CR78-PGM

"CR78-PGM is programmer and controller for Roland CR-78 drummachine. With help of it, CR-78 can be programmed very easy (by similar way as with original Roland WS-1 programmer). More over, CR78-PGM enables to control CR-78 during playback manually or via MIRI or DIN-SYNC buses.

1. Display (LCD)
2. Rotary encoder
3. PLAY / WRITE INSTRUMENT button
4. START/STOP / NEXT BEAT button
5. START/STOP signal output
6. WRITE signal output
7. CLOCK signal output
8. DIN-SYNC bus input
9. Synchronization selector
10. MIDI bus input
11. Working mode selector
12. LCD contrast setting
13. Supply connector"

You can find more info on CHD ELEKTROSERVIS

Roland CompuRhythm CR-78 Demo

YouTube via mrduckbutt
"Brief demo of some of the features on the Roland CR-78 drum machine. Mostly playing around with rhythm selections (incl. A/B variations), voice cancel, tempo, automatic fills, automatic fading, etc. And of course no CR-78 demo would be complete without playing "In the Air Tonight" and some Hall & Oates ("Kiss On My List"). The former uses the "Disco-2" rhythm with snare cancelled out; the latter uses "Rock-1" with automatic fill 7.

On a side note, I haven't found any permutation of rhythms to give the exact bass drum pattern on "In the Air Tonight". Maybe this is how Phil did it as well, but I just used the programming interface to make a custom rhythm with this bass drum pattern. Then I load this at the same time as "Disco-2" (these are the two yellow buttons pressed in the demo)."

VEMIA November 2000 catalogue - vintage synths & prices

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"From ten years ago, a paper catalogue from the VEMIA auction. 24 pages, tiny print, and not well printed - but just about readable everywhere. A couple of illustrations (not high quality!!) - of a massive Roland System 700 and the even bigger Yamaha EX42.

Fun to look at the prices - many of them not the final bids, but all already over their reserves (there are no hidden reserves in this auction) .

That means that in November 2000, you could have had a chance of winning the following (with prices in pounds sterling):

Two Siemens V72s, 440GBP; Vortexion tube amp 23GBP; Roland CR-78 230GBP; Roland TR-808 500GBP; Crumar Jazzman 95GBP; Hohner Clavinet 1 140GBP; Clavinet/Pianet Duo 260GBP; Wurlitzer EP-200 450GBP; Ashly SC-68 140; AKG BX20E 100GBP; Six Audio & Design SCAMP modules 130GBP; BBC EQs in a rack 50GBP; Binson Echorec Baby 280GBP; Binson Tube Reverb 350GBP; Carlsbro Flanger 85GBP; Dynacord CLS222 145GBP; Dynacord TAM19; Echolette SEV66 Vocoder; Echoplex tube model 240GBP; EH Small Stone original 55GBP; EH Talking Pedal 260GBP; Four EMT 256 II compressors and two de-essers 755GBP; Moog 12-Stage Phaser 580GBP; Roland Funny Cat 160GBP; Roland RE-201 190GBP; Roland SRE-555 240GBP; Ursa Major Space Station 450GBP; Reslosound Ribbon 75GBP; two Sennheiser MD421s 250GBP; two Tannoy mics from the House of Commons 45GBP; Two EMS Presto patches 60GBP; Korg MS-03 110GBP; Korg MS-04 110GBP; Optigan Stereophonic Deluxe 220GBP; RSF Kobol Programmer 450GBP; BBC Outside Broadcast four-channel passive mixers 90GBP; Roland VCA800 / CPE800 units 115GBP; Telefunken 12/2 mixer 200GBP; ARP 2600 Blue Meanie (aka Blue Marvin) 1450GBP; EMS Synthi AKS with all EMS mods 1770GBP; EMS Synthi-E 600GBP; EMS VCS3 1900GBP; Korg MS-50 680GBP; Roland System 100M five-module system 880GBP; Roland System 700 complete 9950GBP; ARP Odyssey white-face 480GBP; ARP Pro Soloist 150GBP; EDP Wasp 280GBP; Hohner Bass 28GBP; Korg M500SP 75GBP; Korg Sigma 180GBP; Moog Minimoog 900GBP; Moog Prodigy 270GBP; Oberheim OB-1 460GBP; Octave Cat 330GBP; OSC OSCar 840GBP; Roland MC-202 200GBP; Roland SH-101 190GBP; Roland System 100 101 330GBP; Farfisa Compact Duo 500GBP; Hammond F-100 Extravoice 150GBP; Moog CDX 430GBP; Yamaha EX42 GX-1 look-alike 1250GBP; Vox Continental 300 240GBP; Yamaha YC-45D 280GBP; Elka Rhapsody 610 85GBP; Gleeman Pentaphonic 1270GBP; Moog Memorymoog Plus 1450GBP; PPG Wave 2.3 800GBP; Roland Jupiter 6 580GBP; Roland Jupiter 8 (JP8) 680GBP; Roland VP-330 400GBP; SCI Prophet 5 rev 3.2 760GBP; SCI Prophet 5 with Kenton MIDI 900GBP; Korg SQ-10 250GBP; Roland CSQ-100 34GBP; Roland MC-4 250GBP; a hundred CEM 3396 chips 100GBP; Leslie 147 360GBP; Ampex 351 980GBP; Studer C-37 300GBP."

