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A Roland CR 68 with a Buchla 200 (and a bit of Euro)
I love these old drum machines. The Roland CR 68 is one of my favourites.It's sending a trigger out to a Buchla 230 envelope follower.The 230 is mounted on its side.A 208r
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Roland TR-77 (Bentley Rhythm Ace) drum with Buchla & Euro
A record of last weeks jam with Paul A (Cobramatic).Playing around with lots of Buchla, Euro modular stuff and attempting to sync with old drum machines. Mainly Roland. The CR 68 has a very nice &...
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Roland Drum Machines - The Timeline
The history of drum machines according to Roland.This brief summary also includes the affiliated Roland companies of Acetone & Boss1967AceTone FR-1 (Rhythm Ace) AceTone...
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Korg Drum Machines - The Timeline
The history of electronic drum machines & the name Korg are closely retated.Their very first product in 1963 was also one of the worlds first ever drum machines:It had the rather long winded name...
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Univox/Korg SR-55 Analog Rhythm Drum Machine - 1967
Some pics of my vintage Univox SR-55 Analog Rhythm Drum Machine. This machine dates from 1967.It's almost half a century old. It's also known as the Korg MiniPops 3...
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Ace Tone FR-1 (Roland's first drum machine)
The Ace Tone FR-1 was Roland's very first drum machine.It was also known by the title: "The Rhythm Ace".The FR-1 only has16 preset patterns but you can mix these up by pressing two buttons...
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Roland Cr-5000 Compurhythm Drum Machine
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KORG Rhythm KR-33
The KR33 rhythm machine. dates from 1979.This version is a bit worse for wear.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For more...
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KORG MiniPops Junior Rhythm Machine.
This one is from 1972."One notable use of a Mini Pops drum machine was by French musician Jean Michel Jarre, in the final part of his breakthrough album, Oxygene. This rhythm was achieved by overlaying...
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Korg iElectribe - 2010
The electribe groovebox comes to the iPadThe iELECTRIBE Gorillaz Edition...
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Korg Monotribe - 2011
The Monotribe is described as an "Analogue Ribbon Station”.It's basically a Monotron with three drum voices (bass drum, snare, high hat) and a simple 8 step sequencer.I've modded mine to send &...
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Korg DDM-110
This is a Vintage 8-Bit Digital Drum Machine from 1985.It was one of the early drums to use PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) samples. (The Linn LM-1 Drum Computer released in 1980 was the first drum machine...
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Ace Tone FR-3
The Ace Tone FR-3 was released in 1967.The FR3 was also sold in the USA as the Hammond Rhythm 2.To make matters more confusing the newly founded Roland Corporation released an improved version of the...
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BOSS DR- 220a
This was one of my very first drum machines.I bought it because it was cute, small, easy to use and cheap. It came out in 1985/86.It's looks understate it's sounds. They are really like my Roland TR...
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Buchla & Drum parties
Who needs any excuse to play with some old drums.I'd thought I'd try to pair my old Roland (Ace Tone FR-1) from 1967 and Korg mini-pops with some Buchla. Neither drum has a trigger out so I had touse a...
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Boss (Roland) DR-110 Drum Mchine - Dr Rhythm Graphic.
The Boss DR-110 (Dr Rhythm Graphic).This baby dates from 1983. (The same year that Roland released the TR 909).It's tiny: 190×110×30mm and only weighs 450g. There is water damage on the LCD screen but...
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Korg PSS-50 (Programmable Super Section)
This is a bit of a unusual one. It's from 1984.The Korg PSS-50 is basically a drum machine with backing.(Bass & Accomp).These are still pretty cheap to buy. I think I paid less than $100 for this...
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Roland MC 303
This is the very first Groovebox produced in 1996.It's very much part of dance music history. Used by BT It's name of course harks back to thr TB 303, but I think it looks more like a Roland MC 202...
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KORG DDD-5 Dynamic Digital Drum Machine
The KORG DDD-5 Dynamic Digital Drum Machine came out in 1987.The DDD-5 was the little brother of the DDD-1 (which had a sampling option). It's another great candidate for circuit...
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