Roland R-8

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The Roland R-8 is an electronic drum machine that was introduced in 1988 by Roland Corporation. It has features such as velocity sensitive trigger pads, slots for expanding the sounds with removable ROM cards, and the ability to create loops of beats. It also has 8 individual outputs, 12 voice polyphony and 4-part multitimbral MIDI.

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PCM Sound cards

The Original Roland R-8 drum machine had a single slot for PCM sound cards to be plugged in order to add a wide range of sounds to the internal sound banks.
The R8M rack version allows up to 4 cards to be plugged in and accessed simultaneously.

Here is a list of the existing cards :

ROLAND SN-R8-01 CONTEMPORARY PERCUSSION

ROLAND SN-R8-02 JAZZ BRUSH

ROLAND SN-R8-03 SOUND EFFECTS

ROLAND SN-R8-04 ELECTRONIC [the 808 card]

ROLAND SN-R8-05 JAZZ

ROLAND SN-R8-06 ETHNIC PERCUSSION

ROLAND SN-R8-07 MALLET

ROLAND SN-R8-08 DRY

ROLAND SN-R8-09 POWER DRUMS U.S.A.

ROLAND SN-R8-10 DANCE [the 909 card]

ROLAND SN-R8-11 METALLIC PERCUSSION
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It has been called "One of the very best drum machines ever" by Vintagesynth.com