Sherman Rodec Videos

YouTube Uploaded by ShermanFilters on Aug 9, 2011

Playlist:
909 naked 1
909 naked 2
909 with clap processed.mov
909 4 4 tansformed to 3 4
909 electroblops
909 faster in to the red
909 makes bass
909 straight processed
909 straight restyled

Live Techno Series #6 [TR-909, MC-909, Virus TI2, MPC2500]

YouTube Uploaded by siedgey on Mar 30, 2011

"Thanks for checking this out!

I have just moved into a new recording studio in Glasgow and finally have a place to set up all of my equipment permanently and build the room of my dreams! In this video, I teamed up with Mr Copy and Vakama to have the first live jam in the studio - a techno monster running completely live on hardware - the computer was only used to record the session.

The setup is as follows: MC-909 is sequencing the Virus TI2 and providing MIDI clock to the Virus, MPC and TR-909. The bassline, the clicks and the pad in the breakdown is coming from the Virus (controlled by me and played using the Waldorf Blofeld keyboard via MIDI), the 909 sounds are coming live from the TR-909 through the MC-909 audio input (controlled by Vakama) and the MPC is playing the kick drum and some percussion, as well as the chopped dub vocal throughout the track (controlled by Mr Copy).

Let me know your thoughts on the session - we had a great time recording it, it only took 3 takes to get something that sounded really nice but I could've kept going all night... :]

In other news, here are a list of places I will be playing in the next couple of months. If a show is near you then come down and say hello! Or else if you would like to make a booking for a free date then please get in touch"

Happy 909 Day!

One more 909 post. Remember it is 9/9/09 today. Once in our lifetime.


YouTube via DPNewsNetwork. "happy 9/9/09 day everyone!" Some Daft Punk.
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Monomachine and TR 909 patterns

YouTube Uploaded by Catabolicdj on Oct 15, 2011

"Borrowing a TR 909 for a bit. A few test patterns on the Elektron Monomachine and Roland TR 909. Here the Monomachine is synced to the TR 909. This TR 909 has an earlier version of the MIDI specification and does not always follow MIDI perfectly. Vice versa works fine. Switching patterns manually on both the 909 and the Mono."

A 909 kick drum clone you can build! (BETA)

YouTube Published on Aug 24, 2012 by hexinverterDOTnet

"This is a clone of the 909 kick / bass drum that I have been working on. It is able to be built with common parts, or with the rare 2SC/2SA transistors originally used in the design (room for both is on the circuit board)

APOLOGIES for the poor audio. My speaker cones are "fluffing" and my cell phone camera's mic REALLY accented that sound. The kick itself is nice and clean sounding, of course. I will be sharing some directly recorded sound samples soon!

I have added trigger input conditioners and some basic things to make it play nice in an analog modular synthesizer system. None of the original voicing circuitry has been altered.

I will have circuit boards available in my webstore soon: http://www.hexinverter.net

A build guide and modification guide will accompany the project.

Follow the Muffwigglers thread for more info, here!:

http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65165"

Update:

909 Kick Clone Noise Generator Comparison

Published on Aug 24, 2012 by hexinverterDOTnet

"Here I demonstrate the sonic difference between a microcontroller-based white noise generator, and the CMOS based noise generator designed by Roland for the TR-909 analog drum machine.

I hope the difference is clear in the video...apologies for the poor quality. I will do some sound samples later as well.

I am working on a do it yourself 909 kick / bass drum clone you can buy a PCB for and build yourself.

PCBs will be in stock at: http://www.hexinverter.net in a few weeks!"

Battery Powered TR-707 With Interchangeable TR-808 and TR-909 EPROMs

TR-707 Battery-powered with quick-swappable EPROM sounds

YouTube via rolandsh1000

"I think the 707 has some definite things going for it: great interface, lightweight, individual outs, onboard sound mixer pots, solid trigger outs. However, the things I always thought were odd were that it wasn't battery powered (such a lightweight chassis...why not?), and the sounds were good but not great (probably better than the 505 and 626, but the stepsister to the 808, 909, and possibly 606).

