Roland TR-8S - (New TR-8 with user samples and individual outs)

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#269

I like the upgrades. I’m just saying I would have liked them - as well - if the upgrades did not include sample playback.

I try to practice Spanish and French. Perhaps I can restate my post in one of those languages if it will be clearer to you.

#270

What’s the release date?

#271

This Friday.

#272

yep wrong person, sorry about that. Its important to me as i record at 96khz. It isn’t even that high res to be honest.

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#273

Thanks, your english is fine.

#274

Cos you can load wonky nonsense and sequence it.

#275

I’ve got my Octatrack for that.

But don’t let me stop you from doing the same on the new Roland

#276

Prices are tumbling even further, a new record low: 290 CHF = 249 EUR (without expansion)

http://www.tutti.ch/tessin-de/musik/instrumente/angebote/roland-aira-tr-8_20188790.htm

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#277

So just out of curiosity, would you not be interested at all if this thing had no sample loading?

#278

Maybe it’s time to start a new genre based on the TR-16, TR-24, TR-32, etc.

#279

Cool! I’ll keep an eye out. Thanks

#280

Yes. Each track instrument, instrument alt sound, and the trigger track can be assigned a single MIDI note number. So, drum sequencing is possible but melodic sequencing would be fiddly and limited.

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#281

Yes, exactly this. IMO the new seq features are the big deal in TR8S. I’ve often wished for a way to be able to edit the ”next” pattern before switching to it, very happy such a feature is about to become a ”standard” in the future.

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#282

no sample locks, limited sample manipulation capabilities… nah, not even close. DT is clearly the superior sample unit here.

But purely as a drum machine, the TR8S might be a better unit, the seq has some rather good tricks for drum programming, especially for off-the-cuff improv. And TR8S has negative shuffle :diddly:

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#283

No, still interested. And I’d happily swap samples for conditional trigs.

#284

We think alike here. :sunglasses:

#285

just sequence the TR8S with a DT to get both :diddly: (You could simulate sample locking by making different kits with party altered sounds, and send pgm chng msgs to the TR8S via DT MIDI)

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#286

TR-8S. Microtiming? Can I nudge a note back or forth? Create my own swing?

#288

Yeah but I’m pretty sure Roland would have a way to back up the device :joy:
As it loads stereo samples you probably get further with it than a Digitakt standalone

#289

dumb question. What’s the huge deal with stereo samples?

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