Roland CR-8000 - Programming Tutorial - Werkstatt Matlak

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"This is a short guide how to erase a user 'PROGRAM' and user 'INTRO/FILL IN' on a Roland CR-8000

user 'PROGRAM' = lower white buttons
user 'INTRO/FILL IN' = rotary swtich '9 - 12 PROGRAM'

Erasing a 'PROGRAM':

1 - turn on your CR-8000 (wow)
2 - turn on the VOLUME on your CR-8000 as well as all VOICE LEVEL (wow)
3 - place CR-8000 'PROGRAM MODE' switch to - BASIC -
4 - choose the desired PROGRAM (Pattern) ((lower, white buttons 1-8)) you want to erase
a constantly illuminated red light will show you where you are
5 - STOP the CR-8000 by pressing START/STOP (a red light indicates the unit is stopped)
6 - PRESS & HOLD simultaniously 'REGISTER + CRASH' for about 5 seconds
a short blink benath your chosen PROGRAM button will indicated that it was erased
7 - START the CR-8000 to make sure your PROGRAMM bank is erased
8 - enjoy your empty PROGRAM bank and create a new pattern

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ROLAND CR-8000 Analog Drum Machine 1981 | HD DEMO

Published on Jun 4, 2020 AnalogAudio1

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The Roland CR-8000 is a programmable analog rhythm box. 8 memories for own patterns. Fill In, Roland DIN sync, TRIG OUT jacks and other nice features. The sound is similar to the Roland TR-808!

The CR-8000 has a great analog sound.

I played the Roland CR-8000 with a small amout of ambience from Lexicon MPX-500. In the intro I played the CR-8000 along with the MPX-500."

Syncing 2 vintage Roland drummachines, CR-78 and CR-8000

Published on May 29, 2019 obscure wave music

"Syncing 2 vintage Roland drum machines.

Here's a little demo -really nothing fancy - featuring the Roland CR-8000 and the CR-78 synced together and plugged into, but not recorded on, a vintage Tascam 244. The echo is the now-almost-vintage Boss RE-20.
Both these drummachines are long-time favorites of mine, along with the TR-606.

The point here is this: though both drum machines respond to Roland sync, the CR-8000 uses 24 ppqn and the CR-78 uses 12 ppqn. Wich means that if you just plug sync out from the CR-8000 into the CR-78, the latter one will play at double the tempo, which can be intresting, but most of the time is not.

So, I worked around that problem by using a Doepfer MSY-1 to sync the CR-78 from a midi clock coming from a DSI mono evolver keyboard ( which plays the “ drony “ sequence in the background from it's internal sequencer ). The MSY-1, although a relatively old device, can be set to different clock divisions from an incoming midi clock. Using the same midi clock source, the CR-8000 is synced by the sync24 converter inside the Novation Drumstation ( both the MSY-1 and the Drumstation are out of view ).

Using this principle, I'll try to make another demo with an 808 and 606 added to the setup.

Recorded straight from the 244's line out into a Roland R-05. I chose not to record on the 244, because it is still in the process of being refurbished and the tape mechanism is not up to the job yet.

By the way: my 244 misses the button cap of the cassette eject switch. Would anyone know where I can find a replacement ? All the transport caps/buttons on the 244 are one “ pad of caps/buttons “, and the one for eject here has broken of and vanished... Any help or suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks for watching !"

Roland CR-8000 Serviced and Modded with Individual Outs and Tuning

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Published on Jun 13, 2013 Erik Russell·1 video

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"Up for sale is one Roland Cr 8000 with midi sync box. This Cr is one of a kind it has been serviced and modded by Josh Gumiela. Josh is an excellent tech and offers servicing and mods for the cr 8000 and is highly recomened.This unit has had extensive servicing including recapped power supply and most of caps of the voice board . Transistors q4 through q17 have been replaced. All pots have been clean and lubed and all buttons have been de soldered cleaned and fitted with new copper contacts and function as new. The mods done include six individual outs. Josh has also added tuning and distortion pots and switches. These mods are for the snare and Tom. The snare mod adds tuning and snap which adds more white noise . The Tom mod turns the Tom into one huge bass drum with tuning drive and distortion. It really sounds fantastic and in my opion sounds as good as my 808..."

