Roland R-70 Human Rhythm Composer
The R-70 is a full sized and very popular all purpose drum machine. Sounds are based on digital sample-playback drums which are all very good sounding and usually convincing. The R-70 features up to 210 drum sounds, total, covering various forms of Rock, Jazz, Electronic, and Ethnic kits.
The R-70 is highly programmable. It can hold 100 patterns which can be created in realtime or step input. Patterns can be chained into songs, 20 maximum. Many advanced editing functions for a drum machine are used in its pattern and song sequencers. It also has a unique positional pad which allows you to assign any sound to it. It is a big pad that changes its sound depending on where it's hit. The R-70 has been used by Nine Inch Nails and the Pet Shop Boys.
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- Specifications
- Tones - 210 Drum Sounds via Sample-Playback ROM
- Patterns - 100
- Songs - 20
- Effects - Reverb, Flanger, Delay, Chorus
- Keyboard - None
- Control - MIDI
- Date Produced - 1992
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The sounds of all three Rolands is fat, has got punch and fits perfectly into mixes. Compared the DR sounds thin. I also need multiple outs for my drums. But all three Rolands also sound similar, the R5 and R8 have different kits, both of which you can find again on the R70 plus some of the R8's cards sounds.
Cool devices all of them.
Cheers