"This vintage drum synthesizer still works perfectly. The sounds are incredibly real. The unit is versatile, providing many rock, jazz, Latin, and waltz templates. 24 distinct rhythm templates in all. Each of the 24 can be shuffle or straight. And you can add cymbals, high hat, congas and more, each with individual volume to any template. There are also eight fills to choose from, each with frequency choices. Three momentary foot switches allow control during live performances."
"I recorded this version of "Utopia Parkway" for a special tribute to the late Adam Schlesinger organized by his Fountains Of Wayne bandmate, Jody Stephens. Adam was a dear friend and a partner in my piano bar in NYC, Sid Gold's Request Room. He passed away due to complications from COVID-19 on April 1, 2020 and the world lost an incredible talent. Please check out Fountains Of Wayne, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, 'That Thing You Do' and his many other musical accomplishments. I played this live into ProTools with no overdubs. Equipment: Yamaha CP-25 electric piano with Stromer Mutronics Super Fuzz and the Moog Analog Delay. Sequential Pro 3 Roland CR-5000 CompuRhythm Liven 8 Bit Warps Korg MS-20 controlled by the Korg SQ-1 sequencer Note: I got the CompuRhythm synced up to the 8 Bit and the SQ-1 by feeding the trigger out of the CR-5000 into the sync input of the 8 Bit Warps (line in) and taking the MIDI out of the 8 Bit into the SQ-1."
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.
"Roland CompuRhytm CR-5000 Micro Computer Controlled Rhythm Machine. Very nice original working condition. This unit came out of an estate of a 80+ year old musicians personal collection of music equipment."
"For sale is this vintage drum machine. The percussion sounds are awesome, especially the kick and hh. There are separate volume controls for the different instruments and a ton of old-school presets...
It is in perfect working order! Comes with two foot switches. No manual. There are two small cosmetic spots where something hot seems to have been slightly melted the plastic, but not by me."
"Time capsule Roland CR-5000. Some very minor scuffs but cosmetically a 9.5/10. Everything works and sounds great! Even the underside looks almost new. Factory protective plastic still on the serial number plate in the back. Don't think I've ever seen one this nice.
The CR-5000 is the predecessor to the TR-808. The cowbell, conga and toms sound remarkably similar to the 808.
Rare machine in this condition. Comes with original manual."
"This is a Roland CompuRhythm CR-5000 preset based analog drum machine.
Awesome sounding machine in the style of the CR-78.
The machine is in excellent working condition.
All the buttons react smoothly."
"The Roland CR-5000 is Classic electronic drum sounds that hint back to the famous CR-78 and TR-808drum machines. I remember listening to the drum sounds and presets as a little kid, It's a really cool vintage piece!
*Comes with Original Dust Cover. Dust Cover is the only thing that shows any age, it has preserved the Roland CR-5000 perfectly!"
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THANK YOU and have a GREAT 2015!!!
This site is a labor of love and a ton of work. This site is ultimately meant to be an testament to everything synth in the making. We have over nine years of daily synth history captured here, 119,983 published posts. I can't wait to see what the future brings us in 2015!
That said, here are a few interesting bits from 2014 in the longest post of the year. ;)
"Halloween Day = A good day to jam! Enjoy it! All music and sounds are pure improvisations. I just restored an old Roland Compurhythm CR-5000:great rhythmbox!! I already made a Halloween-video 2 years ago.Check this also out!"
One year ago:
HALLOWEEN LIVE JAM
Published on Oct 30, 2013 Jason Basson
"I took the Acidlab Bassline, the Roland MC-202, the Korg Monotribe, the Arp Axxe and the Analogue Solutions 16 step sequencer and linked them all together: Bassline cv out to MC-202 cv built-in synth(= cv out but it worked:-) ),MC-202 gate out to sync in of the Monotribe, the 16 step sequencer cv out to the cv in of the MC-202, and the gate y out of the 16 step sequencer to the gate in of the Arp Axxe.Happy Halloween!"
"RARE Roland CR5000 Vintage Analog Drum Machine with 5 additional instruments audio outputs. Tonal voice mods for great on the fly sound control... Din Sync IN/Out MOD tested and also working perfect. All patterns and fill ins play perfect. BLUE LED for Tempo and downbeat indication..."
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"All original example of a 1981 Roland CompuRhythm CR-5000 drum machine. cosmetically in good condition, with very trivial scratches - nearly imperceivable. with great sounding analog samples, as well as 3 banks of 8 drum beats, totaling 24 beats. an early all original vintage Roland drum machine cha-cha box in perfect working condition..."
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"For your consideration is this very nice all original example of a 1981 Roland CompuRhythm CR-5000 drum machine, serial number 070513. Cosmetically near mint with great sounding analog samples, as well as 3 banks of 8 drum beats, totaling 24 beats. An early all original vintage Roland drum machine cha-cha box in excellent cosmetic and perfect working condition."