So this mod tries to fix both of those:

The first part is battery-power. I have an internal array of 10 AA cells that can be switched in and they'll power the unit for at least 10 hours. I use rechargeable NiMH cells for environmental friendliness. This enables sitting on the couch jamming with headphones and no wall wart leash!

The second part is a ZIF eprom socket mounted on the front panel where the M64-C memory cartridge used to go (something I know that I would never ever have used). This is wired into IC34 and IC35 on the voice board, which provide the ROM samples for all the drums except the crash and ride. Since IC34 and IC35 were 27c256 sized ROMs in parallel, they can be replaced with a single 27c512 64k ROM, which I've done here. No credit to me: Thierry on the Yahoo TR-707 group figured this out and posted his methods there for adding new sounds. To burn my own sounds, I got the WAVs from Hyperreal for the 808 and 909, downsampled them to ~22kHz and 8-bit, converted them to binaries, then adapted Thierry's BASIC program that organizes all the sounds into on 64K file per their stock organization in the TR-707.

This video shows me running from battery power (the only thing I plug in is the amp). I run through the exact same patterns using sounds first from a 27c512 EPROM with the stock 707 binaries, then my converted 808 EPROM kit, then finally a 909 EPROM kit (I didn't like how that last one turned out...anybody know of better sources for 909 sounds?).

I suppose doing the crash and ride eproms are next!"

Rhodes Chroma, Roland TR 909, ARP 2600, RE-201 Space Echo

YouTube Published on Aug 2, 2012 by ricel1992

"Please give a thumbs up if you want more videos/demos (requests are welcome, please excuse my playing skills - I'm a guitarist, primarily) - Also check out my original music here:

http://soundcloud.com/loganrice/sets

A few little jams that I did before I end up putting some of these up on eBay. Let me know if you have any interest as I will be adding them up within the next week or so. Check back to this video for links later.

In the first part of the video I have a 909 going through the dimension D into the space echo alone. The next part is the 909 triggering the ARP 2600 with the same beat running. This gives a small idea of some of the crazy sounds a 2600 can add to a mix (everything is pretty rough, however). Finally I did some parts with my Rhodes Chroma (which will not be for sale) and the TR 909.

Keep an eye out for the 909, dimension D, arp 2600, space echo, an an encore expressionist and a jackie profx12 - I will also be listing a roland mpg 80 and oberheim ob 3 soon"

PLASTIKMAN - Ask Yourself (HighSage Remix @burnstudios)

"A month in the making...Massive acid remix of Plastikman's "Ask Yourself" destined to possibly win the remix competition. Please listen and favorite on soundcloud if you agree.... Mastered by Tim Xavier of www.manmademastering.com, amazing! "

PLASTIKMAN - Ask Yourself (HighSage Remix @burnstudios) Mastered, undithered by highsage
"This remix represents everything I've learned from Plastikman to date. Every modulation, every understatement, every nod to acid, and every piece of hardware used...all respectfully and graciously applied to that single end statement. This one is for you, Richie.

Many thanks to Tim Xavier for mastering this with such care for me.... wow, sounds huge and wide open! http://www.manmademastering.com
Dithered version will be uploaded tomorrow...this one's whatever SC does to a 24/44.1 file..."

Update: Video added on top of pics:

Plastikman - Ask Yourself (HighSage Remix @BurnStudios)

YouTube via shagghie | December 08, 2010 |

"This remix was a stark reminder that the reason I make techno is primarily to further the relationships I have with these machines. Each, an instrument unto itself, needs only to be liberated, instead of beat into submission by our artist's ego.
Techno has always been about the future that the machines will bring...about a dream of a far off place in space, or a post apocalyptic landscape...the machines still singing their song...while humans are left with nothing more to do than dance.
This video depicts those instruments, and my relationship with them. The 303 is the only instrument I've ever played...even beyond playing jazz horn for 20 years... that I've never felt lonely while playing it. Unlike every other instrument on earth...it is the one that speaks back to you, and tells you more about yourself than you ever wanted to know, and it does it with an attitude just to remind you who is boss.
Thank you Richie, for those early years especially...when you would bang on the 909 like you didn't care whether the world was gonna end that night or not...and for making me feel the same way when I last saw you live. THAT, my dear dear friends...is what acid is all about."

