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Roland • CR-8000 CompuRhythm

Well the sounds are great! Classic electronic drum sounds that hint back to the famous CR-78 and TR-808 drum machines. But none of these sounds are editable and there is only one mono audio output making this machine less of a studio-piece of gear and more of a collector's item. Aside from these limitations it, like other CompuRhythms, has a series of preset patterns in many different styles as well as programmable patterns with 8 storage patches.

While the CR-8000 is usually sampled for today's applications, the thing about the CR-8000 that cannot be captured by sampling the sounds is the swing/groove feel which has its own control knob. The intervals between beats are variable, but also the timbre changes... very nice, especially the hats! It has been used by Fluke, BT, Jimmy Edgar, and Blondie.

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jake

Posted 24 days ago

Ian, where did you have the conversion done? Are they still around today?

andysnakes

Posted 41 days ago

Didn't Blondie use one of the presets on some song?

Ian

Posted 95 days ago

I Happen to own one of these machines, its in fair condition and has been converted to 6 separate outputs, so each of the drums can be fed into a mixer and mixed how ever you want them to sound, great analogue drum sound.

Bleurgh

Posted 260 days ago

I'm lucky enough to own one of these, and it's great! It's definitely a sound that does not work with all styles, but it's good for electronic rock styles. Especially that cracking clap. The best thing about it is the "arranger" section, where you can introduce preset solo instrument patterns, such as a handclap, on top of what you've already programmed. Particularly useful given that the method of programming can be a bit tedious.

planetplayer

Posted 300 days ago

Seen one. It was not hooked up, but it loked great.

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