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Roland Museum Germany Massive Synthesizer Selloff - Most Gear for Sale in a Single Auction

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This one in via Marko of Retrosound.de.

26.000,00 Euro gets it all.

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Someone needs to contact the Guiness Book of World Records. Longest list of gear for sale ever:

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roland cr 8000 modded analogue solutions tonal mod

YouTube Uploaded by rondroyd on Apr 7, 2011

"roland cr 8000 roland modded
why = one o few vids on you tube , modded cr8000 ;-]
simple cam / mastered by tb roland ..
tru boss be-5 fx processor chorus / digi delay / dist/overdrive/ compressor / gate !

de tonal mod van analogue solutions ..some work fine / some non linear working"

roland cr 8000 modded analogue solutions tonal mod , april 114

Roland AIRA TR-8 vs Roland TR-909 comparison demo - porównanie Roland AIRA TR-8

Published on Feb 15, 2014 E-MUZYK.pl·212 videos

"Porównanie 1:1 prototypowego Roland AIRA TR-8 z klasykiem Roland TR-909. Gościmy u Dawida Dąbrowskiego z firmy APS (http://www.aps-company.com), muzyka, kompozytora, sound designera, pasjonata analogowych instrumentów, właściciela potężnej kolekcji instrumentów obejmujących takie modele, jak Roland TR-808, Roland TR-909, Roland TR-707, Roland CR-8000, a także automatu perkusyjnego skonstruowanego przez założyciela firmy Roland - Ikutaro Kakehashi - zanim jeszcze założył firmę Roland. Jest to automat perkusyjny ACE TONE Rhythm Ace."

Googlish:

"Comparison of 1:1 prototype AIRA Roland TR-8 from the classic Roland TR-909. Guests online with David Dabrowski with APS (http://www.aps-company.com), musician, composer, sound designer, passionate analogue instruments the owner of a powerful collection of instruments, including models such as the Roland TR-808, Roland TR-909, Roland TR-707, Roland CR-8000 drum machine and constructed by the company's founder Roland - Ikutaro Kakehashi - before he founded the company Roland. it is drum machine ACE TONE Rhythm Ace."

via Damon Flowers on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Roland CR-8000 (Gotharman modded) - JAS#009

YouTube Uploaded by justastudio on Dec 27, 2011

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This short review shows some of the capabilities within this fine piece of equipment. The Roland CR-8000 is a fine drum machine, no doubt about that, but with the modifications made by Gotharman it's a completely new machine. Besides an evil filter there is a noise mod added to the clap (with attack possibility), tune on the kick and it's possible to bypass all the modifications (plus some more additions that turns our Roland CR-8000 into one of a kind drum machine!)."

Roland CR-8000 MODIFIED

via this auction
"The three knobs on the top panel are tonal modifications I have added. These include a tune offset control for the Cowbell, a Snare SNAPPY control, and a Clap DECAY. The Snare can be made into a TR 808 snare with this modification or closed off and removed of the noise source which isolates the tone component of the snare (very very cool for tonal melodic sequences when used in conjunction with the cowbell and the congas!). Finally, the Clap decay can turn the CR 8000 clap into everything from a hyper-compressed 909 sounding clap to a non-stop wall of Clap NOISE! This mod is excellent and the three controls add a whole new dimension to the CR 8000.

What's really cool about the CR is the fact that you can PROGRAM your own patterns and fills and use it's wonderful sequencer to regulate how often the fill occurs automatically. Because the unit has Din Sync, you can externally clock it to all modern day MIDI to Din Sync converters and have it running in time with your favorite software or MIDI hardware! Just like the TR 808 there is something really magical about the timing of the CR 8000 sequencer (I know I have an 808). And the fact that you can at any time trigger a fill to occur, or add SHUFFLE with the press of a button will open your rhythms up to a new dimension. Tonally, the CR 8000 sits between a TR 606 and a TR 808 and because of the MODS I've added, leans more on the 808 side."

