MARANTZamp]

there is no actualy 808 on kanye's album at all.

Reeno

[DJPR0F3SS0RK]

@MARANTZamp

he got some 808 kick action, cmon now

[MARANTZamp]

@DJPR0F3SS0RK

nope....there is no 808 on that album. Samples of an 808 DO NOT COUNT.

it's the real thing or nuthin.

[DJPR0F3SS0RK]

@MARANTZamp

Lol that's just ignorant now. A sample of an 808 is just a recording of the sound off the 808... So assuming the sample was recorded well, (and the kicks/hats whatever are sampled to the length you need) there isn't really any harm in using a sample...

[MARANTZamp]

@DJPR0F3SS0RK

samples of an analog machine will never be the same.

[DJPR0F3SS0RK]

@MARANTZamp

Fair enough, but you have to at least appreciate the effort to reproduce the 808... Not every producer out there can afford to pick up an 808, so, high quality recordings are a pretty good alternative. Anyway, like I said, that's just ignorant, the only step between an analog tr-808 in your recording and a sample is ONE RECORDING. Analog is wonderful, yes, but you seem to be one of those people who's stuck in the analog age defending it to the death. Welcome to digital.

[MARANTZamp]

@DJPR0F3SS0RK

FYI--I also use digital ear....to me, you sound ignnorant.

Any instrument that uses analog circuits to create it's sound, cannot be faithfully reproduced with samples. Samples are static...analog sound is ever changing

[DJPR0F3SS0RK]

@MARANTZamp

So you think that because the sound is "ever changing" that you'd be able to pick out the difference in a song between one clap and the next? I find that hard to believe. Buried in a mix, in the end, it isn't about the sound's "ever changing state" but rather the timbre that the 808 brings. You recognize a sharp 808 snare in a song, not the fact it was unnoticably different than the last one, and therefore undeniably better.

[MARANTZamp]

@DJPR0F3SS0RK

I don't "think"...I actually CAN tell the difference, even in a mix.

The 808's organic quality gets lost when sampled. For years they have been tryin, and still no dice. Even ROLAND themselves haven't quite done it right yet.

Look...if it doesn't matter to you, fine--it matters to me, and I stick by it.

[TeamNES1]

@MARANTZamp Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Kanye use 808 samples on "808s and Heartbreak"?

[Yeknom0913]

@TeamNES1 No, but rap artists now think that referencing the 808 gives them a ton of street cred because early electro (which later spawned into Techno and Hip-Hop) was built on the 808.

[astroboomboy]

@MARANTZamp I think he uses some 808 samples, at least I saw a video of him in the studio with Timbaland where they where using them, but maybe it never appeared on an album.

[fivefoflow]

@MARANTZamp How do you know that for sure? did he say it in an interview or something? He definitely could get one if he wanted man.

[discotechwreck]

loving that old school cowbell