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"1985 Kawai R100 drum machine. Forget about the Roland TR 707 or the Oberheim DMX, the Kawai dominates over these machines for several reasons. First and foremost, THE SOUND! This box has the absolute deepest digital 12 bit kicks, toms, and snares I have heard in a drum machine. The sound is very deep and ranges from chesty, impact hits to aggressive and biting high's in the hi hat and cymbal department. Aggressive is probably the best word to describe the overall sound and feel of this machine. And if you are a fan of industrial music look no further. This is the EXACT sound of Ministry, KMFDM, and pretty much the bulk of Wax Trax! Records. I have sat with my copy of Twitch, Land of Rape and Honey, and What Do You Know, Deutschland and have recreated the rhythms and sounds VERBATIM! This is the box that did it. Pretty much every sound was featured on those records and the inexplicable aggressive movement of the machine's sequencer is what makes that industrial feel!
This was recorded with no outboard straight into Ableton Live and using only the R100 internal sequencer to sequence everything including the melodic content. There are no fx added other than a delay on the orchestral hits and Beat Repeat to stutter and filter the beat. It's a quick and rough demonstration with no mixing (the levels are off I know :) ) but demonstrates but a fraction of the feel and the general sound of this box! I used maybe about 5 of the 48 different sounds and two patterns! When you process this box with some proper mic preamps and a slamming compressor see what happens :)"
via matia
Update via natefrogg in the comments:
"awesome little box! one of the most under rated 80s digital drum machines!
they're going for pretty decent prices on ebay, i just won one for about 50$, should get it in a few days and am excited =)
one of the coolest things about the kawai r 100 is that you can tune the drum hits on a step by step basis in your sequence, that can result in wackiness and oddities!
there seem to be tons of cool mods for them too, one of which allows you to switch between 4 different rom sound sets
here's the manual and sorry for replying to something so old hehe =)
www.kawaius-tsd.com/OM/MODULE~1/R100.PDF"
I have an R100 and it does not make some of the sounds in your demo (which is very nice).
ReplyDeleteAre most of them from some kind of expansion kit?
awesome little box! one of the most under rated 80s digital drum machines!
ReplyDeletethey're going for pretty decent prices on ebay, i just won one for about 50$, should get it in a few days and am excited =)
one of the coolest things about the kawai r 100 is that you can tune the drum hits on a step by step basis in your sequence, that can result in wackiness and oddities!
there seem to be tons of cool mods for them too, one of which allows you to switch between 4 different rom sound sets
here's the manual and sorry for replying to something so old hehe =)
www.kawaius-tsd.com/OM/MODULE~1/R100.PDF
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ReplyDeletehey thanks so much for posting this. probably wouldn't have bought one if i hadn't i previewed it here, and i am super excited about this thing.
ReplyDelete...there seem to be tons of cool mods for them too, one of which allows you to switch between 4 different rom sound sets...
ReplyDeleteThats right, I've got one with three roms in it. The sounds in the demo are in rom 3 in mine, very industrial indeed. In rom1 are EMU SP12 sounds (cool!) and in rom2 some latin percussion (rather boring).
I have not used in it years (I dont use any outboard gear at all, anymore) , but I've used it on stage, with every output on it's own mixing channel. The sequencer is excellent for live use, and the sounds get absolutely smacking with a bit (or a lot) of eq and compression, or tube drive.
Hallo does anyone have a RC-16 cartridge? I cannot find the gorgeous sounds that were included there, maybe someone has a SYSEX DUMP ? Pls write me at proberti@gmail.com
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