Roland CR-8000 Drum Machine With Zen Delay, Retroverb Lancet, Sherman Filterbank and Spice

Published on Apr 6, 2020 Perfect Circuit

"Some drum machines sound awesome by themselves—the CR-8000 included—but they often sound better when massaged, mangled, and otherwise augmented with external effects. In this video, the CR-8000 is processed through a variety of desktop effects: delays, filters, distortion, reverb, and more.

The CR-8000 is a peculiar but awesome machine in its own right: the guts of a TR-808 in a package like a preset rhythm machine from the '70s. Still programmable and performable, it provides a solid set of sounds for digging into with various types of effects.

In this video, we first test out some time-based effects, using an Erica Zen Delay and Vermona Retroverb Lancet. The Zen Delay provides flanging/comb filtering and short delay effects, turning the raw tone into something more glitchy and choppy than possible with the CR-8000 alone. We then turn to the Retroverb Lancet, which uses a spring reverb to create murky, dark sense of space and a filter for overall tone shaping.

Then, we try a variety of distortion-oriented effects. The Sherman Filterbank Compact is a filter/distortion unit excellent for creating bizarre audio-reactive effects. Here, it dynamically tracks the incoming sound to create pseudo-scratching effects, harsh synth-like tones, and absurd sound effects, great for bringing an entirely new voice to the mix. The Plankton Spice, on the other hand, combines similar dynamic modulation with a Nutube-based distortion and bit crusher to create lo-fi, aggressive bass tones and glitches, bringing the inherently tonal kick and tom sounds to the forefront and turning cymbals and hats into harsh glitches and bursts.

Check these timestamps for each effect:
00:06 Erica Synths Zen Delay
02:06 Vermona Retroverb Lancet
04:24 Sherman Filterbank 2 Compact
06:45 Plankton Electronics Spice

Zen Delay available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/erica-...

Retroverb Lancet available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/vermon...

Filterbank 2 Compact available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/sherma...

Spice available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/plankt..."

Tubbutec Roland CR-8000 midi - (also CR-5000) - uniPulse demo

Published on May 29, 2017 tubbutec

"Roland CR-8000 midi controlled by Tubbutec uniPulse. All instruments are velocity sensitive. CR-8000 is midi synced and internal rhythms can be played while triggering midi notes. Also works for CR-5000
More info: https://tubbutec.de/uniPulse"

3 synced drum machines (TR-77, KPR-77, CR-8000) with Evolver and Seiko DS-250

Published on Jan 14, 2014

"I modified the Roland TR-77V and built a circuit for the Dave Smith Instruments Evolver so that they can be clocked by trigger signals. More here: http://acreil.wordpress.com/2014/01/1... ‎

The Roland CR-8000 (hi-hat, handclap) is slaved to the Korg KPR-77 (bass, snare, hi-hat) via DIN sync. One KPR-77 trigger output clocks the TR-77 (miscellaneous patterns with spring reverb) in an irregular pattern, while the other is connected to the "register" input on the CR-8000 (switching between two different patterns). The CR-8000's accent trigger output clocks the Evolver (with Ibanez SDR-1000 reverb). I added two overdubs with the Seiko DS-250, processed by the SDR-1000 and Yamaha FX900. Recorded 2013."

Electric Beat Box: Roland CR-8000

Published on Aug 7, 2014 my4trackmachine

"The Roland CR-8000 lies somewhere between the sounds of the older CR machines and the TR-808 (just listen to that cowbell). It came with several banks of preset rhythms, some simple level controls over it's sounds and 8 spaces for user programmed patterns. The sequencer is basic but the sounds are solid (especially that clap).

Without proper live editing the CR-8000 is much better as a studio instrument then a live one and even stranger not all sounds are accessible for user created patterns."

