The Boss DR-550 may seem intimidating at first glance, but its not. If you are new to drum machines, this might be the cheapest hardware drum machine to start out on. Check it out.
"Fuck around with it a little bit" is unironically the greatest advice anyone can give on a piece of music gear. This sold me on my DR-550 years ago and I have no regrets in buying it. Joke's kinda on him because I DID find it used haha.
My dad died the other week. I'm a professional engineer (meaning I make my living off engineering[mixing/mastering/producing/editing/etc] I inherited my dad's guitar collection and gear dating way back. Found one of these and I want to make a whole album with it. I dont care if the stuff is old, I just wanna commemorate. Thank you brother
Yes. This. Great tutorial! I've had one of these for ten years but I've only used the presets. This tutorial has given me the confidence to go beyond that. You're a good teacher bud! :-)
This was such a great drum machine. They were around 300$ new. It is a crime they don't make them anymore. It was so easy to program measures and songs into it.
Your better than the instruction manual man I'll be keeping this video which should of been supplied with the machine instead of the book Thank you . now I know how to fuckin use it . legend man
Def broke it down thank you. Is the step sequencer a one-way road? Can you add unlimited notes and go crazy but not delete anything added forcing you to just re record a pattern? Im trying to find the manual for it
Thank you soooo much for this tutorial. You just made my $30 dollar purchase so worth it. And yes, the per-programed patterns are stupid. hahahha Have a great day.
Patterns are saved by default, even when powered off, but only so long as you have batteries in it. Take the batteries out and it clears the user patterns. If I understand it right, there is some function where you can output the midi data and save it to a magnetic tape, like with an old Atari computer. Good luck with that!
I used this for recording back in 1994-1995. wish I saw this back then. I just let the beats go, programing it was difficult & when it messed up id have to shut the power off & just start from regular settings. it was good for what I recorded, but the drums are too popish & Dance music type beats. Not really good for Metal.
bah, turn the tempo up and change the timing. this thing is like having infinite double bass pedal if you program it right. PS run it out through a pedal to make it fucking nasty.
I seen him do it (shit + clear then ACC) to delete the current song, just wish he had actually said it instead of me having to watch his fingers. The only reason I was here
I'm afraid not, this thing plays factory samples, it is locked, and unless you mod it or something, out of the box you wont be able to add samples to it.
"Fuck around with it a little bit" is unironically the greatest advice anyone can give on a piece of music gear. This sold me on my DR-550 years ago and I have no regrets in buying it. Joke's kinda on him because I DID find it used haha.
I watched this video with my wife and now she’s pregnant. Powerful stuff.
by far my favorite youtube tutorial ever
My dad died the other week. I'm a professional engineer (meaning I make my living off engineering[mixing/mastering/producing/editing/etc] I inherited my dad's guitar collection and gear dating way back. Found one of these and I want to make a whole album with it. I dont care if the stuff is old, I just wanna commemorate. Thank you brother
Respect bro. Good musicians and good engineers can work their magic on old stuff
I love this guy's accent, his no nonsense way of talking, and his casual swearing!
He sounds like a gangster ..cool as
DP13 #78 Brooklyn
His accent is cool , I expect him to say, ya got this dumb ass beat, Get the fuck outta here!!
This dude is hilarious. His New York or Jersey accent makes it all the better.
"you're like I wanna make my own fuckin patt'n"
Yes. This. Great tutorial! I've had one of these for ten years but I've only used the presets. This tutorial has given me the confidence to go beyond that. You're a good teacher bud! :-)
This is a straight to the point, no bullshit, expose all the pain points tutorial. Good shit my man.
Best tutorial I've seen in ages.
Best Video on UA-cam! Keep making Tutorial Videos. Love the Attitude and Accent
You're like "Who gives the shit about a tempo?"
That's exactly what I'm like.
I love this video. Dude don't fuck around.
This video is great. I look forward to watching it several more times to catch all the great info. Thanks, Bro!👍
This was such a great drum machine. They were around 300$ new. It is a crime they don't make them anymore. It was so easy to program measures and songs into it.
But it can only recordone bar at a time
hey this is the best drum machine tutorial i've found on here, i think i'm sold on this one.
I just bought this used without knowing anything about it. Great review dude! Entertaining and informitive. Cheers mate!
This is the best tutorial ever. thank you.
