Comments on: Diabolical Devices Roland TR-707/727

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:36:25 +0000

SOUNDS LIKE A GAMEBOY ON CRACK

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:35:29 +0000

STOP BENDING THIS GOOD MACHINES !!! YOU CAN`T GET BETTER SOUNDS OUT OF IT.

By: Chewstar

Chewstar — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:33:13 +0000

Oh sweet god, wish I hadnt gotten rid of my roland drums now ><

By: Raytrace

Raytrace — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:46:46 +0000

what they should do is release an affordable 909 and 808, they’d be stupid not to cash in on the massive prices 808′s and 909′s go for…
They should hire Jomox to help them :)

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:36:57 +0000

We’ve all been waiting for a Roland comeback. You never know…

By: Derrick S

Derrick S — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:58:20 +0000

Roland will release some new Gear in September, they have a countdown running here http://www.rolandconnect.com/ so i guess it could be something big

what do you think, will roland return to it´s analog roots?

imagine a new TR or JP, or a porn-combination of both? a controller for ableton live?

By: Raytrace

Raytrace — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:18:53 +0000

yeh haha the start of the demo of the 727 im pretty sure is almost exactly ‘Rhythm Is A Mystery’ by K-Klass :D – I’m also pretty certain its used in that ‘Low Riders’ song, although maybe thats a real Latin band eheh

I love my 707, I mean I’ll admit when I first got it I just loved the look of it and I still dont really like its kicks that much, although when placed on top of a heavier kick they are useful, but it’s HH/RS and Clap are just perfect I think, – they cut through a mix like nothing else…

also the sequencer and interface are totally inspirational, whenever I get REALLY stuck on a track (which is VERY often), if I go over to my 707 and just make a few patterns for 10 or 15 minutes, I’m almost instantly reinspired and when I sample the patterns and put them in the track, they always sound good (to me anyway haha).

I would really like to get that customised 707 someday, although i do think it is pretty fugly o_O, which is a shame as I do honestly (not just cos its the only drum machine I have haha) think the 707 is the most techno looking drum machine ever! :D

By: Domi

Domi — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:07:18 +0000

In fact, if you loop the first bit of the 727 video with the silences taken out it sounds like a Mayday intro right away!

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:03:30 +0000

Very true. I have hundreds of Chicago/Detroit records with 707 on them. The drum patterns they used were usually different and interesting considering the technology… it really made “the sound”.

By: Domi

Domi — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:32:37 +0000

Mad! But I personally think it’s probably more interesting in terms of these machines’ resumés to mention Chicago house and Detroit techno classics over late 80′s EBM and freestyle. Everyone always mentioned 909 when talking about Chicago, but most of the original house tunes are 707 kick. Some Derrick May tracks are like mental 727 demo tunes (funnily enough, including “Freestyle” by Mayday.)