The gear: total analog path; tr-909 modified by Brian Castro in LA. Tb-303 into ts-303 pedal, x0xio sequenced off the 303, acidlab bassline 2 on harmonic 303 lines. WMD pedal on the snare. Al.so dynax^2 compressor on ensonique eps-16 string sample. Whole thing driven off 909/303 basically. Drawmer ds-201 noise gate on tr-909 open hats, then thru 2ube pre.

909 mods include decay, compression, tune range, drive, etc. Also hats pitch control...custom matching knobs too... Total destruction. 303 modded too...also by Brian Castro.... Best acid tech in the west..."

ReBirth for the iPhone

YouTube via PropellerheadSW — April 26, 2010

"ReBirth is back! Propellerhead Software's legendary Techno Micro Composer has been resurrected and made available for the iPhone. http://rebirthapp.com

ReBirth faithfully emulates dance music's three backbone devices: The Roland TB-303 Bass synth and the Roland TR-808 and 909 drum machines. Combine these with FX units, fully featured pattern sequencers and a quick-acting, scalable iPhone interface and you'll soon be making techno on the train, trance on the tram or beats on the bus."

x TB-303 Bassline synths
TR-808 Drum Machine
TR-909 Drum Machine
Pattern Controlled Filter
Distortion unit
Compressor
Mixer
5 user mods
Pattern sequencing
Full automation
Combine patterns to build songs
Share songs with other ReBirth users

"ReBirth is back...In your iPhone! Propellerhead Software's legendary Techno Micro Composer has been reincarnated. This time around, ReBirth takes the form of a seriously block rocking iPhone music app. Released in 1997 and discontinued in 2005, Propellerhead ReBirth was the first music software to reproduce the sound and behavior of those three classic Roland devices that defined the sound of early Techno and Acid House: the TB-303 Bassline Synth and the TR-808 and TR-909 Rhythm Composers.

With dual basssynths and pattern sequencers, two sets of drum machines plus FX and mixer sections, ReBirth gives you an extremely streamlined but very powerful music production environment. Every knob and button on ReBirth's devices can be tweaked and turned in real time, so when you plug your iPhone into that massive sound system, you're in charge everything from pattern selections to the depth of those nasty Acid filter squelches.

ReBirth for the iPhone may be small and ever so cutesy looking, but it's no toy, believe it. With a fully featured song mode and advanced copying and pasting capabilities, ReBirth is a fully featured iPhone music software product that lets you arrange and compose full tracks for saving to your iPhone. You can even share your songs with other ReBirth users - one single click will upload your composition to the ReBirth server, allowing other users to enjoy your music in their iPhones.

ReBirth for iPhone – music production software for the iPhone, perfect for music making on the go and with the sought after sounds for everything from Techno to Electro, House to Hip Hop, Electronica or whatever style you are into."

Propellerheads on iTunes:


No word on an iPad HD implementation. This will of course work on the iPad, but at lower resolution.

