Roland TR 909 replica NAVA 909

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Nava 909 Demo Published on Jul 27, 2016 Peter Kädergård

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Custom Black Modded Roland TR-909

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"You are bidding on a Roland TR-909 in mint conditon, which is probably the only one like it in the entire world!!!

This is a one owner, air conditioned only, Roland TR-909. I am selling for a friend who is out of the music business

This TR-909 was sent to Europe for a Professional Silver and Black paint job and other modifications.

The finish is virtually perfect and the unit is in mint condition.

Numerous professionally installed modifications were performed as seen in the photos. The panel graphics from Roland are duplicated for the mods so they look like they came from the factory.

The modifications are as follows;

[1] Pitch and tone variations are now available for the bass drum

[2] Snare drum filtering is now changeable

[3] Hi Hat pitch can be changed

[4] Factory reset switches that can restore the above to factory specifications and sound

[5] Control Voltage input jack to modify Snare drum pitch

[6] Control Voltage input jack to modify Bass drum pitch

[7] Snare drum filter audio input

[8] Custom Blue LED’s that glow

This unit is fully tested and comes with cord and manual

Why settle for a bland looking stock TR-909 when this one looks so damn cool and has so many extra sonic possibilities."

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AIRA -- The evolution of the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Machine

Published on Jan 14, 2014 RolandChannel·828 videos

"Roland Engineers discuss the initial concept of the TR-808 which was conceived and built in 1980. Although it was designed to create 'backing tracks', creative musicians started to use the Rhythm Machine as an instrument and music changed forever. Now the evolution begins again."

Follow-up to this post.

Some discussion on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge & the MATRIXYSNTH Facebook Page

Update: image, price and details of AIRA:

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RIP Ikutaro Kakehashi, Founder of Roland

via Tommy Snyder:

"Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Roland, father of the TR-909, TR-808, Godfather of MIDI, and someone who I have collaborated with for 38 years, and also considered him as my 2nd father, passed away at the age of 87. He was a super funny, wonderful and gifted human being, and his contributions to the musical instrument world , and music, touched millions of people worldwide. RIP dear Taro.........."

This was shared only 5 hours ago. I am not seeing an announcement from Roland. I will update this post if anything new comes in.

Sad day today. Another legend and hero lost.

Update: added a few videos below including a pretty nice tribute. If you know of any other good videos featuring Ikutaro Kakehashi, send them in.

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CustomSynth Black Roland TR-909

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"Professional custom paint and screen finish by Jeff at www.customsynth.co.uk.

Serviced by James Walker at Synth Repair Services in January 2014.

New power regulators, rubber feet and V4 operating system EPROM."

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Roland TR-909 Versión Black Mod Cv. 1983 - 1985

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Looks like this one posted back in 2012. No additional info though. There have been a few other custom black TR-909s.

Visible Mods:

Bass Drum
Pitch & Tone Knobs

Snare Drum
Tone Knob (looks like there's a word before Tone)

Factory Tone
Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Hi Hat switches

Hi Hat knob

CV inputs:
Snare Drum Pitch
Bass Drum Pitch

Audio
Snare Fill

Also blue LEDs

Moby's Drum Machines For Sale

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You can find them on Reverb here.

Don't miss the video here.

Update: some pics and details captured. I made the mistake of trying to capture them all and then realized how many were listed. :) I ended up switching to the more esoteric models. Quite a few have never been featured here on MATRIXSYNTH before. What's a little bit interesting, is only two new labels were needed, one for Domino and one for Side-Kick-Er. All other brands have been featured before. See the labels at the bottom of this post. Side note: Blogger limits the number of characters to 200 for labels, so I wasn't able to capture them all for this post. You can always search for the brand names featured for more. I assume most do this anyway. The labels are more for maintenance and for finding posts that may not feature brand names in descriptions.

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Realistic Concertmate Electronic Accompanist-Metronome

"Fully analog rhythmic companion utilizing 5 beat buttons to combine how you wish. Features metronome, speaker and line out, and tempo control.

Serial: 42-2103. Works with no issue."

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Roland TR-909 in Black

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Roland TR-909 Drum Machine w/ Richie Hawtin Signature

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"Yes, There is a big fat Richie Hawtin Signature on the unit written in permanent black marker. I did not do this. The previous owner got it signed by Richie Hawtin at a show in Mexico in 2001 apparently. When I bought the unit, all I cared about was that the unit was fully functioning. I didn't care about the signature. Obviously this signature will enhance or detract from the value of the machine based on whether or not you like Richie Hawtin. :-)"

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Black and White (more in comments)

flickr by Lars Kristian Boquist
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"I had a wonderful photoshoot with my good friend and fellow bandmember in Kratic,
Marius Bjørnson on this amazing summer day for a shoot at a really cool skatepark in Oslo to get some promoshots.