Roland CR-5000 CompuRhythm SN 245158

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"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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CR68-M-TMG DIY-retrokit for Roland's CR-68

2019/05 - CR-68-M-TMG demosong Published on May 21, 2019 Stereoping

"The CR68-M-TMG is a DIY-retrokit for Roland's CR-68. 'M' stands for Midi as all voices can be triggerd via Midi - including Accent. The 'TMG' describes the cooler part - the PCB also holds the three missing instruments of the big sister CR-78 which the CR-68 normally lacks: Tambourine (TB), Metalbeat (MB) and Guiro (GU). All voices were carefully recreated based on original schematics. Tambourine is available as longer and shorter decay and Guiro in high and low pitch. Each of the 3 drumvoices uses a special inductor to build a very steep bandpassfilter definately needed to form the characteristic timbre. We've given a little batch of these inductors into production on rare, old winding machines to get the perfect sound.

This mellow demosong shows details of the PCB and electronic parts as well as some footage of the CR-68 itself. The drums are - of course - coming from a CR-68 equipped with this retrofit. The song introduces the 3 instuments one after the other. Typography and visual helpers like realtime analyzer and oscilloscope will guide you to easily identify the single TB/MB/GU sounds in the mix.

The CR68-M-TMG retrokit is available now in the stereoping shop. Production run is limited due to these special coils."

Synthesiser Dave - Episode 14 - Roland CR-68 & CR-78

Published on Mar 16, 2018 Electronic Sound

"Part one of a look at the lovely Roland CR-68 drum machine."

Synthesiser Dave - Episode 14 (part 2) - CR-78

Published on Mar 16, 2018 Electronic Sound

1979 Roland CR-68/CR-78 "No more waiting for Louie" Ad

via Retro Synth Ads, where you'll find the full write-up.

"Roland CR-68/CR-78 drum machine "No more waiting for Louie" full page colour advertisement from page 115 in the November 1979 issue of International Musician and Recording World magazine."

Bitley Presents Omnia Fairlight-based Sound Banks

The Fairlight CMI ReFills for Reason - two demo tracks

Uploaded on Sep 13, 2011 bitleyTM·39 videos

"demo music for the fairlight refills for reason

driving by night in sweden

music and refill by bitley - http://bitley.laconicsounds.net"

browsing through Bitley™ OMNIA Samples for Anything

Published on Aug 7, 2013 bitleyTM·39 videos

"Browsing in the folder of this giant WAV / AIFF sound library just to give you a hint of how everything is sorted. The library costs $39 USD and contains the entire Fairlight CMI IIx library and much, much more. In total about 6,000 samples @ about 2,3 Gb of disk space. This works as a foundation for our refills Bitley™ OMNIA and the reknowned Bitley™ Fairlight Platinum.