Update: 1st user video:

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Roland TR-909 - Fantastic Condition w/ Professionally Modified Kick and Hi-Hats

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Published on Sep 20, 2017 NolaNola Nolita

via this auction

"As you can tell, this is a very specialized version of this classic drum machine. This 909 contains modifications (thanks to Colin Fraser) to the kick as well as the high-hats, to give you far more flexibility that what is traditionally offered by a typical 909. The mods to the kick are the group of three rotary controls above low/mid Tom controls. As you can see, the same rotary knobs that were on the original were used on the mods. Mods to kick add three new controls:

- Pitch: controls the frequency of the bass drum oscillator
- Drive: allows waveform adjustment from normal to square, for hard clipped sounds
- Tune Depth: varies the amount of the initial pitch sweep (decay is set by TUNE control)

These mods literally give the 909 the ability to produce any kind of kick imaginable, from overdriven, to deep, pulsating kicks. I've posted 5 minutes worth of nothing but these modified kicks on Youtube - this is just the tip of the iceberg. You could literally tinker with variations to the kicks for days.

https://youtu.be/SqpnQhg_U14


The hi-hats mod gives a tune control for the hi-hats that functions the same way as the tune controls for the crash and ride cymbals. This adds a lot of depth and flexibility. Youtube video with sounds of the Hi-Hat mods can be found here:

https://youtu.be/JWsx7rVu8GA

More details on the mods can be found here"

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First Play With Roland TR-909

YouTube via snolan1990
"So I got my 909 last week and this is my first proper play with it. There are alot of videos on Youtube that show the TR-909 being used in an Acid House or Techno context but not many showing it being used for the french disco sound that it is perhaps best known for so I thougt I would put a little sample based jam to show what it's capable of.

For those interested in the hardware the SP-808 is master clock and playing all the samples, The 727 is adding the latin sounds the 707 a couple of other sounds and the 909 in charge of the majority of the drums. Everything is in track play and I'm twiddling the Cutoff & Resonance on the filter."

TR-909 version 4 upgrade

YouTube Uploaded by viclabs303 on Apr 5, 2011

"Thanks to Chuck303 and Robbin Whittle"

via diprec on the upgrade:

"This firmware solves the TR-909's sequencer lag and loss of synchronisation when playing internal patterns or tracks when slaved to the incoming MIDI clock, which is very disappointing and can make recording sessions tough ! If you ever tried to slave your 909 to MIDI clock, you probably already know whether it responds correctly or not. If it does not, then this firmware update will fix it and enable you to take full advantage of your 909's MIDI capabilities."

Roland TR-707 & TR-909 Ride and Crash Cymbals

YouTube via zibbybone — April 09, 2010 — "There's a bit of debate whether or not the 707's cymbals are the same as on the 909. I did my best to match the pitch of the 909's cymbals to the 707. 909 is in left channel, 707 in right.
You be the judge."

[iPhone Beats] ir-909

YouTube via siedgey
"Here's a 606/707/808/909 application in action - you program the beats in the familiar TR-style, there is 4 patterns for each kit and all parts can be muted / solo'd just by touching the screen.

My favourite part, though, is that you can alter the pitch / decay / attack / volume by holding a button and tilting the phone. I just can't get enough of making little beats on the bus... ;-)

Anyways, here's a little pattern I made just to show it off. It was kinda hard to play with the camera in front of it so apologies for the slight shitness of it. I have another app which has 2 synths and a drum kit which I will maybe show off soon! Before getting back to making proper tunes. Ahem."

You find IR-909 on iTunes here:

Jordan Passmore Techno Demo - TR-808, MPC-60, SC-880

YouTube Published on Aug 28, 2012 by Jordan Passmore

"Jordan Passmore demo of the Roland TR-808, Akai MPC-60 and Roland SC-880. SC-880 is playing the rave patches, MPC-60 is loaded full of TR-909 samples and is also sequencing 909/synth, TR-808 is doing 808. All held together by a Garfield Nano Doc Sync/Clock adapter. All sounds are mixed live on an old Studiomaster mixing board; from there they pass through an Electra EQ, then finally into my Native Instruments Kore Audio Interface. The SCC-80 has an analog delay attached to it, which when I'm out of the shot, I'm usually messing with. I also have a Behringer Virtualizer Pro Reverb on an effects send (a bit of the 909 and SC-880 are send to this).

