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Roland slays the competition with its new TR-1000 Rhythm Creator Drum Machine - which combines Analog TR-808 and TR-909 Engines with Digital ACB, FM, VA and PCM Engines - with Sampling and Morphing also!
Occasionally something so innovative materialises - that it transcends boundaries. And while this is of course massively and mostly a pedal blog - I do also have time for innovations in related fields too.
I’m not going to go into too much detail here beyond the Specs! - you just need to watch the demos to be convinced.
What Roland has achieved with the TR-1000 is utterly magnificent - in combining full vintage style analog circuits with cutting edge digital ones - giving you the key original flavours of the legendary TR-808 and TR-909 in one box and so much besides.
There are so many smart things that you can do with his Rhythm Creator Workstation - it will lead us into the next generation of beat-makers.
While I would mostly be trying to recreate the rhythm tracks of Prince’s 2 most legendary albums - Purple Rain, and Sign of the Times! (Which yes I know used the Linn Drum! But I’m mostly a Boss / Roland guy!)
This is a magnificent technical achievement - and for sure the competition will be trying to roll out something similar in a year or two - including of course arch plagiarists Behringer.
As I’m still hot on the track of an almost infinite wishlist of pedals - it’s very unlikely that I grab one of these any time soon.
With a pricetag of $2,699 / €2,699 / £2,279 - I would definitely need to save up - I quite want a Jupiter-X too!
In any case - props to Roland for achieving the almost impossible - what a machine!
You can read up more on the TR-1000 Rhythm Creator on the Roland Website!
Features / Specs
- TR-1000 Rhythm Creator
- 16 analog instruments with the authentic sound of the TR-808 and TR-909, plus expanded capabilities
- 10 analog TR-808 instruments : Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Low Tom, High Tom, Rim Shot, Hand Clap, Open HiHat, Closed HiHat, Cymbal & Cow Bell
- 6 analogue TR-909 instruments : bass drum, snare drum, low tom, high tom, rim shot & hand clap
- 50 different ACB (Analogue Circuit Behaviour) sound engines with a wide range of parameters
- FM sound generation for digital percussion sounds
- Virtual analogue synthesiser and more than 2,500 PCM samples for bass and synthesiser sounds, effects and more
- Stereo sampling and re-sampling with time stretching and beat slicing
- 46 GB storage space for your own samples (16-bit / 48 kHz)
- Effects per instrument : compressor, filter (multimode filter or 4-band EQ), amplifier with envelope
- 4 instruments with layer function (2 sound engines), sidechaining and modulation LFO
- Step sequencer with 10 tracks and up to 128 steps per track
- TR recording, real-time recording, motion recording for parameter automation
- Memory space for 16 projects, 2048 patterns and 2048 drum kits
- Master effects section with analogue filter and drive, digital insert effects, compressor, reverb and delay
- Morph fader for blending parameter settings
- 42 controls and 10 faders for editing instruments
- OLED-display and 6 encoders
- Mix Out (2x 6.3mm jack)
- Analogue FX Out (2x 6.3 mm jack)
- 10 individual outputs (6.3 mm jack)
- Stereo headphone out with volume control: 6.3 mm jack
- External In: 2 x 6.3 mm jack
- Trigger and CV inputs: 2 x 3.5 mm jack
- Trigger and clock outputs: 2x 3.5 mm jack
- Pedal input: 6.3 mm jack
- MIDI In, Out 1, Out 2 / Thru (5-pin DIN)
- USB-A port for external devices and storage media
- USB-C port for USB audio and MIDI
- Solid metal housing (Aluminium and Steel)
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 486 x 311 x 125 mm
- Weight: 5.5 kg
- Includes power supply cable, user manual and USB-C cable
- MAP / RRP : $2,699 / €2,699 / £2,279
Demos
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