Sampled instruments include: Fairlight CMI IIX, E-mu Emulator II, E-mu Emulator III, Roland JX8P, Roland JX10, Roland Jupiter 4, Roland D-50, Roland TR-505, 606, 707, 808 and 909. Prophet 1 and 5. Yamaha DX7. Yamaha TX81Z. Casio VZ1. Moog Minimoog. Casio CZ-5000. LinnDrum. Oberheim Matrix 6 and Matrix 12, DMX. Roland SH-101. Korg Trinity. Roland Juno 60 & 106. Wavestation. Prophet VS. Roland V-Synth. Yamaha DX7II. Roland TB-303. Roland S-550. Roland CR-68, CR-78. Casio RZ-1. Yamaha RX5.

The 'Samples for Anything' version is made to be used with just about any sampler out there; be it a hard or a soft option - E-mu E4K series, Native Instruments Kontakt, UVI, Korg ESX-1 etc etc. The pack of samples is also available for Reason 7. The complete sound libraries including patches are also available for Kontakt and Reason, respectively. All from our site.

More information:

http://bitley.laconicsounds.net/

http://bitley.laconicsounds.net/omnia/"

via Patrick Fridh on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:

"August 8, 2013

For immediate release: Bitley presents Omnia

Omnia is the latest incarnation of Bitley's Fairlight-based sound banks, as developed from 2010 to present date. The first release in the Omnia series is Omnia Samples. This contains all of the wave files (samples), comprising 2,3 Gigabyte of data and nearly 6,000 individual samples. Omnia Samples is released in two versions: One raw wave version, which fits all samplers and sample players that can import AIFF and / or WAV files. This covers nearly all sampler instruments since many years back. The other version is made for Reason 7. Subsequent Omnia series releases for Reason will include things from Bitley's previous Fairlight II+, XXL and Platinum refills alongside with completely new patches as well as fixes and updates, new naming conventions and more focused categories. Fairlight Platinum will remain as the largest Bitley refill with its 3,600 instrument patches. There is also a Fairlight-based Kontakt library available which recently was updated (July 2013).

Bitley is a swedish maker of sound banks, programming hardware synthesizers as well as making software releases. The company started out in 2010 by releasing the sound banks Orlando JX10 and Fairlight CMI Legacy. Bitley's usage of the Fairlight samples is an agreement with Fairlight and Peter Vogel in Australia. Newer refills include The Prophet, O8, Flux, Poly Ensemble and more.

Bitley Omnia webpage: http://bitley.laconicsounds.net/omnia/
Fairlight audio/video demo:"

"The Fairlight CMI ReFills for Reason - two demo tracks" video above.

Cosmorama at Reco-Head Records

Cosmorama at Reco-Head Records from arthur joly on Vimeo.

Lots of synths !
producing analog music in Brazil.
music from Anvil FX and Cosmorama.
www.recosynth.com

Synth list: ARP 2600, ARP Sequencer, Moog Voyager, Roland CR-78, Roland System-100, ARP Axxe, E-mu Drumulator, ARP Quartet, Curious Inventor Voice of Saturn, Moog Prodigy, ARP Solus, Moog Source, Moog Minimoog, Roland Juno-60, Fender Rhodes, Fender Starmaster, Linn LinnDrum, Rheem Kee Bass, Moog Realistic MG-1, ARP Odyssey, Moog Opus 3, Reco-Synth Jolymod 3, Moog Theremin, Reco-Synth Jolymod 1, Wurlitzer, Roland Jupiter-8, Roland TR-909, Roland TR-808, Oberheim DX, Roland CR-8000, Korg MS-10, Bleep Labs Thingamagoop, KORG KR-55, Roland SVC-350.

Playing $15,000 Worth Of Vintage Synths & Drum Machines

Published on Oct 24, 2017 Doctor Mix

"Here we show the original vintage Roland TR-808, TR-707, CR-78 Simmons Clap Trap and VP-330 Vocoder. Get the sound of this gear on your music with our Remix & Production Package: https://www.doctormix.com/remix-and-production

Average price of this gear on Ebay
Roland TR 808: $4,100
Roland TR 707: $1,000
Roland CR 78: $3,500
Roland VP 330: $4,000
Simmons Clap Trap: $1,500.00
Yamaha Moxf6: $1,200"

Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm w/ Original Box & Manual

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"A very beautiful CR-78 with its original box, pedal and manual.
It is in excellent cosmetic condition, and it will be fully serviced prior to sale.
There is no battery leakage as it has been removed and replaced before it happens.
So this CR-78 is in excellent shape in and out !"