The MPC-60 loaded with 909 samples is pretty hard to beat for completely cutting through a mix. I personally love the 808 so of course I threw that on top as well. The SC-880 is very interesting and totally useful (multitimbral and full of many very usable effects). I found these patches on it and decided to do a short demo from there."

How to program a Roland TB 303 and TR 909

YouTube via klausito1970
"Another howto, this time for a Roland TB-303 Bassline and a TR-909 Rhythm Composer. For the 303 I used the pattern from Fatboy Slim's song: "Everybody needs a 303". The 909 pattern is a quite simple Kick, Snare and Hihat pattern.
Future Retro Mobius sequencer is master midi clock and the 303/909 follow as slaves. The 303 is connected via a Doepfer MSY2 converter.
Thanks for watching and have fun with your Roland stuff."

Techno - MC-909 LIVE (Part 11)

YouTube via siedgey
"Evening all!
Thanks for stopping by. Here's a little track that I made in a spare couple of hours today. It's a rolling techno number with a bit of melody chucked in for good measure.

The setup is as follows: all sequencing is done on the 909 (no computer is used in this track apart from compression/recording), the Virus is running into the audio-in of the 909 for effecting and the whole output is running into my soundcard for DSP compression.

Everything non-percussive is from the Virus, everything percussive is from the 909. Hope you like it...as always it's just for fun. :-)

Thanks for watching!

ps My camera's battery died half way through shooting the video, so I decided to fill the rest of the video with the artwork from my first single, to be released in October! Woo!"

MC 909 Electronic Music (lounge / techno) "Electro Effect" Mix DJ Galactic Dec 09

YouTube via djgalactic

"This my new music mix using the Roland MC 909, it's as usual Electronic Music (lounge/techno) : the name of the new song is Electro Effect
GrooveBox MC 909 + Roland VP 550"

Electronic Music (french electro / lounge music) DJ Galactic New Remix "Cmon" with GrooveBox


"This the new remix of DJ Galactic, Electronic Music (French electro/ lounge) using the Roland MC-909 GrooveBox. Song "Cmon" Album Electro Effect to be released in 2010 by DJ Galactic."

Tiptop Audio BD909 Demo Video and Review by Various Vicarious

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Published on Jan 8, 2013 buriedintime·37 videos

"just got the tiptop audio BD-909 a few hours ago. thought i'd check out how it sounds.

here's a link to tiptop's site

http://tiptopaudio.com/

here's a higher quality soundcloud link to the audio in the youtube clip (more oomph)



nothing fancy w/this patch here. simple pattern from Intellijel uStep and a bit of modulation from a Wiard/Malekko envelator and i hit the accent now and then w/a different gate from a clock divider. in this case the doepfer A-160

there is no EQ or compression. it goes from the module's output to a jackie 1640 to a lynx aurora to logic. nothing was done in the box either. what you hear is from the module.

does it sound like a 909 BD? i don't know.. i don't really care.. i think it sounds good.. and if you are into 909 i'd bet it's pretty close. i've used 909s before and it's good enough to do that kind of thing (to my ears) and for all i know it's dead on.. but i haven't used a 909 in a while and as i said. i don't care.

the parameter ranges are pretty good. enough to get good variation and not get all squirrely or turn into a bass synth. it responds well to modulation and the overload is nice.

for more in depth verbage check my tumblr

http://variousvicarious.tumblr.com/ [direct link here]

and here's link to tiptop's site where you can find out more about their awesome modules

http://tiptopaudio.com/"

MB909 song made with a roland 909 clone (9090) and the xoxbox

YouTube Uploaded by TheMB909 on Nov 10, 2011

"a demo song made with a xoxbox and an 909 clone, the Trevor Page 9090
check out made website http://users.telenet.be/MB909/default.html"
Update via MB909 in the comments: "I have moved my website because of technical reasons (PHP, etc) to: http://synthage.com/"

second MB909 song made with a roland 909 clone (9090) and the xoxbox



via MB909 in the comments of 9090 Roland TR-909 DIY Rack Clone