Any Roland TR6s or TR8s owners around? How’s it going?

u0421793

@ehehehe said:

@coolout said:

@ehehehe said:
Had the TR8-S on loan. Pretty boring stuff when coming from an Elektron Rytm, both sound and hands-on wize. It might just be me getting bored with the overused Roland sounds, or the fact that I can achieve way more with samples AND an analogue sound engine. Too clinical sounding for my taste and not enough tweaking possibilities makes these very generic sounding with the possibilites available. Roland really need to stop rehashing their boring synth engine in tens of iterations and do something new. Would rather recommend a Model:Samples or Digitakt with samples, soo much more fun even if it takes a day or two to learn the superb sequencer and interfaces.

Sounds like you didn't get too deep into the TR-8S...or maybe you had just a TR-8 and not an 8S. In the 8S there are 3 different sound engines: ACB for all the classic Roland sounds, samples with a bunch built-in plus user sample import from the SD card, and the FM engine that sounds totally different. You can morph between different combos of operators/waveforms and even do classic DX-style basses, percussion. and electric pianos (although you can't play them chromatically on a keyboard without 3rd party utilities). Not to mention FX on each track, global reverb/delay/master FX, parameter automation (motion), the Scatter glitch FX and a LFO. The 8S has a HUGE range in terms of sound design. I'd say as more than any other single drum machine aside from the Rytm or Tempest, but they at least double the price (3.5x if you consider getting the 6S). The only real limitation of the Roland is the fact internal sequencing is based on the classic x0x style, so it's strictly to the grid (with swing). No offbeat/microtiming unless you MIDI trigger from another sequencer.

I know what unit I had, but it might be down to my preferences. …
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Are you sure you even had a drum machine? It might have been a wheelbarrow, or a swimming pool, or an umbrella and you didn’t realise

Peblin

@u0421793 said:

Are you sure you even had a drum machine? It might have been a wheelbarrow, or a swimming pool, or an umbrella and you didn’t realise

I want an x0x umbrella. 16 sections with a four on the floor punched into it.

Could use Patterning to do the design for it.

Jes

Analogue Schmanalogue!
I love my TR8s.
If I want that full analogue vibe I just run it through an old behri mixer and max out the hiss LOLs.
I had a 808 once..it was cool...but limited to that sound.
The TR8s rocks my boat a hell of a lot more and is a great playable live machine.
Sample import is wonderful. There is a heap of knobbage so menu diving is not necessary once patterns are setup
Dont know about the Elektron Rhythm except its nearly four times the price in Oz.
Probably nice, but hey, is it four times as nice?
Each to their own, however “stale” is hardly appropriate for such an open ended, flexible great sounding machine.

wahnfrieden

The sequencing is disappointing. It loses appeal when you give up and sequence it externally

klownshed

I have a DrumBrute Impact which has many of the same 'problems' the TR-8 has.

I think I'd love a TR-8 and at eh current used prices I'm (almost) tempted.

I like a hardware drum machine to be simple. I have a load of ways of making complicated beats and getting lost in the weeds on my Mac and iPad, I love the sheer hands on simplicity of the DB.

I tend to get a simple beat going, hit record, then just jam. I never use it to program a full song.

We all use this stuff differently and get different things from them. I don't like complicated hardware sequencers -- I like my hardware to be instant fun and low friction.

I have used the DB to sequence drums on the Mac and it's a lot of fun. I intend to use it with my old EPS16 plus that I've recently recovered from storage too.

I just wish I had more time ;-)

Proppa

I would’ve had a TR6s by now if it was USB audio class compliant.

After having usb audio with the Elektron :Models there’s just no going back.

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u0421793

@ehehehe said:

@u0421793 said:

@ehehehe said:

@coolout said:

@ehehehe said:
Had the TR8-S on loan. Pretty boring stuff when coming from an Elektron Rytm, both sound and hands-on wize. It might just be me getting bored with the overused Roland sounds, or the fact that I can achieve way more with samples AND an analogue sound engine. Too clinical sounding for my taste and not enough tweaking possibilities makes these very generic sounding with the possibilites available. Roland really need to stop rehashing their boring synth engine in tens of iterations and do something new. Would rather recommend a Model:Samples or Digitakt with samples, soo much more fun even if it takes a day or two to learn the superb sequencer and interfaces.

Sounds like you didn't get too deep into the TR-8S...or maybe you had just a TR-8 and not an 8S. In the 8S there are 3 different sound engines: ACB for all the classic Roland sounds, samples with a bunch built-in plus user sample import from the SD card, and the FM engine that sounds totally different. You can morph between different combos of operators/waveforms and even do classic DX-style basses, percussion. and electric pianos (although you can't play them chromatically on a keyboard without 3rd party utilities). Not to mention FX on each track, global reverb/delay/master FX, parameter automation (motion), the Scatter glitch FX and a LFO. The 8S has a HUGE range in terms of sound design. I'd say as more than any other single drum machine aside from the Rytm or Tempest, but they at least double the price (3.5x if you consider getting the 6S). The only real limitation of the Roland is the fact internal sequencing is based on the classic x0x style, so it's strictly to the grid (with swing). No offbeat/microtiming unless you MIDI trigger from another sequencer.

I know what unit I had, but it might be down to my preferences. …
…

Are you sure you even had a drum machine? It might have been a wheelbarrow, or a swimming pool, or an umbrella and you didn’t realise

Come to think of it it might have been an online sh*itposter owning all the tiny Rolands. Still sounded boring.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Rowland

cyberheater

Picked up a TR-6S over the chrimbo period as part of my continued progress towards a dawless set up.
I though it seemed a fair bit of cash for something so limited. Glad I was wrong. The thing is a powerhouse.