Roland CR-8000

Roland CR-8000 Patterns

YouTube via SantaElena. Title link takes you to more videos. This CR-8000 is up for auction.

8/4/23 Electrocomp EML 200 (flutes) + Roland CR-8000 (squirrel heartbeat) on undated cassette tape

video upload by Cfpp0

"This is an excerpt from an undated and unlabeled cassette tape from 2020 or 2021. EML 200 with a short envelope into its spring reverb, plus a kick drum from the modded Roland CR-8000 we used to have. I imagine a squirrel scurrying from tree to tree along the edge of Lake Waramaug. The video cuts right when the CR-8000’s congas kick in and the recording stops making any sense."

Synthesizerpark at springeight festival

YouTube via springfestival.
Update: previous video via springfestival is gone. Above is a new one from radio FM4.

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"Synthesizerpark at springeight festival
Graz, May 2008

Peoples, hear the oscillators!"

The third presentation of the synthesizerpark is themed "Peoples, hear the oscillators!". After two years participating at the c/o pop in Cologne the exhibition is now going to be shown in Medienkunstlabor at Kunsthaus Graz as a part of springeight.

Countless sound production units from the over 30 year old synthesizer-history are presented and ready to be tested by the festival visitors. Spontaneous live jams are welcome and form an integral part of the programme.

Ever since 2005 the synthesizerpark has presented the most important, quaintest and most interesting devices from more than 30 years of analogue synths. All devices in the synthesizer park are completely wired and ready to be used. Several devices have been linked to complete systems. Visitors are given the opportunity to enjoy a unique -- on request also guided -- experience of the world of analogue sounds and collect practical information on the functionality of the devices.

All synth-manufacturers, from ARP, Moog and Korg to Roland, Sequential Circuits and Vermona to the recent Macbeth, will be represented. Almost all of the synthesizers on display are part of Frank Husemann's and Sunny Vollherbst's collection. The two curators have launched the synthesizerpark with passion and enthusiasm. As both are not mere collectors but active musicians, they regard it as very important that the visitors are not only passive spectators but part of a continuous live-jam.

In addition to the exhibition of those analogue classics Andreas Schneider from Schneiders Buero in Berlin (www.schneidersbuero.de) will bring the newest synthesizer technology to Graz.

Moreover, there will be several workshops and a photo exhibition by renowned photographer Katja Ruge from Hamburg (www.katjaruge.de). A synthesizer slideshow will complete the broad concept of the exhibition.

Excerpt of exhibition:
Synthesizer
minimoog, moog prodigy, OSCar, jen sx 1000, yamaha cs30, yamaha cs10, yamaha cs20m, roland juno6, roland jupiter4, roland jupiter6, roland jupiter8, roland system 100 (2x), roland sh5, roland sh2, roland paraphonic 505, roland vocoder vp330, ARP odyssey, ARP Quadra, ARP pro solist, Crumar bit99, farfisa synthorchestra, Oberheim OB 8, korg lambda, korg MS 10, korg MS 20, PPG wave 2.2, kawai synthesizer 100f, MCBETH M5, etc.

Drum Machines
roland cr 78, roland cr 8000, roland tr 606, sequential drum tracks, korg minipops 7, korg minipops120, korg kpr77, aria diamond, novation drumstation, vermona DRM1 MK3, etc.

Step-Sequencer
roland system 100 (modul 104), roland CSQ 600, yamaha cs30

Workshops
The last few exhibitions have appealed to a much larger audience than initially expected. A great deal of the visitors had not had any direct contact with analogue electronic musical instruments before or had been producing music exclusively on computers with software synthesizers.
The many questions regarding functions and operating the machines showed a clear need for workshops for newcomers. Two workshop modules are to open up the world of synthesizers to interested visitors.

