Kawai R-50e with 16 ROM Banks – Every Bank Demoed

video upload by Patrik Adolfsson

00:00 Intro
00:02 Kawai R-50e
00:09 Roland TR-808
00:15 Roland TR-909
00:17 Kawai R-50
00:18 Sequential TOM
00:20 E-mu Drumulator
00:22 Akai XR10
00:25 Böhm
00:27 Oberheim DMX
00:29 Simmons SDS-V
00:31 Yamaha RY30
00:33 Cheetah MD16
00:35 Kawai R-100
00:37 Janela
00:39 E-mu SP-12
00:40 LinnDrum
00:42 Kawai R-50e

"Testing all 16 ROM banks on my modified Kawai R-50e drum machine.

I’m running the same simple drum pattern through each bank so you can clearly hear the differences between the sounds and kits.

The R-50e has been upgraded with a 16-bank ROM switch, giving access to a much wider range of classic drum machine sounds.

The mod was purchased from eBay seller taunus_osi:
https://www.ebay.com/usr/taunus_osi

No fancy demo — just the Kawai R-50e and all 16 banks, one after another.

Now my R-50e gives me access to:


Kawai R-50
Roland TR-909
Roland TR-808
Kawai R-50e
LinnDrum
E-mu SP-12
Janela
Kawai R-100
Sequential TOM
E-mu Drumulator
Akai XR10
Böhm
Oberheim DMX
Simmons SDS-V
Yamaha RY30
Cheetah MD16

Note: Audio was captured with the phone camera, so this is not a direct line recording. No processing or post-production was used."