He is becoming known in the underground world with electronica and dubstep, these photos are for a front page section at www.bjorkremixes.com where he and many others make remixes of Björk.

You can see some wicked color shots of this dude here"

Roland TR-909

Going Live ☀️ (KeyStep Pro // Digitone // TR6S // SE02 +Apocalypse+Rooms // Nymphes +LofiJunky+H9)

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"The set consists of 3 tracks already published on the channel (035- Kaoss ; 021- Black Box | Part 1 ; 065- 909) and 2 semi-improvised new tracks (actually built around 2 different patterns sleeping on my Digitone).

* Hardware used *
- DRUMS : Roland TR-6S
- BASS : Roland SE-02 + Pill Pedal (Input 1) + Death by Audio Apocalypse & Rooms
- PADS : Dreadbox Nymphes + Pill Pedal (Input 2) + Zvex Instant Lo-Fi Junky + Eventide H9
- Elektron Digitone + Korg KP3+ Kaoss Pad + Red Panda Particle 2

00:00 Kaoss (Intro)
02:34 Black Box (Part1)
05:23 Impro1 (New)
08:52 Impro2 (New)
11:54 909 (Outro)"

Gretsch ED700 Electronic Drums module demo

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"For sale an extremely rare analog Drum Machine a beautiful piece in the retro 80's style" sounds warm and organic! In the style of the famous vintage Rhythm Boxes, but with its own personality. 'Drum Machine Vintage 80' TR-808 TR-909 Syncussion SY-1 Sinsonics Simmons SDS Tama Techstar Analog Ultsound DS-4 Elektron Machinedrum Synthesizer Vermona"

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Synth Dreams

Dave of umop.com and The Packrat sent an email on a synth dream he had, to me and a couple of others. I replied with my own. Dave and Peter Forrest thought they were a good read so I figured I'd put up a post. Dave gave me the go ahead to start with his. If you have any similar stories, feel free to post them in the comments. I thought this particular Packrat Toon held a little bit of truth to the experience behind the dreams. BTW, title link takes you to the rest of The Packrat strip. Hmm... Now that I think of it, all the toons would make for great dreams. : ) Click the image to read it.


Before we start. Question: How many of you realized it was a dream in the middle of it and actually tried to take it back to the other side? I have.

Via Dave:
"Not for nuthin', but after I bought some office furniture at Ikea the
other day, I guess the store invaded & scrambled my thoughts, because
I dreamed I bought a little 2-osc analog synth from them.

I'd supply a picture but it was so nondescript it doesn't really
matter. It was about half a MaxiKorg with similarly colored switches;
plain black cheapo plastic body. Mixer faders all the way over on the
side, embedded in the end cheeks like an OB-Xa retrofit (for only two
VCO's?... there were so many faders...); and of course those cheeks
were Ikea's specialty "birch effect" particle board in composition.

One other detail I remember is the waveform knob was a simple knob
which went from brass (saw) to EP (electric piano [??]). When cranked
all the way left, this thing sounded fatter than the brass from ELP's
"Touch and Go" and I recall remarking to my girlfriend in the dream
(who was naked of course...TMI?) that I planned on bringing this
little $199 beauty out with me to Pong* shows as a dedicated brass
synth.

The name? "Ikeaboard" of course.

Just thought I'd share. It's weird to have dreams with this many
technical details skirting so close to the realistic."

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Via Matrix:
"Too funny, I used to have synth dreams all the time. There was a time in
real life, where I was hitting up pawn shop after pawn shop looking for
"that deal." I had major GAS. At that time I'd have dreams about shops in
various cities with crazy analog gear I've never seen before. Bizarre
Roland/Oberheim combo analogs. The shops always seemed to have mini lofts
in the back where they stored a bunch of dusty old analogs. I have
re-occuring dreams about making rounds through pawn shops on Santa Monica
Blvd. in LA between Van Ness and Western, which I just realized there isn't
a single pawn shop in that stretch if I remember correctly, and rounds in a
downtown that's a mix between LA, Venice Beach, and Seattle. The most
memorable synth of all things was a Red SH-101 that was shiny and had curves
which slanted in by the keys. Imagine a shiny red SH-101 designed by
Ferarri and you'll get the idea.

Here's a couple of real life experiences similar to my synth dreams:

1) I used to go up to Vancouver B.C. about twice a year and run through this
routine:

1. Check-in at hotel.
2. Walk out and down one side of Granville Ave hitting every pawn shop on
the way to the liqour store (mostly avoiding eye contact with the porn shop
displays in between - Granville basically has pawn shops, porn shops, clubs,
and convenience stores with .99 pizza by the slice). And then walk back up
the other, hitting all the pawn shops on that side.
3. Buy a synth if I was lucky enough to find one (I bought my JD-800 for
$650 Canadian there)
4. Bring it and the drinks up to the hotel room, and go through my cleaning
ritual while drinking these Canadian berry flavored drinks with MuchTV
(Canadian MTV) in the background (my wife liked that show when we visited).
I'd also watch life go by out on Granville. I always got a second to third
story room with a view of the street. I'd spend about an hour clianing the
synth and then play a bit and head out for the night. Back from the night
I'd stare out the window and watch the craziness that happens when people
start leaving the clubs. The whole time I'd be glowing and thinking about
how cool it was that I actually found something. There was a Kurzweil
K2000S I was eyeing in a shop for a while, but I thought the asking price at
$800 or so Canadian was too much for it to be a deal. Visiting Granville
was my pawnshop dream in real life minus of course the mass cool gear, but I
usually found something interesting too look at if not buy. I'd always go
up for my birthday as well, so finding something on that trip was always
better.

