ANGELSPIT’S TR 626 $300
Zoog’s Roland TR626 Drum Machine. Used on Hardcore Pong, Angelspit’s The Product, Hello My Name Is and Carbon Beauty. Also comes with Merch Pack + Signed Hardcore Pong Poster + Hardcore Pong Tshirt + Digital Download.
“My faithful old TR626 loves to be distorted and bit-crushed. The TRIG-OUT, individual outs and groove/swing makes for some cool drum blip noises. This little drum machine is very basic, easy to use and great fun! This drum machine has not been circuit bent – but it can definitely get bent…!”
– Zoog.
The TR-626 is sort of an upgraded digital version of the classic TR-606 and TR-505 Rhythm Composers. This beat-box is still simple but has a few good points that come from its legendary ancestors – the TR-909 and TR-808. Its sounds are 12 bit low-quality samples of the most boring acoustic drum sounds around. Fortunately the sounds can be individually tuned and mixed and there are 8 individual outputs for the basic sounds as well as a stereo out. Its sequencer is very basic, coming with 48 preset patterns and 48 user patterns. But it has a simple matrix display similar to that on the TR-505, clearly displaying the current pattern in a graphical layout. The 626 also featured very good MIDI implementation for it’s time.
- Polyphony – 8 voices
- Sounds – 12 Bit samples of 30 plain old standard drum sounds
- Controls – Individual tuning and level, tempo,
- Patterns – 48 preset, 48 user
- Songs – 6 Songs
- Arpeg/Seq – Sequencer limited to 1/16th note steps
- Keyboard – 16 drum tone pads
- Control – MIDI, TRIG out
- Date Produced – 1987
(More info: http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/626.php)
* This item will only ship to the USA *
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