How to program a Roland TR-808 (64step beat!)

A small demonstration about how to program a Roland TR-808 Sorry for my bad english, and please don’t complain about the bad audio quality because this movie is just for educational use.



25 Comments

  1. Best Answer Ever ! Ahahhahahahahhah :D

  2. yeahhhhh,but a 64 beat is way more challenging.
    and you also seem to be missing the whole point of this drum machine.Its simple in comparison to a real drum kit.Its not trying to be a real drummer.

  3. what the heck

  4. You are the king man, i mean, seriously, you are so damn smart. I guess your brain is going to leave our orbit any minute. So please let me say thank you before i cant reach you anymore.

  5. Gotta be kidding right?????? Everyone can easily program a beat, some of my friends are not even musicians at all and they were able to program something dynamic its just a logical question, if you cant program this, it means you cant even do 2 + 2 = 4, dammit

  6. Very nice. Your English is fine, by the way. I can learn from this type of video- it’s very straight forward, enough information to play with and figure it out on my own. Awesome.

  7. CHECK OUT: Nepheton
    it’s a virtual software TR-808, looks like the real thing and has all the knobs and step sequencer. It’s a VST plugin also has individual outs.

  8. Really nice work, mate. I think this will be invaluable.

    I loved the little unexpected dubstep bit at the end =)

  9. DANG! I would have taken it…

  10. love this, thank you! was about ready to throw my 808 out the window. :D

  11. Can you use that in a software? I mean, use the content on cubase sx for exemple playing all with a midi keyboard? But link that directly to the pc?

  12. Russian noob. DETVAR JAG SOM KASTA

  13. DINSYNC and MIDI are 2 different things.
    Both of them can send a CLOCK signal.
    If you want to sync the 808 to a MIDI-CLOCK
    you will need a MIDI-to-DINSYNC-converter.
    But the DJM800 doesnt has MIDI nor DINSYNC :D
    But you can use the MIX-out of the 808 and route
    it to a audio-input on the DJM800
    However, the 808 is MONO, so maybe its a good
    idea to route it through the microfoon-input on the DJM800.

    You have to sync them by the ear, which shouldnt
    be a problem for a DJ, which i’m not :)

  14. i just bought a TR808 and cant wait till i get jamming after it comes back from repair at Roland Canada.

    I still have to learn about DINSync and Midi. will i be able to hook it up thru midi into my djm800 mixer?

  15. that was helpful, it explains why some of my patterns sound weird! thanks

  16. arg all the big patterns i coulda been making all this time.

    thanks alot!, no more 16steps for me :)

  17. Its not that i prefer a 64step beat above a 16step. Some times i like to make a 35 step beat :D
    I just try to show the way how to gett longer patterns then 32 steps. Which i thought was the lmit for a while. Until i figured out 2nd Part and that is what im demostrating :)
    Thanks for comment!

  18. Dude…awesome fuckin movie…SUPER helpful…..one curious thing is why u chose a 64 step beat over a 16 step beat? by the way…i know a guy here in nyc who is an expert at repairing old roland vintage equipment..it’s what he does for a living. I had the same issue with a sticky start/stop button..he fixed it and also cleaned the pots and changed the batteries. If you want to make more 808 vidoes i will watch them!!!! I love the 808!

  19. Thanks, i appreciate that

  20. Hello good demo, I’ve posted this video on switchedonsynthesizer.blogspot . com

  21. Hello good demo, I’ve posted this video on switchedonsynthesizer.blogspot . com

  22. the start/stop button is a bit dirty, i start the 808 normaly with the Roland MSQ-700 so thats why there is probaly a bit of dust under it :D

  23. U have some problem with start/stop button dont Ya? or its typical? besides 808 its a rare equipment :> … and trust me your english its more enough than U think :> im polish trust me :D

  24. Man I wish I had a 808 to try this :D

  25. You liked my movie and you think it was helpful!
    Please leave a comment then, thanks.

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