2) I went to Maui once, and made a point to hit the pawn shops at some
point. I didn't get around to it until the last day. To my wife's
reluctance, we hit shop after shop and found nothing. We burned out and
gave up. On the way back to the hotel, my wife spots Taco Bell. We go in
and I see a pawn shop around back. I say just one more. She's says no, but
I pull the what if that's the pawn shop that has the $50 Minimoog?! She
gives in. I walk in and in the back I see what looks like either a TR-707
or 909. I figure of course it's the 707 with my luck. I get closer and
it's pretty dusty, and... It's the 909. I get that sick feeling in the
stomache, that feeling of panic like someone or something is going to go
wrong. I grab it and look at a sticker on it. It says 220, but no $. I
ask the guy working there if that's the price. Turns out he's the owner and
he says a little nervously, "oh..., we can take $30 off of that" A 909 for
$190! I say sold! But... He only takes cash. I have no cash and he is
about to close! He's in a hurry to go see some blockbuster that just came
out. The shop opens again after my plane leaves. I ask if there is an ATM
close by. There is one across a high speed highway. but he says I better
hurry because he needs to make the movie and will not wait. What do I do?
I bolt across the street. I manage to withdraw the money and run back just
as he's locking the shop. I get that sick feeling like I knew it was too
good to happen, but... he has the 909 in hand and I make my purchase. : )
Only... They didn't have any 1/4" cables for me to try it, and as he was in
a rush, I had to buy it hoping it was ok. I almost didn't get it but I
figured I could get it repaired at that price, so I'm hoping it's just not
too bad. I get back and plug it in. I hear it thumping away. Big grin.
; ) I clean it up and it's immaculate, no issues whatsoever."

MAM ADX-1 // DRUM SYNTHESIZER with 5 VOICES // Internal Modulation

video upload by LESINDES

"I was asked about how fast the
internal random LFO is. Hard tell.
So I decided to make a demo on
the capacities of the internam
modulation of MAM ADX-1.

A technically 100% identical re-issue
is MODE MACHINES ADX-1.

Sorry for the dirty left thumb:
I had to fix my bike today. So bike
is fixed but grease is very persistent ;-)

MAM ADX-1 is a very handy 5 voice Analog Drum Expander with single and stereo outs. Affordable back in the day but quite rare right now with a corrisponding higher price.
It features the classic analog drum sounds like ROLAND TR-808, 909, KORG Mini Pops etc. Here it was triggered with LOGIC PRO via MIDI.

MAM or MUSIC AND MORE discontinued it. Their latest product was a 303 sound expander called MB-33 launched in 2015. There was a second edition of this dummer by MODE MACHINES in black an silver at about the same time."

MAM ADX-1 // DRUM SYNTHESIZER with 5 VOICES // NO FX

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"MAM ADX-1 is an affordable and very handy 5 voice Analog Drum Expander with single and stereo outs. It features the classic analog drum sounds like ROLAND TR-808, 909, KORG Mini Pops etc. Here it was triggered with LOGIC PRO via MIDI.

MAM or MUSIC AND MORE discontinued it. Their latest product was a 303 sound expander called MB-33 launched in 2015. There was a second edition of this dummer by MODE MACHINES in black an silver at about the same time.

As shown in the video It is still an very productive studio an live companion.

PROCESS:

To keep things interesting all of the 5 drum voices
of ADX-1 have their own LFO with a fixed rate.

Additionally HIHAT SNARE and METAL voice feature
an open and a closed status that is addressable via
different MIDI notes. Open decay is controlled by
the RELEASE parameter of the synth voice."

DSP Synthesizers The Drumstick - MIDI Drum Rompler on a USB-stick

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"The Drumstick is a MIDI Drum Rompler on a USB-Stick.

Featuring 32 Sounds from 808/909/727/CR-78 Vintage drum machines.

It is fully polyphonic and the sounds are edit-able via MIDI-CC.

USB-HID Compliant, no drivers required for computer, smartphone or tablet.

It will be available on Black Friday the 24th."

Update: The output is 1/8" stereo and each drum sound has individual panning, right to left. MIDI CC maps to the same parameters as Roland's Boutique TR-08/09.