Kawai R-100: Digital Drum Machine from the 80's Demo

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This is in my opinion the best drum machine of the 80's. It may not be very expandable or have a sampling option but it is a joy to program. The machine I had was upgraded with all ROM options, which are showcased here. First is the Electronic Kit, next the Jazz Kit, and finally the Stock Kit. It is a solidly built machine and had care put into its design. Made in Japan by Kawai in the late 80's. The R-100 is velocity sensitive and can have pitch changes recorded into a sequence. I have sold two of these drum machines and can definitely recommend it!
Listen to some of Daniel's Library Music here:
saharalibrary.bandcamp.com/music

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20 сен 2023

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@daniels_electronics 8 месяцев назад

0:00 to 4:44 is Electronic Kit, 4:44 to 8:15 Jazz kit, and 8:15 to 14:36 the standard kit.

@RaymondCastile 2 месяца назад

Who knows how to perform a total restoration on these? I mean refurbishing/replacing the pads, buttons, everything. I see a lot of them modified to play multiple ROM kits like this one, but I never see them totally refurbished. I've owned three of them, including one I bought when it was new in the 1980s, and all three eventually failed due to the pads and buttons going bad. I don't own one now, but I would buy one if it could be fully refurbished to ensure the pads and buttons continued to work properly for years to come.

@AnalogNoiseLab 2 месяца назад

What you have to do is open it up and clean all the micro switches under the buttons with Deoxit or similar contact cleaner. Do that 2 - 3 times and the small buttons will work again. Usually the pads work fine as they are of better quality.

@RaymondCastile 2 месяца назад

@@AnalogNoiseLab but there is a thin foam lining around the pads that deteriorates. I don’t know if that is essential to the performance. I took my second one apart, but I didn’t know what I was doing. I probably just caused more damage.

@daniels_electronics Месяц назад

Agree with AnalogNoiseLab on the buttons and pads. The foam is not important for anything but dampening the clicking sound of the pads.

@klinkske Месяц назад

I cleaned all the buttons. I just whiped them with something metal so they are shiney again inside (metal,plate) - it was easy. Works 100%

@stefpir 8 месяцев назад

Hy! Question regarding the order and timing : would it be possible to know what is what depending of the timing ? It would be very usefull to understand which kit we prefer :)

@daniels_electronics 8 месяцев назад

Yes, absolutely

@Kaspar_Houser 3 месяца назад

@11:17 sold me

@dansolo360 8 месяцев назад

Does anyone know how to reset this drum machine? I have one with zero patterns or songs. I'd like to factory reset it and get the stock patterns back.

@daniels_electronics 8 месяцев назад

Unfortunately, the drum machine does not store factory patterns in ROMs, you need to have the demo cassette to load via the cassette in. However, the audio file might be online somewhere which could be played into the cassette in just the same.

@dansolo360 8 месяцев назад

@@daniels_electronicsWould you be so kind and send a link to it, I feel super lost and worry to buy the wrong casset!