TR-8S Drum Beat from Scratch // Exploring North African Rhythms 

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Love that you are returning to African drum patterns. Your first video covering that older pattern book was phenomenal too!

cool to see the tr8s in your vids, I love mine. btw you can change the reverb and delay sends by holding each tracks button and turning the level of delay or reverb

Always in the groove ... cheers !

Awesome video. Probability is a great addition. Makes me realize the Tr 8s could be so much more if it had micro timing and velocity sensitivity

So I started as a rapper, then devoted myself to jazz piano, got into jazz/fusion/neo-soul and now going back to production. It's a weird place to be but I think it's cool you went the jazz route and apply that to electronic music. Makes a lot sense when I hear your rhythmic sensibilities.

From which manufacturer are these coiled cables? I would like to get them for myself :)

This is ace. Fabulous groove and inspiring. Have you tried compressed air and contact cleaner on the dodgy pots?

nice video

dude, get AB and have some well deserved rlx

A white American dude playing African rhythms on a Japanese drum machine - I love this planet!

TR-8S is so special cause it reminds me of FL Studio’s sequencer. Might get it just cause it feels like the Hardware version of that.

Great video, as usual! You can control the sends by just pressing the instrument button and rotating the Reverb or Delay vol knob.

Worth watching this video for the “velocity reduction on even steps” tip alone! 🔥👍🏽🇬🇧

you don't have to use the menu for copying. you can just press the button -> copy -> aim button -> done. =)

You can hold last to change the last step of individual instruments to create polyrhythms

Could anyone recommend a must have drum hits pack i should load onto the TR 8s ? I am waiting for one in the post thinking of putting in House Kitt, Drum n Bass and Trap ect✌

You know if you want to copy variation A to B (or any other variation) you just hold down A then copy whilst A is pressed, then press B. Easy way to copy and paste

Lol 😂 yes!!! I love this! I always say I’m channeling my inner Tony Allen when noodling on my TR-8S. I absolutely love it. So fun and immediate. Really great for just sketching out a rhythm in your head. Super excited to pair it with the Roland SH-4D I just ordered.

Tony Allen playing with 'the good the bad and the queen' in Amsterdam was the best gig I have *ever* been to. he was just amazing to see that groove.....

Dotted eighths.... you said quarters.

this is poly meter not rhythm ;)

I’m an average guitarist. I’ve always been kind of allergic to electronic music. I think your channel may help clear my allergy. Cheers.

you had me at Tony Allen!... the TR-8S is an absolute beast for just laying it down.... its a beautiful thing. great vid.

Not to be that person but dotted 8ths aren’t polyrhythms lol

Amazing! Now, where can I download this patch?

This is very good