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26.000,00 Euro gets it all.
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Thursday, November 19, 2015
Roland Museum Germany Massive Synthesizer Selloff - Most Gear for Sale in a Single Auction
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This one in via Marko of Retrosound.de.
26.000,00 Euro gets it all.
via this auction
Someone needs to contact the Guiness Book of World Records. Longest list of gear for sale ever:
This one in via Marko of Retrosound.de.
26.000,00 Euro gets it all.
via this auction
Someone needs to contact the Guiness Book of World Records. Longest list of gear for sale ever:
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Rhythm Ace FR-6 SN 0020062
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via this auction
"Ace FR-6 Rhythm Ace Pre Roland Vintage Drum Machine"
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"Ace FR-6 Rhythm Ace Pre Roland Vintage Drum Machine"
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Nihon Hammond & Ace Tone (Pre ROLAND) Rhythm Ace FR-6 Drum Machines
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Ace Tone (Pre ROLAND) Rhythm Ace FR-6 SN 078045 via this auction
Nihon Hammond Rhythm Ace FR-6 SN 571308 via this auction
Note the different branding SN plates on the back.
Ace Tone (Pre ROLAND) Rhythm Ace FR-6 SN 078045 via this auction
Nihon Hammond Rhythm Ace FR-6 SN 571308 via this auction
Note the different branding SN plates on the back.
Monday, November 10, 2014
AceTone (Roland) Rhythm Ace FR-6 + Roland RE 201
Published on Nov 10, 2014 subtokyoshop
"AceTone (Roland) Rhythm Ace FR-6
Vintage Classic Drum Machine made by AceTone / Nihon Hammond Corp(former name of Roland corp), around 1970.
Recorded with Roland RE-201 Space Echo and DBX 160X Compressor"
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Friday, March 28, 2014
VINTAGE RHYTHM ACE FR-6
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via this auction
Update via Christopher Keep in the comments: "I own both an FR 6 and a CR 78. Heart of Glass was definitely recorded with a CR 78. There's no pulse out on the FR 6, and hence no way to sync it with the LFOs on the Roland SH 1000 used for the sweeping pulse effect. That said, the FR 6 is pretty cool; you can pop the hood off and adjust the volume and tone of all the individual sounds using the tunable pots. A modders dream."
"VINTAGE RHYTHM ACE FR-6 old school analog drum machine manufactured by Ace Elcetronic Industries in Japan. this is the RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER weird little rhythm unit that came into vogue on early electro records and used on disco and house tracks of the 60s/70s/80s....EXACTLY the one heard on everything from Blondie's 'Heart of Glass' to today's electro punk and indie freakouts."
Some claim the Roland CR-78 was used, but others state the sound was closer to the FR-6. Wikipedia currently has the following:
"The production of 'Heart of Glass' was discussed in detail by Richard Allinson and Steve Levine on the BBC Radio 2 radio program The Record Producers that was aired on May 25, 2009. As explained in the program, the production of 'Heart of Glass' was built around the use of a Roland CR-78 drum machine. The CR-78 was first introduced in 1978, the same year that Parallel Lines was recorded, and the use of this device on 'Heart of Glass' was, according to the program, among the earliest uses of this device in popular music. As the program explained, it was also very unusual to use a drum machine in the context of a rock band.
In deciding to use the CR-78 for 'Heart of Glass,' the choice was made to combine the sound of the drum machine with the sound of actual drumming. This reflected the hybrid nature of the song, the combination of a drum machine that was typically used in the context of dance music with the actual drum sound that was a traditional aspect of rock recordings. In combining these elements, the sound of the drum machine was first recorded on an individual track. To synchronize the actual drum play with the drum machine, the drums were also recorded on separate tracks, with the bass drum recorded separately from the rest of the drums.
Having combined the drums with the drum machine, another important feature of the CR-78 was that it could be used to send a trigger pulse to the early polymorphic synthesizers. This trigger pulse feature was also used on 'Heart of Glass.' The trigger pulse created by the CR-78 became a distinctive electronic/synth element of the song. The additional synthesizer portions of the song were played separately.
For the guitars, each guitar part was again recorded on separate tracks. For the vocals, a single track and a double track of Debbie Harry's voice were combined into a single vocal recording.
In an interview in the magazine that is part of the collector's edition for the ninth Blondie studio album Panic of Girls, Debbie Harry explained that band members Chris Stein and Jimmy Destri had purchased the CR-78 from a music store on 47th Street in Manhattan, and that this is how the device had become part of the production of 'Heart of Glass': 'Chris and Jimmy were always going over to 47th Street where all the music stores were, and one day they came back with this little rhythm box, which went 'tikka tikka tikka'... And the rest is history!' Stein also credited Destri with influencing the song's sound, saying he 'had a lot to do with how the record sounds... It was Jimmy who brought in the drum machine and a synthesiser. Synchronising them was a big deal at the time. It all had to be done manually, with every note and beat played in real time rather than looped over.'[6]"
via this auction
Update via Christopher Keep in the comments: "I own both an FR 6 and a CR 78. Heart of Glass was definitely recorded with a CR 78. There's no pulse out on the FR 6, and hence no way to sync it with the LFOs on the Roland SH 1000 used for the sweeping pulse effect. That said, the FR 6 is pretty cool; you can pop the hood off and adjust the volume and tone of all the individual sounds using the tunable pots. A modders dream."
