Roland TR-08 Vs Behringer RD-8 Review! - Battle of the Drum Machines 

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Sk1 all day

Was thinking that just now, pretty silly oversight for such a channel.

@Wild Eye Maybe some people,,,, me,,,, not so much!!! Change is good... The basis for sound creation is all around us... I suppose if you want that Roland sound, then get a Roland...

Perhaps the price has gone up due to availability but it looks like they now sell for the same price. That being said the Behringer seems more useful if you wanna use busses etc

It's nowhere near ready for release yet.

@@markuskoivisto Thomann already shipped units.

Then he's correct in saying he never used the drumbrute. Drumbrute and drumbrute impact are 2 different machines.

why you reaching to try and catch him in a lie? Are you a cop? 🤔

There is.. it's called midi and record. Or even sysex. We've been doing it for decades now.

If you want to program on the pc, why not just use a daw?

@@hongdekong It's a lot easier to program a pattern/sequence in a DAW than using a limited hardware interface that is modeled after 40 or so year old limited programming interfaces of the original hardware. For example, it is much easier to program the new Behringer TD-3 on the computer than using it's interface. Plus after it's been programmed, then you can modulate the physical controls by hand while it's playing back for real time performance. It's also way more cost effective to program these hardware units and take them out live to perform a show than drag your (way more expensive) computer along for the road trip.

eh? have you downloaded behrigners software on pc, it does exactly that, allows you to program and save it to a slot in the drum machine

@@drsamurai009 also, comparing the programing of the td3 and the rd8 is slightly silly, the td3 is a pain to program yeah, just like the original, but the rd8 is a dream to program, using the physical control is one of the biggest reasons to buy a drum machine, and the rd8 is incredibly fun and I intuitive

Volca?!

Can make most of the same sounds on the Volca Drum tbh so... 😉

Bernd Genegel . The TR-08 has separate outs through usb the RD-8 doesn’t. The TR08 also has better midi.

@@floridahiker1503 wrong way round the RD 8 has separate out the Roland doesn’t

@@AutisticCuriosity . The RD8 has separate analog 1/4 outs but it doesn't transmit separate usb outs.

RD-8 would be the winner if they fix the firmware first, it is basically unusable at the current state of sync issues

@@lownrgy Had a lot of issues out the box and had to do a factory reset to get all the sounds working. Looking forward to a major firmware update hopefully soon

Clueless me says I'll take neither and go with the Roland TR-8s.

I have to admit, that besides great analog sound, the Behringer had too many little flaws and a bad clap in it's first revision. They fixed some issues, but their (just announced) reworked 2nd edition might be the first all in all satisfying offer - we'll hear and see. The TR-8s is a really fine drum machine with a lot of flexible use options. But it does not offer the original 808 analog sound nearly as convincing in practical use, as the analog Behringer does.

@@defrigge RD-8 is a one trick pony. A very large one trick pony. Obviously the TR-08 is a one trick pony as well (albeit with a 1/4 footprint) and so I'd rather have RD-8, but unless you are just a pure 808-head it makes no sense to have a machine that large that can only do one thing. And I'll take multi outs over usb over multi audio outs any day (audio inputs are expensive and I only have so many). Straight up, if it weren't for the fact that's it's still effectively a clone of an instrument that now costs thousands, people would laugh at it. I've got like 10 of the new Behringer clones so I'm not hating on Behringer (here anyway) but I can't see anyone getting much real-world use out of an RD-8 before getting tired of it's limited capabilities (and, again, it's size). More like they have it for bragging rights, like it has some inherent worth because the real thing costs so much. I wouldn't say that the TR-08 isn't "nearly as convincing", I'd say it's not quite as good when directly A/B'ed against the Behringer (not denying this). After processing it's almost indistinguishable. For 808 I use sample libraries or make my own sounds on my analog synths (Jomox,Vermona,etc.) that give way more sound scaping capabilities to play in a more modern sample-capable "drum machine" (like the TR-08s, or Deluge, or even the Circuit) . True analog matters far more on a much more nuanced machine like a synth. For drum machines, people actually prefer a consistent tone than a nuanced one so quality drum samples are gold. Only Behringer drum machine I'd actually spring for is the RD-6. Nice and small. If the Rd-8 was a quarter to third of its size I'd consider it. Behringer's new ecosystem has young enthusiasts buying up a few pieces of limited gear that gets them not much to work with, relatively. It's like the Volcas before (that were even cheaper) that people (including me) loaded up on only to find that in the end there wasn't much they could do with them ultimately beyond a limited workflow and sound. Bottom line, unless you are a purist with cash to burn, better to sink your money elsewhere than an RD-8 (and certainly not the TR-08, like you said, not disagreeing on this).

Throw out the bed!

I put mine on my coffee table, fits a 1604, RD8, Keystep and Model D

@@SourDiesel69 Extinct GIANT Dinosaurs ,i'm talking about RD-8 and ODY.....but the modules like K2,WASP,D,NEUTRON and PRO-1(in my set up)...with my 4 BOUTIQUES,1 BLOFELD and couple of KORG Volcas and 3 Arturias(beatstep pro,keystep)...Powered by Ableton Push = BINGO!..It's a kinda NUCLEAR COMPACT TINY ATOM mean machine tiny studio.

I slide mine in the small space in between my synth rack and Mac pro lol.

In fact, the Rd-8 is absolutely good sounding machine. Very analogue, and I say, perfect tonal balance.

@@QPLAYS010 to place an open high hat a little to one side and the closed high hat a little to the other- for starters....

@@QPLAYS010 you can totally set the pan of each instrument on the TR-08. MENU-VALUE (turn to PAN) and hit TAP to change it from L64 to R63. So in my example, we could set the pan for the CHH to say...R23 and the pan for OHH to oh maybe L34 or whatever we wanted- which would necessitate stereo outputs to be heard.

Re: OP: yes, but the RD-8 has a phones out that I am assuming is stereo. So just use that. Phones is basically a stereo output jack.

you do get individual outs on the rd8 tho. just not over usb.

@@chameleon47 A mixer, maybe?