Roland TR-8S Rhythm Performer

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TR-8S Rhythm Performer

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Rhythm Performer Meets Sound Designer


TRevolution
Born of the most famous and influential drum machines ever made, the TR-8S combines the best of its Roland heritage with modern production techniques and professional sound design. The result? A forward-thinking, performance-tuned instrument unlike any other. Build your dream kit from the most iconic drum sounds of all time, plus the finest selection of samples from Roland's vast library - or import your own custom samples. Tap, tune, and tweak with hands-on controls and production tools that make your patterns move and groove. And why keep this kind of percussive power confined to the studio? The TR-8S was literally made to play live.

Roland's Cloud Academy
The TR-8S is one of the many products that includes access to Roland Cloud Academy, an online learning platform providing free training courses for registered owners of Roland DJ controllers, TR-8S Rhythm Performer, and MC-101 + MC-707 GROOVEBOXES. In a series of live group video sessions, Roland's top product specialists will guide you step-by-step through various product features and provide tips for studio creation, stage performance, and event production. With the benefit of Cloud Academy's interactive online platform, instructors provide real-time responses to your questions submitted via live chat, voice, or webcam.

Features

• Legendary ACB Technology from TR-8, 7x7 expansion and Boutique series (TR-909, 808, 707, 727, 606)
• Sample playback (with over 300 pre-loaded samples)
• Motion recording / playback for parameters (Total 39 parameters per step (11 Inst x 3 Knob, Reverb, Delay, Master FX)
• Colour coded faders (user assignable)
• Channel grouping
• LFO parameter modulation
• Velocity sensitive performance pad
• 8 chainable variations and 2 fills per pattern
• 11 instrument channels + 1 exclusive trigger channel per kit
• Multi Outputs (6 outputs, Audio or Trigger)
• Up to 128 steps per pattern (using variations)
• LAST STEP per channel

Design Kits with Authentic TR Drums, Sampled Sounds, and Effects

The TR-8S comes loaded with the largest, most authentic collection of TR drum machines available. The powerful new processor gives the next-generation ACB models a whole new level of detail and nuance, giving you that classic Roland boom, snap, and sizzle. And now you can incorporate preset and custom samples, creating unique hybrid and layered kits, and enhance them with specialised effects that inject professional sound design into the TR formula.

Transistor Rhythms
The TR-8S has every sound from the most sought-after TR drum machines, with detailed circuit-models of the 808, 606, 909, 707, 727, and even several modified versions. These are not sound-alike sample-packs or mere recordings of TR drum sounds. Each machine is a detailed, down-to-the-circuit-model that sounds and behaves exactly like the original hardware. All these sounds are yours, at your fingertips, and ready to use in your own productions and performances.

ACB Meets Samples
Today's rhythm tracks require a diverse set of sounds and production techniques, and it's harder than ever to sound truly unique. While authentic TR sounds are vital for producing drum tracks, mixing and layering sounds opens a world of modern styles and the exciting potential to craft your own signature sound. Pull from the extensive collection of preset samples, or import your own mono or stereo sounds using the SD card slot. Like the TR sounds, you can deeply manipulate samples with immediate hands-on control. Adjust decay and tuning and alter sample start points, speed, and direction. You can create a kit entirely from samples or mix and match with TR sounds for genre-defying drum tracks that demand attention.

Drumatic Effects
The right effects can make a drum part stand out by creating depth and space. Whether it's delay on a rim-shot, overdrive on a kick, filters on toms and cymbals, or just the right amount of reverb on select instruments, the TR-8S has percussion-tuned effects that simply sound great. In addition to the Master FX knob, each channel has a customizable CTRL knob, placing all this sound-shaping power within easy reach. The attack of the kick, the snap of the snare, phaser depth, distortion amount - whatever parameter you need direct and immediate access to - can be assigned to the CTRL knob or Master FX knob and saved with the kit. Both Instrument and Master Effects, along with their precise settings, are also saved with each kit, making your productions always performance-ready.

Create Evolving Patterns with Variations, Fills, and Motion

Pattern creation on the TR-8S feels natural and intuitive, thanks to the Roland "TR-REC" step sequencer that's been the beating heart of electronic music production for decades. And now, it's been enhanced and modernised to be better than ever.

Fast, Fluid, and Fun
You can program on the 16 TR-REC buttons or use the velocity-sensitive performance pad to play live, or record into the sequencer. And you can move seamlessly between either, playing and editing reshaping your drum parts without ever interrupting your flow. Create intricate grooves and detailed fills using velocity, accents, flams, and adjustable sub-steps for modern rolls and ratcheting. Get experimental with unusual polyrhythms and complex meters by adjusting the length or "last step" of each drum part.

