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.
- 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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A pleasure to play live drums+TR style sequencing.
Delay is great to create poly-rythms and for dub style.
HOT output so you can easily overload an analog mixer.
Each sound is fully assignable to each of the 4 outputs and have levels like Pitch, Volume, FX1 send, FX2 send, Brighness, Velocity to Pitch modulation (only positive btw), Nuance (not all sounds), layer/group...
Sounds Big and Classy.
Any one know a source to get LCD screens in custom colors for synths (EU)? Someone bending these machines? It'd be cool to have some assignable sliders on the box.
THNX!
I'm starting to dig this machine, I think it sounds so classy and it would worth having it as a controller alone.
4 fully asignable outputs are welcomed (8 would be terrific).
909 & 808 kicks are second to no one as well as almost every synth drum sound (wich are many) and most of the accoustic drums included in this machine. Mind you, I'm talking electronic rythms.
It's a 10 for 200€