Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer

vintage gear demo by RetroSound

The queen of all drum machines...
Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer from 1981

This demo vid shows the drum instruments and the various functions of TR-808.
I used no external effects, EQ or compression. Only the pure 808 sound.

You must have very good bass loudspeakers or a subwoofer to hear the deep frequences.

more info: http://www.retrosound.de and
http://www.myspace.com/retrosound72

Please add "&fmt=18" for better sound quality to the end of the url

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[stripes5150]

this video makes me feel like breakdancing on a piece of cardboard from 1985

[serpz123]

got my hands on one of these badboys

[captinp3anuts]

where can i get one?

[x1te]

@fender1000100 Stop spamming your shitty drum machines, thanks.

[JohnFrank78]

Trans-X – Living On Video Instruments: Roland Jupiter 4 and 6, CSQ 600, TR-808, Korg Vocoder and Polysix,

Oberheim OB8, DMX, DSX Elka Synthex, Electric guitar, Simmons and Mattel drums

[JousterinJudge]

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[ringsaroundsaturn00]

808 State...

[fender1000100]

Never liked the 808 its got no weight its ticky tacky. The OBERHEIM DMX or YAMAHA RX5 will blow it out of the water any day.

[TheeAldeen]

@serpz123 ur cool

[HelloNewYorkCity]

@BerberseAllochtoon because that's where it came from, the 808 was the original origin of that high pitched "bpung!" sound.

[RedBryn]

@PopCulture20 Well, you better start saving your money up now, man - you'd be very lucky to find one for under £1000 ($2000). Ebay would probably be a good place to start, then there's always TR-808 sound samples, as a cheaper option. Happy hunting ;-)

[PopCulture20]

@RedBryn Oh yeah I did notice a change in the SOS Band's music after Jam & Lewis came on board for the ''On the Rise'' album which why I want this tool so badly because I'm learning production and I want my music to have an 80s SOS Band Jam & Lewis feel to it.