Got one of those as well. And a TT-78. Exceptionally funky little boxes!
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this would be my choice if Iād buy an anlog drum machine. Something little different. seems to sound great
the sound of the DR808 is not bad, but it looks still like a cheap toy with all these rubber buttons and the variety of parameters, to alter the drum sounds, is quite limited like the original counter part as well.
soā¦ will this increase the resale prices of the original 808/909? or bring 'em down?
asking for a friend.
Iām a little confused about whether or not you can tune the kick drum to play bass linesā¦ Can you do this stand alone or do you need a computer to automate?
There is a bd tune knob visible in the latest demos.
Understood, the question is can you automate that tone knob using the unit stand alone?
Yeah, Iām not sure eitherā¦ In one of the demos, itās mentioned but it was very vagueā¦ Iāll have to dig deeperā¦
Very likely not. Very little MIDI CC control or automation on the analogue Behringer boxes. Thatās one reason theyāre so inexpensive. 
I might be trippn but I thought the bd will respond to MIDI notes?
Youāre correct. The kick can be played chromatically
Source please?
It was one of the live streams when they were taking about tuning being added to the kick that Moot guy said itās addressable and playable via midi.
I thought it recorded parameter automation tooā¦I.e tuning.
to each one its own.
I would never buy a 808 clone knowing that an AR mk1 is going quite cheap, it is so much more powerful and versatile. I do like the analog engines a lot! They are very clean and combine well with the gritty overdrive and distortion.
I saw his demonstration, all he does is turn the kick drums tone knob manually with his handā¦ There was no indication that the moments were recordedā¦ It was just really vagueā¦ He clearly didnāt really know how to use the unit. Probably didnāt get enough time with the features prior to the showā¦
As much as I love ny rytm mk I, I also want to include the RD808 in my beatbox locker. The AR808 gets close to the TR808 sound but the envelopes, I havent been able to reproduce 1:1 - I often wish the rytm Had the same envs as the A4, that would solve so many problems! As it is now, using the LFO for env duties is pretty much mandatory for many sounds.
I was very exited for the RD808 and 909. For the price nothing really compares. But i bought a Tr-8s a little while ago, and now the exitement dropped. Im not saying the Tr-8s sounds better or even as good. But the faders makes live jamming so much fun. And im kind of āspace challengedā at the moment.
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History shows that clones / reissues donĀ“t result in lower resale prices of the original. See Korg MS20, moog model d reissue for reference. Who wants the original always wants the original and the amount of people who want the original gets higher with each clone on the market.
The static sample thing does do my head in a bit. I used to set up round robins on my MPC but unless Iām making jazzy sample based stuff I donāt tend to bother any more very often. Usually just humanise and mess with velocities. I think itās the sort of thing that bothers music makers more than listeners Never really considered round robins that way with OT, good tip. gotta say youāve got me more interested in this though, it is pretty cheap as far as gear goes. Havenāt had anything knob per function in a while