9-9-09 (An Oral History of Drum Machines)
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- This is a documentary celebrating the 25 year anniversary of the Roland TR909. In this documentary,
narrated by Robbie Ryan, we traverse the history of the programmable drum machine from the CR78,
TR808, TB303, TR909, and LinnDrum, with audio examples of each.
You can find out more about Robbie Ryan at iloveanalogue.b... or / robbieryanmusik
It was something fun I did very quickly to show to a friend and it's still out there. I was never trying to have the definitive history of Roland drum machines by any stretch.
can you make a samplepack with samples of you reproducing famous drum machine sounds with your mouth?
Haha! Mayyybeee?
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hahah,cool video..long time fan of Roland and oh what memories.
I like the 909 and 808.
Great documentary! I would love to listen to a similar one with some info about the tr-707.
can you tell me more about Adamski's 'famous tricked out 909' i'm after more information please!!
Hi from Germany - its coole Beats & Sounds -great info - nice day
@808acid LOL! I'm actually working on a 12-bit human beat box kit right now!
quiero tener todas esas makinas
if you're poor as hell like me, you should get the DR-550. it sounds better than you would think, and can be had for around $50.00 USD.
Now you must update this movie 😉
lol, you're right!
I love analog but I use PCM cards on a crappy ROMpler? Pffft. :) Kidding aside, great vid, thanks!
Tshak Boom Tshak Boom Tshak Boom Tshak Boom Tshak Boom Tshak Boom Tshak Boom Tshak Boom Tshak Boom Tshak Boom Tshak Boom Tshak Boom = Binar Drum Box
No mention of gabber???
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Nope, gabber is an immense movement that was spread throughout the entire Netherlands and all over the world.
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Amsterdam, waar lech dat dan?
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No surprise really, Amsterdam were more into house whereas it was way bigger in Rotterdam
tuurlijk jongen. ik ga al sinds 1991 naar partyś en ook hardcore bestaat nog steeds.scratch nog even verder vriend.
wtf
Very amateurish presentation here.
Wow....horrible....and.....You skipped a lot of history.
The bass was like *BOOM*, and the snare was like *PSHH*
I'm confused! Can not distinguish among the sounds of machines and what he does with his voice.
This should be called "some early programmable drum machines I'm familiar with".
Nobody would watch it if it were called that
Melodie
Hi There my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, how have you been Keeping up to Lately, I was wondering if you need to do the other way round Lyrics in you’re own word Lyrics but sing it differently in the original Extended background Versions of those Particular song’s By Andrew Gold and The Korgis, Never Let her Slip Away and Everybody got to learn Sometime, why don’t they just Replace the Synthesizer String Sound to a Two Musette Accordion’s sounds and make this Musette sounds for the Two Accordion’s 5 to 8 and a half times more Deeper then the Original Synthesizer String Sound that they have this Particular song called Everybody’s got to Learn sometime and also Replace the Xylophone Sound to a 21 Times More Deeper Chime Bell or Even a 26 Times More Deeper Still Drum Sound, Because it is Still one of my Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Favorite Song’s Ever Since I was about 10 Years of Age Thank You and I Like 👍 you’re Remixing and make you’re singing 5 and a half times more Deeper XXX
Truly oral demonstrations! that was great haha
I just wanted to point out that the Human League used the Linn LM-1 Drum Computer not the LinnDrum on there song Don't you want me. The LinnDrum wasn't released until 1982 and that song came out in 1981.
This amazing video is 13 years old but is so cool! Why you make an actual new?
I did this for a friend just for fun. I really don't have time to make synth videos but I would like to at some point.
Hey today is the 30th anniversary of the roland tr-909!!!
Don't listen to the negative remarks about you imitating the machines. Because it is funny, what also just makes it more interesting to watch, and it gives a nice personal touch to the video. It also makes you wanna go, Boem tsss Boem boem Tsss Boem :D
Wow! If the Discovery Channel is listening, I will do a whole series on
vintage drum machines and it will be
WAAAY exciting! Your ratings will go through the roof (among drum machine afficionados.) :p
If you are looking to purchase a synth with all of the TR 606 and 626, TR 707 and 727, TR 808, TR 909, CR 78, and many other drum kits, all in one unit, get the Roland jd xi, it's a fantastic synth/drum machine, and you get all of those kits and a bunch of synth sounds for 500 dollars bran new. I have made beats on this thing that sound way better than the beats I made on FL Studio. The jd xi is a mini daw in and of itself, people are just not willing to put in the time with these machines. I will never regret buying the jd xi. The Electribe 2/gray version, is also a nice little station, but the jd xi is a little more powerful.
Great video, ignore the doosh bags!
Dude, why are you trying to recreate the sounds? You suck at it! Let the machines play the sound!
Cause it's hilarious! Keep it up
Timecop1983 he's having fun, do ur own channel than sheesh! Or go back in time and tell him not to do those sounds cuz it's a futurecrime.
Seriously 5 minute video with 2 minutes of him making read noises
I very much enjoyed this video and especially when he re-created the sounds and then hearing them for real.
