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Boss Dr.Rhythm Rundown : DR-55, DR-110, DR-220A, DR-220E, DR-550, DR-660
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2024
- Heres a full run down of the first of the Dr.Rhythm series. Starting with the 1979 Boss DR-55, we end with 1992's Boss DR-660.
0:00 Introduction
1:31 DR-55
8:52 DR-110
14:26 DR-220A and DR-220E
19:50 DR-550
25:36 DR-660
30:27 Conclusion
Don't forget about the DR-5 Dr. Rhythm Section - the cheapest isomorphic MIDI controller you can get (plus the chord mode is pretty deep and really fun to use with an arpeggiator), it runs on batteries, and it has a wretched-in-a-good-way pitch to MIDI converter (with built in guitar tuner). The sequencer is kind of cool, too, like a cross between a DR660 and one of the earliest Yamaha QY series (the 10 or 20, not the good ones) - a bit more awkward than the 660 but not nearly as awkward as the QY10.
Not exactly good but unique enough to easily be worth the $30 or $40 they went for a couple years ago, and I don't think they've gone up all that much since then.
I was thinking about mentioning this in the video, but decided not to in the end. Thanks for the comment, I will pin it.
@@gwEmbassy It's a pretty weird machine, if nothing else it's a really space-efficient controller for entering notes into other sequencers since you get something like 4 octaves in about the same footprint as a DR660.
Also the distorted guitar sounds are really funny.
Dr5 is great. That memphis rap scene used it a lot apparently. Another slept on piece of kit
I had one of these and it was pretty odd but certainly unique! As a guitarist it was cool to make chords based around guitar chord shapes
Yes! the DR-5 and the DR-202!! i have both and still use them to this day 🎼🎵🎶🎹🎸🪘🥁🪕🎻🎺🎤🎧🎷
Seeing the evolution and orientations of that drum machines series was interesting. Thanks for that!
Happy you enjoyed that Mathieu!
Some great sounds in these classic units. The rim shot on the 55, the clap on the 110, the whole selection on both 220s
You are right, it’d be fun to see what tracks they’ve been used on.
I have both of the 220s. I rarely use them, but I can’t give them up.
@stockholm1752 they are very cute :)
Ahh that rim shot on the DR-55. Sounds👌with a healthy dose of reverb
It’s marvellous! Just a rim shot, but full of nostalgic feeling.
anytime a rundown gives me a glimpse into square pusher's production I'm in... thanks for this in depth content video
You’re welcome mate :)
Hey thanks for this video, this was a very interesting voyage through Boss history. As you named it in the intro, the design is also a part of the thing, these machines promised something and had a haptic attraction.
I would say I also still love these old machines….as a teenager I was always longing for a good drumcomputer but I had not the luck, to get the good sounding expensive machines. Mainly the crap ones.
So here is my story:
- About 1983 I bought my first drummy…a used Roland TR-606…unfortunately the device was defective and so the retailer took it back.
- Short after that disaster I cleaned up and reorganized the whole cellar from my parents…in fact they gave me a job and so I was able to buy…tadaaa…the Amdek RMK-100 which was quite similar to the Boss DR-55. Amdek was a kinda predecessor of Roland I think, although the sounds were not that great (I was longing for real drums) I found the device quite cool because you could chain 8 Patterns and could do whole song structures.
- My Bass player had the Boss DR_110 and I remember how jalous I was because it looked and sounded so cool….
- About 1989 I bought the Roland TR 505, the dream of the real drums came true and I was quite happy with the unit, had a lot of good sessions with my music companion Andy.
- Within the last two years I found again my still excisting love for drum machines. The Boss DR 880 I bought last year…but strangewise it did not touch me, although it is the flagschip. I resold it.
- This week I bought the Boss DR 202….I love it and now I’m looking for ist counterpart the Boss SP 202…not easy to find it in a good shape and for a reasonable price…
Anyways…I think the obsession will go on…I mentioned here only a part of my GAS aquisitions…
But it’s true…the Boss machines a damn cool!
thanks for the cool comment :) I would like to try one of those Amdek units
Absolutely top video, I’m finally getting around to using the import sample feature on my TR-8s and needed to do some “homework” on the older Boss/Roland drum machines and I’ve found everything I need in one video! Deserves more views!
