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Roland • TR-909 Rhythm Composer

The TR-909 is an awesome analog drum machine! THE standard House and Techno beatbox. Sounds include kick, snare, hand clap, open and closed hi hats, low mid and hi toms, rim shot, ride and crash cymbals. Sounds are tweakable - attack, tone, tuning, decay, snap and accent. This machine does not sound like true acoustic drums, and we don't want it to. It has a unique and very loveable analog sound that's all its own!

Extremely popular today, especially for dance, it is used by 808 State, Air, Bushflange, Future Sound of London, Moby, Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), Orbital, Hardfloor, Überzone, Underworld, The Prodigy, Faithless, ATB, Eat Static, Jimmy Edgar, Sense Datum, Richie Hawtin, A Guy Called Gerald, Astral Projection, Josh Wink, Freddy Fresh, Jean-Michel Jarre, Luke Vibert, the Chemical Brothers, and many more! It is armed with Roland's DIN Sync and MIDI, individual outputs, external memory cartridges, and an essential shuffle & flam for great grooves. Use it as a sound module or program patterns, songs and beats into it...either way you'll be in analog drum heaven with the 909!

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cjbonecollecter

Posted 22 days ago

have just got my own 909 a little while back ,and am chuffed 2 bits!!Im sorry, but anyone who wants to get that magical kick should just save up(plus the clap and snares, awesome!!).I think that the clones like the jomox are pretty cool, but the original just has that character. wicked!!

Simon Moore

Posted 93 days ago

Also if you like the handclap, there is no other machine (except the TR-808) that has the analog handclap that sounds different every time its triggered. Just very cool. Not to mention abouth the kick, rules period!

sleepless

Posted 100 days ago

bought one in 90 at a pawn shop for $100.00 no tax! loved the [beep] ing thing i ended up selling it and some turntables for $1200.00 eventho i made a killing i always regretted selling it tho.

King of the beats

Posted 107 days ago

909s are beautiful. Plug one into a PA and watch the crowd go bananas.

hekno2tekno

Posted 108 days ago

why roland wont re-release their classics is baffling to me. there has got to be enough people out there to make it worth it for them but what do i know. even at current prices ($1200) the 909 and 808 are still worth dropping duckets on. i still believe that it just isn't as fun with a computer (it isn't) . these machines are beautiful and beyond their unmatched sounds, they have their own secret grooves...there's some funk in those machines. if you're looking for a thin, uber-compressed, "modern sound" , you can probably stick with samples, but if you want your music to have some funk and bump, some rawness, and be tons of fun to make, always stick with the OGs. EM

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