A very underrated drum machine! It resembles the popular TR-909, and better yet, its hi-hat, cymbals, and clap sound almost identical to the TR-909! The TR-707 is a great source for cheap 909 samples. It has some other cool features too such as its Matrix display which clearly maps out your pattern for you in an easy to read display panel. It also features both MIDI in/out and DIN sync control - the best of both worlds. Why this unit even has individual outputs for each of its drum tones!
For programming, it features a shuffle and flam effect and its programming abilities are very impressive. But it does have its limitations, the only adjustment you can make to each drum tone is volume. And all of its other drum tones are boring (especially ride, kick and snare).
...choking them is also part of the sound design. It’s grown to be my favorite drum machine ever. - Roland TR-707 - I was hesitant to drop the cash on one cause it’s relatively easy to find good sampled sets. I was wrong, as the 707 is all about the sequencer fun and the individual...
...I'll stop trying to match them sound wise. With regard to my workflow: I tried the Ext trigger input (fed by the TR707 rimshot trigger output), using with uniform and non-uniform rimshots (like in the 80s song "The Safety Dance"). The MS101 follows the trigger - if keys are pressed early enough (that is, in sync...
... When the TR-808 and TR-909 became out of reach for us regular folks we flocked to the CR-78, TR-606, TR-707 and the 'budget' Boss models and increased the demand (and price) for those. Same thing happened with the Junos and JX analogs when the Jupiter 8 and even 6 became too...
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