NAMM 2009 - Diabolical Devices TR-707

[Babyblue57]

Sounds like my Commodore 64... Congratulations! :P

[remoman]

it sounds broken.

[zitosonic]

...and thats cool ?

[emptyskull2008]

the machine is great,whos this fool let loose on it???

[edenflux]

yes, incredible!!!!

[d3p3ch3mod3]

damn i really want to learn how to do this crap

[BigNickontheDrum]

circuit bending is strange in that you can't really learn how to do it - i have some knowledge of how to assemble and re-assemble circuits, but the patience and ingenuity to explore the board and find these tweaks is something you're born with i guess - I've tried circuit bending and I just don't have the patience! this is an incredible device, for sure!

[colourit]

Of course you can learn to do it. Its not a super power. Just go take apart something that wont cost you hundreds of dollars and figure out what makes a bent circuit a bent circuit. Then apply it to something that you can use to make music. Simple.

[ArmandoAKAdjArmando]

oh my goooood! i want it! i love it!

[andyman524]

TOO MUCH RETRO

[flannelking]

damn that machine is awesome!

[chaffel3]

I wonder if Diabolical Devices would do this modification again, hmmm

[bigcitymusic]

We are getting a few more later this week. I expect that will not be around for very long though. ;-)

[bitleyTM]

Shiiiiit the tom sounds at 0:39 are super cool. Is that just a pitched down sample? Sounds like a real old Simmons module. I love that.

[douro20]

The TR-707, like all early Roland sound machines, is analog.

[bitleyTM]

Absolutely not.

The TR-707 was one of the first digital drum machines. It's 100% digital. All models after the 707 have been digital. The 909 was 50/50 analog/digital (the sounds).

[sweepstakes]

The generation of sound is based on (digital) ROM samples. While I believe the mixing (w/ the faders) was analog, it's misleading to call the whole machine analog. Its digital samples were its big selling point at the time it was marketed, a time when samplers were not cheap.

[bitleyTM]

Old 707 sounds shine through almost all the time, but sometimes it sounds awesome and fresh. Looks like something from the Mad Max movie with all those add-ons. You can do a lot with a standard 707 (or a set of those sounds, easily found on the net) and a good sampler too, if you want to tweak those sounds beyond recognition.

[halfmonk]

what's really sick is that you can hear some guitarist wanking away in the background. the fucking namm show is the 9th level of hell.

[halfmonk]

nice. how much do they want for that dawg?

[fiftyfiveseventy]

Malekko booth?

[bigcitymusic]

Nope, it is the Big City Music booth. But Josh and Paul (from Malekko) have been around the booth, and we have all their great gear for everyone to check out.