18:02 maybe Marrs Pump up the Volume basic drum machine parts were programmed on this machine! The song has around 15-20 samples from other record, and then the basic skeleton beat, which sounds like it might have been made with this machine.
@@dpalaorothose are actually samples from the old CR78 so yes they probably used this to program the rhythm with those old sounds. I recognised it too, still have it on vinyl 😂
anders schroder have an R8 an the powerdrumcard. I use Reason nowadays but the software drums allways sounds weak. When i sit with the R8 and headphones the sound is incredible, this video doesn't make the sound justice. I used it to practice guitar with and it's like instant Deaf leppard 80s rock.
@@JeezVince Bad Gear is my favorite show! "Bad Patterns "actually a great idea, but it hard to compete with Florian Pilz - he is a pure genius, I didn't miss one episode of his show since the beginning!
@@MusicianParadise Oh yeah, he is the best. Great producer too! Please if you do a sample pack of the R8, would you be kind enough to put some recordings of the patterns with? I'm still lokking for those of the Roland MCs line, they were hilarious but great in some ways ;D
So let me understand this. All the sounds are im the machine? And the cards are just playing the sounds?? Or these cards have new sounds that were not originally in the machine when bought new?
@MusicianParadise do you have to keep the card in the machine while you use those sounds? Or can you "load" the sounds into the R8? That way, you could hypothetically load various cards into the machine?
@@dpalaoroYou can load only one card into the machine, so you will have the default internal sound set plus the sounds from the card. If you change the card, the sounds from the previous card will be replaced. Later iterations of the Roland R series have more sounds (almost all the cards) on board but fewer editing possibilities.
@@MusicianParadise 👍 thank you so much for the info and taking the time to reply. I wonder if anyone figured out how to hack those old cards, or copy them. Appears they can be quite expensive.
@@dpalaoro If I remember correctly you don't have to keep the card in the machine, but you can use only one card soundset at the time, as the internal memory of R8 is very limited
Yes, R8 MK II has more sounds by default and double memory for patterns. However, some purists says R8 MK I sounds somehow "better" due to downgraded DAC converters on MK II although I can´t confirm it in any way :)
@@MusicianParadise Someone always says that :D For every damn piece of music gear someone says the old version is better because it had a germanium capacitor somewhere, or a different DAC......blah blah :D