Pleased you found this useful Trevor :) Happy music making!
Super great video. The 550 mk2 is also my fave, but I also really like the 670 and it’s return to batteries is great.
Not tried a 670, will look into that! Thanks for watching :)
I've had quite a few Boss Drs, the Dr-55, Dr-110, Dr-220A and the Boss Dr-550 mk2. My favorites were the Dr-110 and Dr-550 mk2.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing your favourites. Very good choices to be honest :)
Thanks for the taking the time to describe these vintage drum machines. Last year I bought the DR-880 and had a lot of fun with it. I think it exceeds any of these units,, but has only a limited selection of electronic drum kits (like 1 or 2). It has a high learning curve and found watching a $30 video tutorial from proaudioexp really helped a lot. I've found most youtube videos on it very lacking, esp. in showing the advanced capabilities on how to make songs and use ghost notes, etc. The DR-880 is also a pretty nice guitar amp built it, so a drum machine with auto bass and ability to jam along. Probably good for an old school one man band. The DR-880 is for those who want to take the time to piece together patterns into songs and it has the ability to chain together things to create a complete song, complete with intro, many types of fills and endings. The probability based notes and ghost notes are advanced features that make the 880 a more human-like drum machine, but the focus is on traditional kits more than modern drum kits.
Hey there RockinChristmas! Thanks for popping by and giving your assessment on the DR-880. It’s interesting to hear how they’ve developed the line. Definitely sounds like a much more advanced product.
@@gwEmbassy I just discovered the DR-202 which looks pretty good, or good at many things the DR-880 isn't great at
The DR-202 is fantastic. I have a couple of videos on it.
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@@gwEmbassy I've found the DR-880 is obviously aimed at guitar players, maybe bass players ... for practicing and the "one man band" setups. I also think it's highly pattern based, so if you want to build your patterns and chain them together into complete songs, the DR880 would be great. I've also found it a bit lacking in techno, hip-hop and live performances. I feel the DR-202 or Akai XR20 s a great compliment to a lot of what the 880 isn't good at. I wish you had mute capabilities and fills on the fly ... but the 880 wants you to program that in ahead of time and then play along if you want. I have used the 880 to control external gear, and the bass parts through the JV-1010 (or similar sound module) sound great. I've also used he DR-202 for external gear and its similarly great on external gear and has has one additional channel the 880 doesn't.
Thanks for that interesting vidéo ! I played with my school's Dr-550mkII (and M-1) back in the 90s and I loved it too, the sounds where not too far from those of the Roland's SC-55 and derivatives ! But it really missed a MIDI OUT to bulk save everything... I was offered a Roland R-5 which was a lovely machine, very expressive and which I used as sequencer. Now I have a DR-770 which is very similar to the DR-660. I agree the chorus is an awkward addition :D And I'm impressed with your talent for mod'ing these machines, it's awesome !
I’m happy you liked the video :) I agree, it is a pity the Dr-550 does not have a MIDI output, it would make a big difference.
I never tried a Dr-770, but I also heard it’s a lot like the Dr-660. I hope you get good use out of it :)
...Great clip !!! ...and a bit of a 'memory lane' trip for me ...as I owned a Dr-55 ...and a Dr-220E ...sadly sold a long time ago (...at the time to buy a brand new Yamaha RX-7 ...that's also long gone)
You’re welcome Chris. Never tried an RX-7, but I hear good things!
Thanks for this video. So Boss started making these when I was still in primary school - wow.
I joined the Dr Rhythm bandwagon in 1994 with a DR-660 (which I think I had 3 of as the first two were stolen).
Compared to the preset rhythms of my old Roland KR-500, I was amazed at how versatile the DR-660 was - how I could change the pitch, tone, volume, decay, panning and sends of each individual drum sound - made for some very unique patterns. Sold my last one in 1999 - for a DR-770, which was identical in function to the 660, but with more up to date sounds, more memory - and the dark blue / orange colour scheme... it was otherwise an identical box.
