http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Hu-uMdt-4
Here’s a look at the Roland TR-707 drum machine – a vintage drum machine from 1985 – via AnalogAudio1:
The Roland TR-707 is a classic programmable digital drum machine from 1985.
Accent is programmable. It has MIDI and also the Roland SYNC-Interface. It has single outputs for the drum sounds. The TR-707 has fifteen digitally sampled sounds and also shuffle functions.
The TR-707 was a staple in early house music, particularly with acid house.
If you’ve used the Roland TR-707, leave a comment and let us know what you think of it!
nice, when will Roland launch it ?
My all time favorite drum machine ever. I own the 505, MPC 1000, and the 707 is still the best sounds! Also can’t beat the price.
Used a lot by M83. Used most recently in title track from the Oblivion Soundtrack. You can hear the “Flam” function used quite a bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0pzPDrIABU
I used it as a standalone unit recording to tape in 1986. I always had reams of paper with pattern notes to sequence the order of a song…. it was painful, but unlike it’s predecessors this machine fooled clients into thinking you had a drummer. But I’ll stick with my DAW thanks…. sometimes the ‘good old days’ weren’t all that great.
I picked up one of these 2 weeks ago for 100 bucks, it was the dirtiest thing Iv eever bought, but it was teh cleanest thing in the dudes house! here is what it looked like
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/8751525876_ebe100c9bb_z.jpg
and here is after 6 hours of disassembly and cleaning
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/8751818918_6e27a82285_c.jpg
Great find.
It should work well for dirty beats.
I used this for the first White Town album, great little machine with timing that out-performs all current DAWs. Second only to my 808 in terms of love. 🙂
Had both the 707 and 727.
The 727 is the exact same thing except with blue graphics and latin sounds.
You could sync them together for one big kit.
My first drum machine! I bought one for $125 from a guy who was recording one of my high school bands back in 1995. I eventually traded for a Yamaha that sounded better but the 707 was much more fun to program/easy to use.