Boss DR-110 analog drum machine (1983): unboxing, tutorial, review and TR-808 bass drum mod.
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Boss made a couple of budget analog drum machines. After the first, the DR-55, they came with the Dr. Rhythm Graphic in 1983.
In this video the DR-110 gets unboxed, you will see how to operate it, and it wil be modified to make the analog bass drum a longer bass drum, to mimic the sound of the Roland TR-808.
0:07 Unboxing
2:43 Basic operation
3:12 The basic sounds
3:55 Playing all built in preset patterns
5:32 Programming step-write
7:28 Programming tap-write
9:15 Looking on the inside
10:18 Modifying the bass drum
12:38 Playing modified bass sound
12:51 Preset patterns with modified bass
13:55 Conclusion with pro's and con's
The iMac G4 in the back captures the sound from the DR-110 using classic Phonic Firefly 302 FireWire audio interface.
Filmed with a Nikon D850 in 4K, a 28mm 2.8 AIs and a 85mm PC-E Tilt-Shift lens.
I'm wearing a custom made Korg DS-8 T-shirt.
I have 2 of these. I sent one off to a guy I met online who did a din/sync mod to his and paid him to do one for me. It worked superbly and I still have it.
what's the dude's details please, thanks ever so much! as the biggest drawback of 110 is that it hardly syncs to anything but the old Roland gear via the accent trig
Excellent tutorial guy. Thanks! I'm probably going to have a go at the bass drum capacitor mod. 🥸👍🏼
I had one of those back in 1982 . A lot of fun !
I had this one in early 80's. I'm japanese and we could get japanese brands items earlyer than other countries. I just remind that with "accent" function, every sounds hears better and solid. I abandoned it when my all music turned with MIDI system. Thank you for the video. BTW, they sounds like 808 and 606, nothing like 909.
He's got the box!! :D
He's got the box! ;-)
Awww, this was my first drum machine. Bought it at a pawn shop in Chicago in 1990
i just picked one up and this video helped heaps thanks! im going to do this same kick and think about getting midi retro fit pcb off ebay for like 40bucks.
one thing i noticed was that unless you exit step write mode or tap mode and play the pattern in Play > Songmode - it will not save the song upon a reboot.
My first drum machine. :-)
Mine too! 😊 Btw, I still have it...
Wow, I must do this mod to my DR-110 !! !!Thank you for this Video!
Actually sounds really good wtf
OUTSTANDING RETRO SOUNDS...!!!....PUNCHY AND SINCERE....AND THE CLAPS ARE AWESOME INDEED.....!!!!🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
That was my first drum machine
Same here!
Very helpful. Thank you!
I totally forgot about this one!
unboxing an almost 40 year old piece of equipment ❤
This is amazing
Did you wait 37 years to open the box? Congratulations!
The box is a little tatty, not totally MIB, but it looks pretty new. I've seen a couple with screen rot, so it is nice to have it as nice as it is. I do have some other music gear mint in box like a MMT8, a PSS-50 and a RX11, I really need more time to make videos.
Nice video and a useful mod but you should mention tr606 for its similar sounds rather than 909 or 808
I know it is technically more similar to a 606, but who wants a 606 when you can have this beauy? The adjusted bass drum does sound more like a 808. You need to mod a 606 to get to the same sound as well.
great video! thanks! is there any way to fix the Hum noise when using the external power brick?
Use a better brick? Make sure there is no ground loop?
Great, thanks !
Do you know if there is a way to determinate a specific speed for the beat? (60, 88, etc.)
Have a nice day 😀
No, one of the complicated things is it does not take a trigger pulse, but it does offer one to other devices. Maybe use a phone app to determine.
@@2kBofFun Ok, I understand, thanks a lot. I'll try to find an app... just I'm not very good with this kind of things 😅
Have a nice day !!!
Thanks for the video. These little machines are a ton of fun and they're still reasonably affordable and available 2nd hand. I wouldn't pay more than 100 Euro though.
BTW: is it easy to correct or edit a mistake?
Could upload again, there's not many inbound links yet. Unfortunately UA-cam doesn't allow replacement of video's like Vimeo does. I paid 125€ for the boxed, and 35 for the other that "was broken", but works perfectly now.
@@2kBofFun I meant: is it easy to correct a mistake on the Boss DR-110. :-)
@@meneerjansen00 During tap write you can hold erase, but that does trigger a hit on first press, and in step write it means you have to navigate smartly to the error: easiest is to go on an empty instrument, say cymbal, to the correct spot, and then change intrument to enter the new desired value: hit or space.
Hello! Could you confirm if you can access to edit banks C and D in pattern mode, because in mine it only goes from A -> B, A -> B. I ask why in pattern play if it lets me listen to all 4 and I doubt if they will be presets
I should check that, but if I remember correctly, not all banks are programmable. Some are presets only.
Neat!
hello, it's decay mod, nice.. can we put variable capacitor to adjust it ? how you do for kick tuning ? easy also, location ? cheers ;)
You could try it. I like to leave the housing unmodified, so you could put it in the battery compartment.
The bass Sound I could live with. The cymbal sound . Second from the right.is the one I don’t like very much. I wonder if there’s a way to mod that to make it more tight less loud.
Probably, did you find a solution somewhere?
@@2kBofFun no , still original. It still only play with her a few times a month anyway. It’s fine.
My shift button doesn't seem to be working anymore, so I can't edit anything. Do you think it's fixable? I've opened it up and cleaned it ... still nothing :(
Most probably yes. Did you clean the contact under the rubber pad?
@@2kBofFun yes indeed, completely disassembled. Also, when I do the diagnostic test (holding START & STOP at power on and pressing all the pads) I don't get the big "OK."
Check the trace right under the battery terminal ends which has a bit of foam over it. Mine had corrosion on the eyeletes so a jumper wire was needed.
Hi there is the clap something that be programmed in via the Step Sequencer?
Yes.
on the display you can see C.HH, O.HH, SD, and BD have their own row on the sequencer.
and then on the last row of the sequencer is shared by AC(accent), CY (cymbal) and hCP clap
you must be in step write mode to select between them in the sequencer
just got one.. what a shame that the tempo doesnt appear on the screen.. what a mistake from them
Nice DIY project: tempo display......
can i do this to my dr 220
Think not, the DR220 has PCM samples instead of analogue circuitry.
Bass lost some snap in the process
it definately got some more boom - i think there are some ways online to add a pot so you can tune the bass drum