Thanks for the great video. Bought one of these recently and this has really helped me to dive into this thing!
thanks man. works the same on the mk2. just got it for 40€, such a nice lil box
i fucking love this guy
I agree, best narrative ever. Totally get it.
He sounds like a Brooklyn NY guy & funny too. Great tutorial!
Thanks for tutorial, it helped a lot, easier to understand then the manual. Funny guy with the accent and f bombs :)
Got my MK2 for $20.
Good job! Thanks i Just got one of those. No clue at all. Greetings from Brasil!
Bro you just CONFUSED THE SHIT out of EVERYBODY
Thank you for sharing.
Love the voice
tony soprano makes a beat
Your better than the instruction manual man I'll be keeping this video which should of been supplied with the machine instead of the book Thank you . now I know how to fuckin use it . legend man
thanks for the vidoe man !
but even with this video that mk2 makes me go crazy
Dude this tutorial is great lol
No stop start pedal on them to use live . Only down fall .. i still have one
Def broke it down thank you. Is the step sequencer a one-way road? Can you add unlimited notes and go crazy but not delete anything added forcing you to just re record a pattern? Im trying to find the manual for it
So this thing only records one bar?
I love his beat 🤘
How do you save pad settings? I tried to record via the tape save feature but I couldn't get it to verify
great vid mate, whats up with your other hand??
Thank you soooo much for this tutorial. You just made my $30 dollar purchase so worth it. And yes, the per-programed patterns are stupid. hahahha
Have a great day.
Fuckin saved my life man. Thank you!
Good stuff man. The manual is 85 pages and sucks. This helps!
Have you ever used the tape interface?
Used to have 1 of these till some toneboner stole it in the early 90's. Still cool machines though. Luckily I still have my R5.
Hey man...great video! How do you save a pattern? Will it save after you power the machine off? Cheers
Patterns are saved by default, even when powered off, but only so long as you have batteries in it. Take the batteries out and it clears the user patterns.
If I understand it right, there is some function where you can output the midi data and save it to a magnetic tape, like with an old Atari computer.
Good luck with that!
@@JH-lo9ut thanks pal…I thought I’d saved some great patterns but they all disappeared again.I’ll get batteries and weld them onto it!!😂😂
@@gavintduffy It also has an internal battery, I believe.
Got more of those?
I used this for recording back in 1994-1995. wish I saw this back then.
I just let the beats go, programing it was difficult & when it messed up id have to shut the power off & just start from regular settings. it was good for what I recorded, but the drums are too popish & Dance music type beats. Not really good for Metal.
bah, turn the tempo up and change the timing. this thing is like having infinite double bass pedal if you program it right. PS run it out through a pedal to make it fucking nasty.
This is a great tutorial. I want to try to get one of these, do you have afoot pedal you use with it or know what kind to get?
i recommend buying an old korg bass multi effects pedal. this plugged into that gives you infinite variations.
How to save it
Will this plug into a bass amp with 1/4 inch jacks?
fuck it....whatever ...who gives a shit -lol
Shit, that's a fuckin good tutorial
Ahh fahkin' goombas
He reminds me of reviewbrah i love it
Thought it was mark walburg . Doing the verbal
I''m his next year(365) have dr880. Buy 550 for the road.
how do you throw a break in there?
just dont play anything....
is the mk2 much different?
Different set of sounds, more hip hop samples. That's really the only difference
My....Dude I Have The Boss DR-550 mk2'' Can I Hook My drum machine to my computer laptop ?
Yes, plug the outs into your computer soundcard/interface and record with your daw
thank you so much
ezpickkin i got problems with that, which daw do you use ? does it work with cool edit pro2.0 ?
It would work with any daw that allows you to record audio in. good luck and bless you
its just sending wave files you might need a different sound card, this is old tech
Can I call you , so you can help me set it up;
I seen him do it (shit + clear then ACC) to delete the current song, just wish he had actually said it instead of me having to watch his fingers. The only reason I was here
Can you put sample in it?
I'm afraid not, this thing plays factory samples, it is locked, and unless you mod it or something, out of the box you wont be able to add samples to it.
uh. its not a recording device its an electronic instrument.
i dont know how to start a pattern!!!!
I have the same drum machine, can i hook it up to my laptop?
Quiero una caja de ese modelo
Porra! Pedi em português
Got this lying in the closet 😂😂😂😂
Con k a
Cool. Thanks Vinny.