"VINTAGE RHYTHM ACE FR-6 old school analog drum machine manufactured by Ace Elcetronic Industries in Japan. this is the RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER weird little rhythm unit that came into vogue on early electro records and used on disco and house tracks of the 60s/70s/80s....EXACTLY the one heard on everything from Blondie's 'Heart of Glass' to today's electro punk and indie freakouts."
Some claim the Roland CR-78 was used, but others state the sound was closer to the FR-6. Wikipedia currently has the following:
"The production of 'Heart of Glass' was discussed in detail by Richard Allinson and Steve Levine on the BBC Radio 2 radio program The Record Producers that was aired on May 25, 2009. As explained in the program, the production of 'Heart of Glass' was built around the use of a Roland CR-78 drum machine. The CR-78 was first introduced in 1978, the same year that Parallel Lines was recorded, and the use of this device on 'Heart of Glass' was, according to the program, among the earliest uses of this device in popular music. As the program explained, it was also very unusual to use a drum machine in the context of a rock band.
In deciding to use the CR-78 for 'Heart of Glass,' the choice was made to combine the sound of the drum machine with the sound of actual drumming. This reflected the hybrid nature of the song, the combination of a drum machine that was typically used in the context of dance music with the actual drum sound that was a traditional aspect of rock recordings. In combining these elements, the sound of the drum machine was first recorded on an individual track. To synchronize the actual drum play with the drum machine, the drums were also recorded on separate tracks, with the bass drum recorded separately from the rest of the drums.
Having combined the drums with the drum machine, another important feature of the CR-78 was that it could be used to send a trigger pulse to the early polymorphic synthesizers. This trigger pulse feature was also used on 'Heart of Glass.' The trigger pulse created by the CR-78 became a distinctive electronic/synth element of the song. The additional synthesizer portions of the song were played separately.
For the guitars, each guitar part was again recorded on separate tracks. For the vocals, a single track and a double track of Debbie Harry's voice were combined into a single vocal recording.
In an interview in the magazine that is part of the collector's edition for the ninth Blondie studio album Panic of Girls, Debbie Harry explained that band members Chris Stein and Jimmy Destri had purchased the CR-78 from a music store on 47th Street in Manhattan, and that this is how the device had become part of the production of 'Heart of Glass': 'Chris and Jimmy were always going over to 47th Street where all the music stores were, and one day they came back with this little rhythm box, which went 'tikka tikka tikka'... And the rest is history!' Stein also credited Destri with influencing the song's sound, saying he 'had a lot to do with how the record sounds... It was Jimmy who brought in the drum machine and a synthesiser. Synchronising them was a big deal at the time. It all had to be done manually, with every note and beat played in real time rather than looped over.'[6]"
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Ace Tone Rhythm Ace FR-6 Vintage Analog Drum Machine
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Ace Tone Rhythm Ace FR-6 - Vintage Analog Drum Machine SN 007028
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
NIHON HAMMOND Rhythm Ace FR-6
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"1974 Vintage Rhythm Ace Model FR-6 Full Auto Sound Unit Drum Machine."
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"1974 Vintage Rhythm Ace Model FR-6 Full Auto Sound Unit Drum Machine."
Friday, February 03, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Rhythm Ace FR-6
Friday, April 08, 2011
Circuit Bending a Roland TR-77 aka Bentley Rhythm Ace FR-8L
Details on the bends on Circuitbenders.co.uk. Interesting bit on the history of the TR-77:
"Why both names you might ask? Well, before Roland came into existence there was a company in the 70's called Acetone who distributed several drum machines of the 'sit on top of your home organ' variety. These machines were mostly firmly in the Rhumba and Bossanova camps, but in the UK they were marketed under the name Bentley Rhythm Ace, which is as good a name as any i guess. Eventually all these distributors morphed into the mighty beast that was Roland in the late 70's and early 80's, but many of their product ranges seem to have been redesigned and sold as Roland machines, often at the same time as appearing under other names. One of these is the Bentley Rhythm Ace FR8L which is to all intents and purposes a Roland TR77 drum machine, the first product ever to bear the Roland name."
You can find an image of the FR-8L in this previous post. For comparison, here is a pic of an FR-6.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Vintage Bentley Rhythm Ace Drum Machine FR-6
via this auction"Vintage 1970's Bentley Rhythm Ace FR-6 drum machine, for the classic retro analogue Sounds
Rarer than the common Long organ top ones with the music rest, this would fit in much better in a studio set up.
Beats 2-beat selectable by rotory knob, Bass drum, Base drum and snare, Fox trot one, Swing one, March, Hara Nara
Beats 4 beat selectable by rotory knob, Bass drum, Bass drum and snare, Fox trot two, Swing two, Swing three, Tango.
Plus Bossa Nova, Samba, Mambo, Cha-Cha, Beguine, Rock N Roll, Ballard, Slow Rock and Waltz.Large on/off switch
Volume,
Tempo,
Ballance."
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