I also had a DR-5 which enabled me to create some backing tracks with drums, bass and two other instrumental tracks. These sounded good, but it didn't have the versatile sound changing features of the 660 (percussion) or my XP-50/60 (everything else)... but together, they produced some great results for some gigs. I last sold both in 1999 and my DR-770 in the early 2000s. I was thinking of getting another 660 soon after, but then came Logic Studio...
Good times...
Thanks for these cool memories! You had TWO DR-660s stolen? Crazy. The DR-660 must have been incredible value back then.
@@gwEmbassy Yep. The first was left with a Yamaha MDF-1 disc unit I used to save my DR-660 rhythms - in a DSS office when I was living in Fulham, London in 1994.
The second was stolen along with a Yamaha QY-300 in an East End pub 4 years later. Unsurprising I suppose - it was a great little machine that could pack a creative punch.
I still have my original 55 and 550 (also my favourites of the bunch) and I've just negotiated to get my old 220A back so I'm a happy camper.
excellent :) you have taste!!
DR-550 for the win, so many classic sounds.
It’s a sweetheart that little box :)
Love me some 55, 110, and 220. Can't say I care for the other ones.
Somehow I find them all likeable. The first ones do have more character though.
Nice rundown. I was thinking of picking up a DR-550 as a basic drum machine to have, ended up with an Alesis SR-16 I found at a pawn shop.
How do you like that SR-16?
@@gwEmbassy I can see why it had such enduring popularity; gives all the basics, doesn’t over complicate, and though dated, the samples and patterns are usable.
Merry Christmas Gwem! Thinking about adding the 220e to my Dr-110 and run them synced with the triggers
That will work well :) Merry Christmas!!
Still have my DR-55 from way back. I always wondered if the sounds are the same circuits from the CR78 because they sound so similar. And actually, how close those are to the 606. I like the snare on those three.
I would also like to compare to a CR-78
i think its worth mentioning that the 660 has bass sounds in it. there were many ghetto house songs done completely on the 660. also it has issues, or some of them do. mainly the screen going out.
That’s true about the bass sounds, thanks for mentioning!
Great video!
Thanks Jay!
Another great video MR.G ! can i ask, on the DR550mk2 , are the kits pre set or can you create your own?
you can make your own, and indeed should!
@@gwEmbassy excellent! thank you
Had a DR-660. Loved it. MIlked it for all it was worth. Still felt it was a bit trebly or over-detailed in the high end though.
it definitely has its own sound
@@gwEmbassy Loved the PHATT demo BTW, burned it to CD back in the day. Listenable start to finish, a solid album.
oh wow, pleased you have that :) That was a good one!
Nice job. I forgot i owned that 220e once. Roland should bring back the big lcd screen on the drum stuff... like 707 etc and i repeat, seperate outs :)
I would love to see a big 707 style screen again !
the Alesis SR 16 does not have a battery compartment? Sooo the Nippon Dr 110 is as not good? I thought it sounded the best? also most expensive version on eBay?
O I just need it for back up for variation if I am on the road. Currently using uhm the other brand. Very solid
Far out, Dep Mode. 55.
Not sure about the Alesis SR16!
How did you manage to keep the buttons from fading all these years? You can still easily ready all the printed symbols. Great video! Thanks for sharing. I have the Dr. 202
they are indeed a little faded on my unit!
I really regret selling my dr110 the clap was so good
agreed, one of the best analogue claps
Great video Gwem!!!
Cheers Aaron :)
@@gwEmbassy I hadn't finished the whole thing yet but what I saw so far was great. Really loved it!!
Decent vid, the DR-660 very much reminds me of my old Roland R-70.
It looks a lot a like. I’ve never tried an R-70.
@@gwEmbassy
Would recommend if you ever get the opportunity.
Really well spec'd machine, every sound has attack, decay, nuance, extreme pitch shifting (+/- 480 cents), it's got a great 'multi' mode where you can play the pads chromatically. Plus editing functions which are proto-Elektron p-lock esque. Decent reverbs, stereo delay, chorus and flanger. I used to arrange entire tracks on it before I could afford a synth. Also got the 909ish MIDI sequencing capabilities for external gear. The sounds range from ethnic percussion and jazz brush kits to mondo 80s gated kits and most of the 808 kit + 909 kick and snare. For a 90s rompler it's great, strong in built punchy compression a la DR550.
