The DrumTraks is a very programmable classic drum machine from the eighties. While its electronic drum kit sounds may not be as popular today as the TR-909 or TR-808, the DrumTraks exceeds them with superior editing capabilities. Thirteen drum sounds all with programmable tuning and level control. Extensive editing with copy and paste ability. There's even a mixer section for individual sounds, six individual outputs, one mono mix output, and cassette in/out for offline memory storage.

Pretty basic and easy programming, record a couple patterns and link them into a song. The DrumTraks can output a 24PPQN clock signal and is also fully MIDI capable. This makes it very easy to use with old analogs and new MIDI synths and sequencers. If your looking for classic eighties electro beats and the vintage instrument that generates them then look no further than the DrumTraks. It is used by Orbital, Freddy Fresh, and Prince.

kevin

October 17, 2011 @ 11:04 pm

1) Can you use it to sync a Roland SH 101 synth? 2) Could you use the midi for your DAW and then sync to the Roland SH 101, which would create an interface for your DAW and SH 101?

spencer

May 29, 2011 @ 12:16 pm

Does anyone know if this has a trigger-out function at all, similar to the Roland TR's rim-shot activated trigger out function?

Dr Sanchez

May 19, 2011 @ 12:24 pm

This is my favorite drummachine. It sounds warm, a bit muffled and has very nice sluggish feel in the timing. The bassdrum is nice'n punchy. The youtube videos don't do it justice, you'll have to hear it live to know what I'm talking about. Secret tip: remove eprom chips from the crash and ride to shorten the decay!

visceralvoids

May 14, 2011 @ 1:06 am

Check it out, a new Drumtraks video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NntgrosakTY

VisceralVoids

November 23, 2010 @ 7:00 pm

The Drumtraks has got the same CEM3320 24db chip inside of it like the Oberheim DMX does. So even though it has 8-bit PCM samples the sounds goes through a 24db analog filter. Watch out for keypad and memory problems if you want one. I had programmed 50 phatt, unbelievable beats in memory on mine, turned it on one day and they were all gone! Man I was sad. The keypad also reminds me of telephones from the 80s. If the > cursor key goes out, you won't be able to program songs or quantization! Definetly sending mine to Wine Country very soon, I love this drum machine and would recommend it for old school drum machine fans.

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