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Published on 04/13/06 at 06:22
Old mono drum, not noon. It is the little sister of the CR-78, it has the same sound source, but lacks the ability to program their own beats. Relatively limited so ... It is just ignored by comparison with its big sisters (CR-78, CR-8000) but once connected and in working order, it is a small drum very nice.
UTILIZATION
Not easier to use. We choose a preset from the time you press the Start / Stop button (nice touch by the way) and it left my kiki! ! ! There are several variations of rhythms, full of funny fill-ins while (aaaah bearings snare ...) that can involve either automatically (2/4/8/12/16 measures) or so manually with a button similar to the Start / Stop. There is a knob to vary the speed with which Led beats to the rhythm, a knob for focus and balance. Not the usual balance (Pan), but a balance that leaves appear to be the Bass Drum and bass Tom, or high (snare, hihat ...) and the middle is balanced! It invites us to try, and it's essential.
SOUNDS
When we see, it pays not really mine. A box more or less cubic, black wood, with a few buttons of every color on the front and a few knobs. sounds a bit cheap and old school next to a 808 or 909, see the new MC505 - 909 ... But once plugged into a good monitor speakers, you wake up the tiger in it ... An impressive momentum, a Bass Drum very deep and full, a super snappy snare, in short, you'd sometimes hear a 808. We can also use it raw, without effect, it is very clean, no breath, but for my part, I sometimes add a compressor, reverb or delay and a little bit of equalizer. This opens up unexpected possibilities ...
OVERALL OPINION
Yes it is limited in programming (though Analogue Solutions offers a MIDI for £ 119 kit that allows you to assign a midi channel for each instrument ... from there it is programmable as all the others. ..) but just with the presets that it offers big sound and very nice, it's a drum that I found totally underestimated it. For 30 Euros, I could not complain. And is like new. The guy sold it as a metronome, because the sound is not enough in his opinion today.
For electronic components, and other 70's is a very great deal. I highly recommend
UTILIZATION
Not easier to use. We choose a preset from the time you press the Start / Stop button (nice touch by the way) and it left my kiki! ! ! There are several variations of rhythms, full of funny fill-ins while (aaaah bearings snare ...) that can involve either automatically (2/4/8/12/16 measures) or so manually with a button similar to the Start / Stop. There is a knob to vary the speed with which Led beats to the rhythm, a knob for focus and balance. Not the usual balance (Pan), but a balance that leaves appear to be the Bass Drum and bass Tom, or high (snare, hihat ...) and the middle is balanced! It invites us to try, and it's essential.
SOUNDS
When we see, it pays not really mine. A box more or less cubic, black wood, with a few buttons of every color on the front and a few knobs. sounds a bit cheap and old school next to a 808 or 909, see the new MC505 - 909 ... But once plugged into a good monitor speakers, you wake up the tiger in it ... An impressive momentum, a Bass Drum very deep and full, a super snappy snare, in short, you'd sometimes hear a 808. We can also use it raw, without effect, it is very clean, no breath, but for my part, I sometimes add a compressor, reverb or delay and a little bit of equalizer. This opens up unexpected possibilities ...
OVERALL OPINION
Yes it is limited in programming (though Analogue Solutions offers a MIDI for £ 119 kit that allows you to assign a midi channel for each instrument ... from there it is programmable as all the others. ..) but just with the presets that it offers big sound and very nice, it's a drum that I found totally underestimated it. For 30 Euros, I could not complain. And is like new. The guy sold it as a metronome, because the sound is not enough in his opinion today.
For electronic components, and other 70's is a very great deal. I highly recommend