Variations on a Theme
Keep things fresh and exciting, even during extended live sets. The TR-8S can store 128 patterns - each with eight variations and three kinds of fills - and patterns or variations can be triggered individually or chained together for evolving sequences. In performance situations, you can copy patterns on the fly and even stay ahead of the beat and work on patterns that aren't currently playing. Each pattern can include the tempo and the kit, along with its knob positions and effect settings. This gives you instant recall and enough storage and flexibility to play an entire set without ever repeating a measure in the same way.

Filling In
Well-placed fills can create thrilling moments in a track or a live set. Each pattern in the TR-8S can contain two fills which you can customise or create from scratch. There's also an adjustable "Scatter" fill which will slice and dice a measure into short bursts of cool and controlled chaos. But at times, your hands may be too busy to trigger every fill manually. That's where Auto-Fill comes in. Automating fills every 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 measures keeps your hands free, but also adds interesting dynamics to your performances.

In Motion
Professional sounding drum tracks require detailed production techniques. The TR-8S not only makes crafting this detail possible, it makes it fast and fun. Locking parameters to steps or recording motion into patterns can give you everything from subtle movement to dramatic tonal shifts. Automate bass drum tuning, snare pitch, panning, effects...whatever you want. You can create melodies and bass lines, or change the sound of a kit for different song sections. Motion recording is immediate and effortless, and motion playback can be instantly enabled or disabled. 

At Home in the Studio, Made for the Stage

Roland has put these user-requested features - and more - into the TR-8S, while keeping the immediacy and fun-factor of the original TR-8 fully intact.

Eight Analog Outputs
Like some of its famous siblings, the TR-8S has eight separate analog outputs, so you can process individual drum sounds through external effects or send them into separate channels of your mixer or DAW. Take control of your sound and decide which instruments or groups are sent to which outputs. And whatever you choose, know that the TR-8S sounds big, punchy, and spacious thanks to its high-resolution 24bit/96kHz digital-to-analog converters.

Trigger Out, External In
The TR-8S has a dedicated trigger output as well as stereo audio inputs for external sources. And its assignable outputs can even be used as additional triggers. This lets you control external instruments and mix them with the TR-8S's internal sounds, greatly expanding your creative possibilities in the studio and performance possibilities on stage. Each pattern has a dedicated trigger track for access to all kinds of variations with no need to use up an instrument. Rim-shots and triggered analog bass patterns? Yes, you can.

Audio and MIDI Interface
Aside from being the most powerful drum machine ever made, the TR-8S is a complete multi-channel audio and MIDI interface. When you connect the TR-8S to a computer or AIRA Link host, you can transfer MIDI and high-resolution audio over a single USB cable. Record each drum instrument to a different channel for individual processing and recording, automate parameter movements from your DAW by CC messages, or sync the TR-8S to your computer or Roland MX-1 Mix Performer for live sets or late-night jam sessions.

Refined Design with a Modern Touch
Aesthetic and ergonomic improvements can be found throughout the TR-8S, giving it a timeless design that fits any creative space. The shape, colours, and overall feel have been refined to be more substantial, elegant, and inviting. RGB colour faders and TR-REC buttons let you customise the brightness, glow, and colour of each element. Not only does it look amazing, but it gives crucial visual feedback about what's playing, what's muted, which instruments are grouped, and so on. And then there's that lava lamp mode...

Total Recall
The life of a musician can be pretty unpredictable, whether it's touring mishaps or studio calamities. Take comfort in the fact that every kit, every pattern, and every setting for literally everything can be backed up on an SD card. Just pop it into a fresh TR-8S and you're back up and running.

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Roland TR-8S Rhythm Performer [Quick Demonstration]Watch Video
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Description: Dustin Good from Roland Canada gives a quick demonstration of the Roland TR-8S Rhythm Performer.

Roland TR-8S Rhythm Performer [In-Depth Demonstration]Watch Video
Youtube video product demo

Description: Dustin Good from Roland Canada gives an in-depth demonstration of the Roland TR-8S Rhythm Performer.

Roland Cloud Academy for Roland TR-8S, MC GROOVEBOX and DJ ControllersWatch Video
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BEAST 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Everything good included along with every of my original complaints addressed from the original TR-8. The boutique Roland synths and drum machines sound fabulous, the TR-8S sounds just as incredible. Very good assortment of onboard sounds that, well, sound phat as all hell. This will very easily compliment a pure analogue studio and thump through your deepest bass. It is very intuitive and inspires live tweaking with great onboard fx, and an excellent reverb with the ability to dial in the amount of fx or reverb sent to each sound in the kit.
Posted by Tony Smart on Mar 2, 2019
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Miles and Miles ahead of the TR8. Very immediate. Plenty of great onboard sounds, and sample loading was easy to do. Still figuring it all out but overall this is the best drum machine I've ever owned. By Far.
Posted by Rob H on Aug 15, 2018
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The best drum machine 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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I think it's one of the greatest invention Roland Created with all of the different drum kits if it makes it very easy to create different varieties of music I also had to Tito eight but the TR 8S out work All different drum machines thank you Roland
Posted by Leo Kelly on Aug 3, 2018
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