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Roland CR-78 run-through

"My CR-78. The preset patterns, the addition of my own patterns in the programmer, and the CR-78 triggering my Korg MS-20M towards the end. Audio through my speakers and the camera phone."

CHD PGM CR 78 Programmer for Roland CR 78 CompuRhythm

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"Very useful and rare tool to programm the CR 78."

Roland WS-1

Title link takes you to a couple more shots via this auction.

Details:
"This is the Roland WS-1, the extremely rare write switch for the CR-78 Compurhythm Drum Machine... The CR-78 is one of the best drum machines Roland ever made, but without the WS-1, it's just another beat box. With the WS-1, you have full control over the 4 yellow program buttons on your machine. It is possible to program the CR-78 using a footswitch in real time, you can't program it accurately in step time without this switch." Auction link sent my way via Omeganaut

Vintage Roland CR68 w/ Analogue Solutions MIDI Kit

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"The CR-68 is a classic analog Rhythm Machine related to the famous CR-78.
The CR-68 has the same sound set and rhythm patterns, but is not programmable and lacks many of the better features found on a CR-78.

However the CR-68 does have breaks & fills, an accent that really livens up its beats, and a balance knob that can be used to weird-out the sounds a little bit.

A much cheaper alternative to the CR-78 considering it is strictly limited to its preset patterns.

The CR-68 offers up the basic set of rhythms and sounds.
There's 4 Rock, 2 Disco, Waltz, Shuffle, Slow Rock, Swing, Fox Trot, Tango, etc...

The sounds are analog and include kick, snare, rim, hi-hat, cymbal, maracas, claves, cowbell and congas.

These days the CR-68's sounds are often sampled instead, after which the machine itself may be kept around for use as a paperweight or book-end.

To overcome this, we are currently installing an Analogue Solutions MIDI Kit, so you can control this via MIDI as well. Accent is also supported!"

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Roland System 100 Vids by tuddilu

YouTube Uploaded by tuddilu

Playlist:
Roland System 100, modul 101 and 102 expander, AS Oberkorn
Roland System 100 and Roland CR78 (trig out)
Roland System 100, SD200, AS Oberkorn
Roland system 100 fireworks
Roland System 100 (101, 102), Arp Axxe, DR 110
Roland system 100 (101, 102, 104)
Roland system 100 (101, 102, 104) & MiniKorg 700s
Roland system 100 (101, 102), Roland CSQ600 & CR-78
Roland system 100 (101, 102, 104), Boss DR110 & Roland Space echo re150
Roland System 100 (101, 102), Arp Axxe, DR 110

Roland CR 78

YouTube Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Jan 30, 2011

"Demonstration of a Roland CR-78 drum machine, by Astronauta Pinguim."

Roland CR 68 demo

Published on Oct 21, 2012 by superfroe

"Just a general run-through of the fabulous CR-68 "CompuRhythm" analog drum machine (little brother of the legendary CR-78). The CR-78 is what's heard on Phil Collins' "In the air tonight", among other classic records. The '68 is the same sound engine as the '78, but with a few less programming "features" (a few less buttons)."

Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm with Modifications - Demo Video

Published on Jan 13, 2013 zibbybone·104 videos

"I am selling this Roland CR-78. Here is a quick video demonstrating that its basic functions work properly. A previous owner added a LED readout on the front that counts the number of measures that have been played. The Green button resets the counter. There are individual audio outputs for kick and snare and 2 additional IOs with combinations of instruments. There are some 3 position switches that I have not been able to figure out their function. There are some concentric pots that seem to affect the snare drum. One seems to be filter cut-off, but I'm not sure what the other is for. Unit is 220 volt with European style wall plug. I used a voltage transformer to operate."

Pics captured here.

Formanta Maestro & Roland CR-78 Demo

video upload by Carambolage

"All sounds generated on Formanta Maestro synth (except percussion, which is Roland CR-78).
No midi, all sounds played by hand on Maestro. Multitrack recording + some FX in a DAW."

Formanta Maestro Demo (dry sound / checking all the fuctions)

video upload by

"Designed by Vladimir Kuzmin (the engineer who created the famous Polivoks synthesizer). Manufactured at Ural Vector Factory, Soviet Union, sometime in the late 80s."

Interesting pitch bend.