Fun drum machine simulator

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, January 16, 2008 9:33 AM | permalink

This Web based drum machine is based on the Roland TR-909. Picture 6-42

This drumcomputer hits the market 1984 and was a long time the state of art in house and techno productions. Shift-Click the Step-buttons for accent triggers. Shift-Click-Move knobs for smoother resolution. Press Save to store a snapshot of the current settings to a flash cookie. Restore snapshot by pressing Load. Clear to delete all patterns and reset all knobs. Drag and drop a pattern button (invisible) to copy a pattern to a new location.
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#1 posted by Deadmeat , January 16, 2008 9:54 AM

Now all we need is a 303 and 808 simulator, and we can drop acid beats anywhere with a web connection!

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#2 posted by djhojo , January 16, 2008 10:05 AM

@Deadmeat: You're thinking of some sort of REBIRTH perhaps?

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#3 posted by deejayqueue , January 16, 2008 10:29 AM

God I remember running ReBirth on my PowerMac 6100 way back in the day. It would be cool if someone made that web based or flash based like Deadmeat was saying.

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#4 posted by Brian Damage

, January 16, 2008 11:08 AM

The sound of that slightly distorted 909 kick melts my heart just a little. Roland is responsible for many of my favourite instruments, chiefly the TB-303. If I had $300 to spare that's what would be on my license plate right now.

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#5 posted by Lou Logan , January 16, 2008 11:27 AM

I like playing around with the Hydrogen Advanced Drum Machine. It's free and intuitive and several drum kits are available such as Roland 606, 626, 707, 808, and 909.

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#6 posted by David Voss , January 16, 2008 2:22 PM

This is most excellent. Andre Michelle, the
creator, says he's working on 303 and 808 versions too. The web site says you can
download a self-contained Flash version to run
on the Adobe AIR platform but it won't install for me. Given that Propellerheads has now
given Rebirth away for free, it's a toss up.

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#7 posted by gperrow , January 16, 2008 5:18 PM

A drum machine is essentially a drum simulator, so this is a drum simulator simulator.

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#8 posted by kingcutless

, January 17, 2008 12:15 AM

awesome stuff, i never new how great the control system is, it surpasses the of most modern drum machines.