Workshop 1
Fundamentals of setup and operation of an analogue synthesizer using the example of the monophonic Moog Prodigy (Our "Learning Synthesizer")

Lecturers: Frank Husemann and Sunny Vollherbst
- Sound generation (Oscillator VCO)
- Sound editing (Filter VCF)
- Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO)
- Musical playground, play guides (Glide, Pitchbend, Modulation)

Workshop 2
Setup and operation of an analogue synthesizer
Conducted by Andreas Schneider with modular systems by Döpfer.
- System components (drum synthesizer, step sequencer and synthesizer)
- System connections (patching, control voltage and synchronization)
- Musical handling of the complete system

The workshops can repeatedly take place alternately during the exhibition period.


The curators:
Sunny Vollherbst works as a sound engineer for the bands Tocotronic, Blumfeld, Kettcar, for the Hamburg live clubs Fabrik, Übel & Gefährlich and Molotow.

Frank Husemann works as the executive sound engineer in the Hamburg live club Übel & Gefährlich and ran the vintage instrument store Subraum in Hamburg for seven years.

Both have been working with analogue synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines since the 80s and are producing electronic music.

In 2007 they launched the synthesizer studio Hamburg where one can record with about 30 analogue synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines, all synchronised by Midi Clock.
www.myspace.com/synthesizerpark

Their new project Q cubic (together with Axel Kochmeier) is an Electro live-act with analogue synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines, without laptop and playbacks.
www.myspace.com/qelectro"

Autumus - See The Light

YouTube via AtlantisLion | July 14, 2010

"Made with Roland SH-101 synthesizer and Roland CR-78 drum machine."

Autumus - Alpha Centauri

AtlantisLion | July 14, 2010

"Made with Roland SH-101 synthesizer and Roland CR-78 drum machine."

Autumus - Operation Industrial

AtlantisLion | July 14, 2010

"Made with Roland SH-101 and Roland RS-09 synthesizers, and Roland CR-8000 and Roland TR-606 drum machines."

Update: more videos going up on AtlantisLion's YouTube channel here.

Roland CR-8000 Electronic Drum Machine SN 235395

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"Used in good condition. A well known drum machine for professional or amateur musicians. Ground leg of plug missing.

From the owner's manual:

"Here it the most convenient rhythm machine, the new CR-8000 Compu-Rhythm Unit from Roland, with new design and circuit.

This unit has twenty-four kinds of Basic Rhythm Patterns and eight presets of IntroFill-In Rhythm where you can write your own rhythm pattern at will.

In addition, CR-8000 gas eight kinds of Programmable sections for Basic Rhythm and four kinds of Programmable sections for Intro/Fill-In Rhythm where you can write your own rhythm pattern at will. . . "

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Roland CR-5000 Analog Drum Machine Synthesizer with Trigger Out

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"Amazing sounding, amazing looking! Cheapest way to get true Roland analog 808 like sounds. Think the congas and cowbells of classic 808 tracks.

The CR-5000 is a preset drum machine scaled-back model of the CR-8000. You select a row, then the pattern...but it has lots of tricks up its sleeve. You can select two buttons on the same row to make new beats and you can use the Register-Trigger jack trick (read about it online) to add some variance as well. And of course you can mix sounds in and out. Just want a 4/4 bass drum. Select the preset and don't use fills. You can also select patterns without having to stop the previous one. And it has shuffle for more variance!

Has a trigger output so you can send it to arpeggiators of old keyboards or use it as a clock for your modular or other studio gear.

This is the best looking CR-5000 I've ever seen. Check out the pictures. They are the pictures of the acutal item you are receiving. Also the volume pots are completely noise-free so for mixing and improvising on the fly you don't have to deal with scratchy pots. Mix instruments in and out of the patterns live with confidence!

This works fully with all sounds but the first row preset select button and the CY-8 arranger button sometimes need to be pressed a couple of times to select. The third row preset select button works but has to be held down and wiggled a bit to select. These flakey buttons are common with the CR-5000/CR-8000, Juno 6/60 and any other Roland product that uses them..."

Roland CR-5000/CR-8000 Service Manual

Title link takes you to a pdf of the Roland CR-5000/CR-8000 service manual courtesy of gregory.