How To Program The Roland TR-08 Drum Machine...Quick Start Guide!

Andy from Roland gives us a quick start guide to programming the TR-08 Drum Machine. Check one out here: https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/roland-tr...

The Roland TR-08 is programmed in the same way as the classic TR-808 that it's based on, it can be a little confusing at first, but hopefully this tutorial video will help you get started with your new drum machine!

In recognition of the original TR-808's importance, Roland have developed the TR-08 Boutique Rhythm Composer - an obsessively detailed and faithful replica of the legendary original. Anyone familiar with drum-machines, electronic music, and hip-hop (especially from the 80s and 90s) will have either heard of the famous TR-808 drum machine or most certainly heard it used in popular music. In 2015 one publication described the 808 as "the bedrock of the modern urban-youth-culture soundtrack".

Despite many attempts at replicating the original over the years (with some drum machines even sampling the original 808's sounds), Roland have now gone back to their roots and have brought the look, sound and feel of the original 808 back to life with stunning accuracy with the Roland Boutique TR-08.

In other words, that quirky analogue drum machine from almost forty years ago was, despite struggling commercially upon release (and only selling approximately 12,000 units worldwide before being discontinued 3 years later), incredibly important and influential in shaping the music of a generation.

Try one out at your local Professional Music Technology...

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