Roland TR-505 Rhythm Composer

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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.

Roland TR-505 Image

59 Visitor comments
Xerosorex
April 22, 2012 @ 12:44 pm
http://synthzone.com/midi/roland/tr505/manual.doc
Va voir là, c'est en anglais mais bcp plus simple a comprendre que l'original en francais.
Matteo
March 20, 2012 @ 8:19 am
Jaques, il faut tout simplement cliquer sur "manual" dans la section demos & media sur la droite!
jacques chayer
March 19, 2012 @ 3:08 pm
je possèdeun tr-505 jai pas le manuel estce que ces possible de se procurer le manuelle
jacques chayer
March 19, 2012 @ 3:03 pm
je voudrais avoir le manuel du tr-505 estc que ces posibles
KitKat
March 4, 2012 @ 2:06 am
@miro Stereo output.
 
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  • Demos & Media
  • Audio Clip 1 - Here's a short 505 drum fill & house loop, submitted by Dean Nye.

    Manual - Roland has made manuals for most of their products available as free PDF downloads.

  • Specifications
  • Polyphony - 8 Voices
  • Oscillators - Uses Samples
  • Tones - 16 drum tones: Kick, snare, open/closed hat, hi/mid/low tom, hi/low cowbell, conga, timbale, etc...
  • Patterns - 48 user, 48 preset
  • Songs - 6
  • Arpeg/Seq - Sequencer
  • Keyboard - none
  • Control - MIDI
  • Date Produced - 1986

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