ROLAND CR-78 Analog Drum Machine 1978 + SCI TOM | HQ DEMO

[magna59]

How much were these things when they were launched ?

[Rholt71]

the precursor to the Roland TR-808

[Rholt71]

used by Frankie Beverly and Maze on the song "Joy and Pain"

[3Dxxxx]

very cool video ~ YOU ARE LUCKY TO HAVE These to play with~ wish i had them~ >:)~

[wasonnnn]

you even have a vintage phone nice!

[tube1aka1valve]

The Payolas ...Eyes of a Stranger ?, Freur ... Doot doot ?

[iamyourfuture808]

The Grandfather of Drum machines. Mint

[gixxerboy555]

Dieses Roland was used by... Ultravox...Vienna...lol

[plexone]

Ultravox, Hiroshima Mon Amour

[wolfman3902001]

And I can feel it, coming in the air tonight.

[ihasch]

The CR-78 was used on Heart of Glass which was recorded in June, 1978.

[VisceralVoids]

CR-78 was also used by Gary Numan on: "Remind Me To Smile" and "She's Got Claws" and some more songs from Telekon and Dance

Love that CR-78 sound.

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

@20secs sound like "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins and @2:30 sound like "Joy and Pain" by Maze.

Awesome machine!

[audiotrax2000]

The CR-78 was all over Anthony Phillips' album "1984". A very under rated synth concept masterpiece, by the way. Never could understand why it went un-noticed compared to other works by JM Jarre, Kitaro or Michael Oldfield.

[PooPooOnMyNewShoe]

I can feel it coming in the air tonight .... Oh lord, and I've been waiting for this moment all my life Oh lord, Oh lord.

[MrBootify]

Magic sounds!

i remember Phil Collins...Genesis etc

[AnalogAudio1]

@TR0jAX Hi, tiefe Kicks sind nicht so die Stärke der CR-78, da ist die TR808-Kick tiefer und variabler. Die CR-78 hat aber ihre eigene Charme, und ist natürlich günstiger :-) Punch hat die Maschine auf jeden Fall.

[d3mrp0]

I definitely hear Blondie "heart of glass" and everything by John Foxx. And some Ultravox. This is awesome!

[TR0jAX]

Quantisiert die Cr-78 eiegntlich wenn man sie selber programmiert ??

[AnalogAudio1]

@TR0jAX ja, irgendwie schon...

[jasonmythos]

amazing how after all this time some of the pre-programmed rhythms are still quite catchy!

[hittingnote75]

Phil Collins Face value drum machine sound. Cool stuff.

[motormusic1]

I so wish this was a VST..

[triumphadelic]

does anyone know for definate which beatbox was used in Ian Dury & Blockheads 'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick ' ... It was recorded at The WorkHouse studio Old Kent Road but in interview I read with producer/engineer Laurie Latham he doesnt specify... it was probably CR-78 but would like to know for sure....

[TR0jAX]

How do you sync the cr78 to the sci Tom ? I have a drumtraks can i sync it with the cr78 ?

[AnalogAudio1]

@TR0jAX  SCI TOM trigger out -> CR-78 ext trigger in. I never had a drumtraks, I don't know...

[GuitarGuru757]

At 1:47 it sounds just like the intro to the album version of the flight of the concords song "inner city pressure". But i dont think they could afford something as old and rare as this.

[biospark64]

Oh yes, I can definately hear the hi - hats in "Fade To Grey" here. I've got to get myself one of these...

[Raunchola]

Sehr schöne Drum-Machine!! Klingt sehr analog und sehr unsterblich!^^

Oh, ist das Telefon ein 01 LX?^^

Hab auch noch eins im Neuzustand ;)

[AnalogAudio1]

@Raunchola richtig, der 01 LX ist nicht nur ein Klassiker, sondern einer der wenigen Telefone, die wirklich zuverlässig und haltbar sind...

[Nellynoodlebums]

Sexual healing baby!

[layzeee]

@Nellynoodlebums no. TR808

[Nellynoodlebums]

@layzeee Thanks :)

[docfraktal]

Many bands of new wave, no wave and cold wave used that drumcomputer, for minimalist music and many other stuff !!!

I love this machine, i got a AIR BASE 99 and it's emulating the TR 808/909 and CR 78 but this is not exactly the same thing like real one !

But it's better than nothing!

Nice demo btw !!

Fav 5/5

[GNeuman]

Nice one! Gary Numan used one extensively on his 1980 album,"Telekon", as did John Foxx's Ultravox (eg "Hiroshima mon amour".........)

[bizarbizarbizar]

that thing is awesome!!

[eelco74]

This of course is the drum machine behind in the air tonight. I was however used before on "Duchess" on the Duke album by Genesis. Phil actually used it on the tour as seen in this clip

[goldenrod2]

This drum machine was used on Blondie's, 'Heart Of Glass'...1979

[retrosound72]

tolle Kiste! Ich mag den CR-78 Sound sehr.

[paulj0557]

'Is there a grandma in my town who has this sitting doing nothing?' Forget about the Wurlitzer end table gyro speaker I got for $5. But u can make:

2- 18'' piece sturdy steel panels. 4- 6'' spanner nuts,8 bolts. Clip perfect triangles from each corner of panels & bolt at corners w/ spanners. Drill center & mount 2" prec.brng ea. side ( isolate w/ plastic) & 1''hollow steel axle w/ 3/4'' hole ctr. Get 3/4''X16''threaded rnd stk & 8 blts&wshrs. At 1 end put cardboard tube w/2x5'' spkrs. Bal othr.

[lavishmcronald]

sweeeet!

[JackPoint]

I can hear "in the air tonight" there!

[MisterBankz]

Glad there are still some good artists that put awesome instruments like this to good use .

[tall32guy]

Ah yes, the predecessor to the TR 808. :) Very similar sounds and very cool. Phil Collins went straight from usin this to the 808. He had good sense. :) hehe

[buddyeagle]

I love this machine, thank you about the information. Make some good noisies bro.

[lufillolufilli]

I had one,its not entirely programmable.But for synth-pop is good enough.

[skrikon]

The swedish synthpop-group "Page" uses it on their new album! One of my favourite drum machines!

[fuckingharpsichord]

yea, the sync with tom part is the best !

[salmacis81]

Used for the best band in rock history in Duchess from the "Duke" album in 1980.

[hartig1967]

woah.. great stuff!

I want my own ;)

[sauermusicDE]

The CR-78 was also used on the "Duke" album from Genesis.

[FSXISCOOL]

cool!

[FSXISCOOL]

great stuff..

[mattsynth]

To me the CR-78 is the best sounding analog drum machine out there even today. I was hoping Dave Smith & Roger Linn was come out with something simular but I guess that will never happen now. Thanks for the demo.

[SPAZZOID100]

@mattsynth

Roger hated the cr-78, so forget it

[RudyZombe]

Heart of glass

[EFKA526]

der Sound klingt immer noch klasse. Schönes Teil.

[JohnLRice]

Excellent demo!

[soundmanhaven1]

cool demo very nice

[RudyZombe]

I can hear through these walls!

[RudyZombe]

@RudyZombe sorry, I wanted to say: "in the air tonight"

[v1o]

Can you edit the drum sounds?

[AnalogAudio1]

@v1o  no.

[ReeallityBytes]

@AnalogAudio1 not without a soldering iron ;)

[OriginalBBQMaster]

Das ist meiner Meinung nach die beste Drum Machine überhaupt. Die Sounds sind so gut!!! :)