Because if you try to describe the specific drum machine sounds to a friend thats how we sound.
hihi did you know most vinyl record from 84 until the early 90's when cd took completely over, were produced from digital source. it was done to save money, as a stereo mixed master tape were costly compared to some digital cd/tape as the sony dat.
@iloveanalogue
Sorry, I just feel that your presentation was a bit silly. A lot of people take equipment and music very seriously.
I had an 808, 909 606, other, other other yeeaaarsss ago...I currently have a bent 505 and the good ole mc303 fun times
Most people that "use" vintage synths and drum machines use samples or emulations of them. In the case of the Dr. Adamski's record, they used an actual modified TR909, and a real TB303, but instead of a "real" 808 they just used digital copies (samples) of the sounds from the 808. These days you can use an 808 clone like the Acidlab miami, or the Arturia Spark, which does physical modeling. Samples are the most common way 808s are used in music production.
Good Stuff.. I liked it. - (the Discovery Channel should do a full season on something like this... that would be sooooo feckin' cool). Anybody remember the 626 - (The snare was unique.. Cameo / Word Up comes to mind) - I bought one in 88' - it was pretty cool back in the day, it had 8 seperate outputs, midi & memory expansion. Also had an R8, R-70 HRC, a Drumatix /TB303s Drum Daddy, Boss Dr Rhythm, Korg DDM-110 & Alesis 16B.
Oh yeah, I enjoyed this oral documentary about the 909. I have an MC-303 Groovebox that has some of those 909 sounds, but I think those are mostly sampled. Still good to have though. Wish I could afford a real one. So cool to learn about some of the other drum machines of the period. Thank you for putting this up to share with us! : )
Yeah, there are tons of PCM based drum machines from the likes of Yamaha, Roland, Korg, and Kawai. I honestly have never really messed around with them. I believe Goldbaby released a sample kit of drums from the K1-r and they are awesome. This is by no means a complete review, just some heavy hitters.
The 808, given its sound set and street credibility, is found in so many different styles and in slower tempos. The 909 typically works in house, trance, and hard techno. Also, the 808 is namechecked in many hiphop songs, etc.
Did I say FB Slim was Acid House? If I did, I was certainly mistaken. He is most def. Big Beat. I probably used "Everybody Needs a 303" b/c it's a great example of how to use one effectively, plus it gets namechecked.
All of what you are saying is true, my friend. But in real life I am a very serious electronic musician, and I could care less whether anyone loves or hates what I do, as long as they have an opinion.
Fatboy Slim isn't acid house. It's Big Beat. Not every track that contains a 303 is acid house. Acid house era was in the late 80s, "Everybody Needs A 303" is from 1996... great song though.
@SPAZZOID100 So refreshing coming from someone called Spazzoid. This was something i did for fun a couple years ago because my friend asked me what I was doing for 9/9/09. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
04:38 - "...straight up 909 clones"
False. Although similar sounding, it wasn't actually a clone.
What's even better is on "ETS" I think it's actually a sampled TR909. Alan Wilder has said, that's his most famous beat, but he hates the snare drum (which I think is awesome.)
@squidfanny we can go hardcore and go back to the Bentley Rhythm Ace or TR-55 back in the day, but the TR808 was the first programmable one to contend with the Linndrum.
This is what I call an unexpected treat. Good job! Don't even bother responding to the haters... They just don't understand... Maybe when they grow up they will realize what you did. I've always had a difficult time properly articulating to my friends the history and significance of certain drum machines across many different genres of music. This was short, sweet, concise, informative and entertaining. Great job
Actually, Roland had been making drum machines since the early '70s (TR-66 in 1973), a few years before the CR 78, and their first 100% PROGRAMMABLE drum machine was the Boss DR 55 (Boss being a subsidiary of Roland), used by Depeche Mode on their 'Speak 'n' Spell' album. I know the CR 78 was slightly programmable and offered more than the preset patterns it provided, but the DR 55 offered the wonderful ability to step-write patterns.
Great video, I enjoyed it immensely! One low cost alternative to the pricey eBay offerings that to neglected to mention is the Hydrogen Drum Machine. It is freeware, as in free of cost, free to download, and free/open source code which may be tweaked and/or re-coded at the user's leisure. Samples for the 909, 808 and 707 (just to name a few) are readily available and easily downloaded for use in this versatile & powerful machine.
GREAT VIDEO! Thank you Robbie! The Yamaha RX-5 is another especially excellent machine that features multiple outs and fully editable parameters like reverse, decay, attack - It's rumoured that it's been used by Isaac Hayes but I would love to know more of it's history the way you discuss the boxes in this clip. Part two???
@TommyChevyBugle... You are right, drum machines have no soul, but the person programming the pattern sometimes does. If the programmer knows what he's doing, the soul will come out on the finished product. Same applies to an unskilled drummer. Unskilled drummers sound worse than an unskilled person programming a drum machine.
Wow, can you believe the haterism on the web today?!? Awesome quick history and great job on the video. I remember a few years ago as I was scrolling through Hydrogen drum software for the first time and came to the 909. Wrote home to mom and told her I found the one. Why do you think the 808 is so much more vastly popular?
