Roland • TR-505 Rhythm Composer
A cheap (budget) drum machine. It features 16 drum tones which unfortunately, are only mediocre samples. Its memory contains 48 patterns and 6 songs. Unlike its TR cousins it does not have individual drum tone outputs. There is no drum tone editing capability either. It does however feature extensive MIDI implementation, even the pads will transmit MIDI data. The 505 works well with a computer and sequencer or as a stand alone drum machine. It is extremely basic and unexciting but does make a good starter or play-along drum machine. Vince Clarke and Aphex Twin has used the 505.
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Got this machine a while ago, it's good. Like 707 sounds, mostly, but stripped down a lot. Detune the drums somehow (autotune comes to mind) and you get REALLY good Linn Sounds. It suprised me! Usefull machine, beats any samples for damn sure.
Had a lot of fun with mine, years ago. Fond memories of weird jams and obsessive programming (if you want to call it that). If you can get a clean one for less than a hundred bucks, eh, do!
oops, I meant the cowbell in beginning, not the clap. Though, that sounds the same too. It's late..
I'm pretty sure this is the drums for "Playgirl" by Ladytron. It's definitely the clap. Makes me want one.
I agree with Danny using some of the sounds on the 505 in conjunction another (preferably TR machine) works well!
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