From: Stimpy on
On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:37:05 +0100, Ian McCall wrote
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRxVD9xRTSo
>
> That had me in complete stitches. I can immediately think of several
> 80s tracks with 'd d d d d d' in it, and I'm now wondering how many of
> them were musical choice and how many because the group couldn't work
> out how to switch it off.
>
> (I also now want one of those boxes...)

I have a CR-78 which needs a service and also it's smaller brother the CR-68.
I heart them both

From: Woody on
Andrew Collier <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote:

> In article <8bks62Fdn1U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote:
>
> > Mind you, Ultrabeat
> > always throws me when I try and use it - I never seem to remember how
> > from one session to the next.
>
> Oh, they're just trying to keep up the tradition that all drum machines
> must have incomprehensible user-interfaces...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRxVD9xRTSo

The roland ones were far from incomprehensible, I think they were done
pretty well.

I must admit I do like iDrum..

--
Woody

www.alienrat.com
From: Stimpy on
On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 21:24:16 +0100, Woody wrote
> Andrew Collier <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article <8bks62Fdn1U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
>> Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Mind you, Ultrabeat
>>> always throws me when I try and use it - I never seem to remember how
>>> from one session to the next.
>>
>> Oh, they're just trying to keep up the tradition that all drum machines
>> must have incomprehensible user-interfaces...
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRxVD9xRTSo
>
> The roland ones were far from incomprehensible, I think they were done
> pretty well.

The 'step' interface used by the TR-707/808/909 was the very definition of
simplicity and intuitivenessity