I thought the beat boxing on its own would have sufficed to give viewers a more than deep enough knowledge on the topic. The fact that he went that extra mile to add pics and sound clips makes the guy worthy of my respect. He really didn't have to do that Spencer.
Interesting ... I believe it was Juan Atkins who lent Derrick May his TR-909 which then found its way onto many Chicago House tracks in the mid to late 80's. But, the first track I remember with a TR-909 and TB-303 was Bassline by Mantronix back in '85.
yep. I know they had a modified 909, and a real 303, but not sure about the 808. Could've been sampled. I'll find out and let you know.
It's a remix of a song called "Supabeat" by Sweet 17 that I actually did. You can hear the whole thing on my youtube page. @Cityskater1998
Here's your answer: Real 909, but as for the 808...Almost certainly samples but Layered with Sine waves - probably TR606 as well
Correct, but I am speaking the history, therefore it is oral, as in passed from our ancestors to the new generation of beatmakers...
The purpose of this video is simply to recognize the highlights of the unique sounding tr909 on the special day. There are many classics that would have never panned out had the 909 not been used.
Too bad you forgot to mention that the CR78 was user by Phil Collins for a long time, especially "in the air tonight" (modified pre-set) as well as on the Genesis album "Duke".
is that a U110 you show at 4'52" ? It has six outputs that are very useful, but are you sure there is a card with sounds you can compare with 808 and 909 even Linn ?
The TB-303 is the most drum machine like synth ever, especially since i was designed to pair up with the 606.
I watched this whole thing to find out why the TB-303 would be mentioned in a "drum machines documentary" and I still have no clue.
Nice video, Ryan. I liked the history of which records employed the various machines. Interesting :)
I don't think it's a coincidence that I was born the same year as when the 909 came out. I can't get enough of that sound.
you made me feel privileged!!! I bought a TR 909 brand new in 1986.... and I use the hell out of it!! still.....
Respect for getting this up on 9.09.09..
cos i like sh*t like that..one life to live.. and you lived it!
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I don't think "Beat It" uses the CR-78. I think they used the 808.
Thats right
Too oriented to Roland TR-909 machine (launched in 1984).
A mistake in this video: the FIRST Programmable drum machine unit was the italian EKO COMPUTERRHYTHM (1972!!) used by Jean Michel Jarre among others.
"First programmable machine by Roland" the EKO want made by roland respectivly. Get gud, comrade
i thought the redoing of the sounds was the best part of the video!!
awesome video, enjoyed it a lot
BTW, I liked your stuff so much that I subbed to you. Love your equipment! : D
fuck the drum machines, i want to sample your beat boxing skills!!! :) ha ha!!
Dud you had the TR 909 exact sound of "Always on my Mind" by petshop boys. WD
anyone who hates on this clip needs to unclench a bit.
Everybody needs a 303 for acid house ? That came around 10 years later.
audiotool (search it) has some great 909, 808, and 303 emulation :D
You might be right there, because I didn't watch the video.
if you wanna tb303 clone check out the x0xb0x from ladyada
Hahaha this rules! I love the narrative sound effects.
like it, but you shouldn't try to redo the sounds ;)
Wow...haven't heard that one before...
@gudmundurThor96Nr2 there around 600-700$
Oral is the mouth, aural is the ears.
brings tears to my eyes, thanks dude!
just take the criticism. Its correct.
best 909 interpretation! hats off! :)
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Adamski loop is great. Don't think I know that one. Vogue, right after that was and is amazing IMO.
Human League used the Linn LM-1 on Dont you want me. The Linn Drum (your picture) was the successorof of the LM-1. And on Beat it - it was an 808 not a Cr-78. You can hear the 808 Snare and Hats.
I do not know any music that was produced with the drum machine 909 between 1984 and 1988, please cite some. Thank you!
Nice
i missed Elektron Machinedrum!!
I have a 626 Now the Snare 1 unique in that instead of using a big splashy stadium rock sample snare they took a nice puncy disco sounding snare.
I am curently working with a 707, 727, 626 and as a little project I got a beat up Casio RZ-1 which Im going to restore (and posibly add new EPROM sample chips to)
The DDM-110 looks like a cool little box though, I'm keeping an eye out for it and the DDM-220 latin percusion box.
This popped up in my recommended videos quite often and for at least a year so I thought I'll give it a try. But man is it annoying and unfunny and not even very educative. D:
thank you
I'll try to get one
how about the arturia spark?
Nice informative vid, thanks!
@pomfrit93 I got a 909, MPC Electronics MPC-1 and Boss DR-110 in the end to go along with the 707, 727, 626, RZ-1.
Having tried out alot of drum machines I would personally avoid the 606 just because of it's huge price tag compared to alot of very similar drum machines, arguably the 606 is the best of those bmp tsh bmp tsh drum machines but you could get a DR-110, Cleff Master Rhythm and Korg KPR-77 for around the same price as a 606.
Thanks! You're an ass!
Fun and informative watch. I loved your interpretations of the drum hits, priceless! You had me laughing out loud! Cheers!