Mine's stashed in the loft, might get it out (fnar) one night soon.
You can layer sounds too. And 2 additional outputs, one of which was really handy for triggering the arpeggios on my old Juno6 (RIP) by assigning short click/rim sounds
Sounds like a great box, I’ll check out some videos on it!! Thanks for the tip :)
@@gwEmbassy
www.muzines.co.uk/articles/roland-r70-drum-machine/1018
This original review gives a good overview of its capabilities, there aren't that many yt vids about it alas.
Maybe I will do one in the future, will put it on my procrastination list ; )
Tenho uma Boss DR660 que está com o display "morto" há algum tempo. Queria muito consertar. Troquei os capacitores smd da placa mãe, mas não adiantou.
Too bad about the display :( maybe you get a broken unit to take the parts from?
I got the 660 in 92 and there is a update sheet for a error in the machine. I like to jam guitar to it. But I honestly felt it was complicated or it just sucked. New is was $500.
I get why you felt that. You don’t get very far with the 660 without reading the manual.
No 880? 😅 just kidding. Thank you for this video!
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What do u think about dr880?
I’ve never tried one actually, so it wouldn’t be fair to comment!
Very nice, DR-55 is such a little cute drum machine. Would you mind sharing the sync24 mod you did? Thanks.
Happy to : www.artefacts.nl/products.html
The case candy for the DR-55 I grabbed a few months back also came with the original mini catalog of BOSS products in Japanese. The graphics are amazing.
Oh my!!! So cool 😎
Are the samples on the DR220A included on the DR550MKII? I own a DR550MKII but would love to have a DR220A... would it be completely redundant? Very useful video. Thanks!
I don’t think they are exactly the same, but there are some similar sounding hits.
@@gwEmbassyThanks!
I sold a 55 in the mid 00s for a tenner, lolz.
Oh my!! Someone got a deal! :)
You missed the DR 880 but great vid man
thanks David, I didn’t want to get as modern as the DR880
Hi what about
Boss dr 770 do you have any info where can I find...?..thanks
I’ve never tried a DR770. I guess you can find one on eBay though.
I have a dr rhythm 550 MKII as well but Its not much use as I can't sync it to my behringer td3. the notes of the td3 pattern trigger the drum sounds over the top of the drum pattern and it just makes a mess. help me if you can
Literally solved this a moment after posting this, after two years of trouble, I think the midi in my particular unit is just a bit stuffed
I’m pleased you got this sorted Alexei
Dam the 660 looks like an mpc
it’s like an MPC junior
What about the DR-880? :)
I don’t have one of those, but if you donate one I will feature it :)
I gots me a dr670. I love it haha
Nice one! :)
@@gwEmbassy the only downside is lack of swing control but it may be 'swung' by something external, must try it out. Oh and it lacks 909 hats,i think. Between my 505 and 670 i essentially have 505,808,909, and cr78 or whatever that old one is called. Love your channel btw. You're a gear secret agent, unassuming yet so knowledgeable. Thanks for your content
Sounds like a cool setup, I like digital drum machines.
Happy you are enjoying the channel, it’s a little difficult at times to summon up the motivation to record a video, so comments like this really help!
@@gwEmbassy no problem. Glad to be a Gwembasador
Did I miss it? Why do you prefer the OG 550 over the mkii?
I prefer the Mk2 for sure :)
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Dr220 are quite cheesy with its sounds. Nearly all brands started to compete with the market share in the 80’s.
I guess the 80s was a cheesy time in some ways!
Boss DR-202?
that’s a Dr Groove not at Dr Rhythm :) :)
do you havd DR-880.
Unfortunately not
Not super affordable anymore 😅
Bah :) I doubt my little channel makes much difference
@@gwEmbassy don't underestimate your reach! Nice vid.
No marmite, 0/10 video
understandable. thanks for this feedback
If you're selling the 55 or 110 I might be interested !
Thanks for the interest buddy :) The 110 is sold already sadly, and no plans to sell the 55 at the moment
@@gwEmbassy Getting myself a midified 55 this week, that will be fun as the sequencer seems to be quite a pain.
Hope it serves you well, let us know how it goes.