Cyclone Analogic TT-78

Cyclone Analogic TT78

Beat bot (2017)

Analog clone of the famous Roland CR78 with new features and Midi Control

OVERVIEW Portable machine, too bad the design is like a tuna can, far from wood finish of the original! anyway, let's move on: main panel features no display, 10 knobs, 2 rotary selector, 26 Illuminated buttons: 16 pads for sequencer + tap button + 7 others.

RELATED MODELS:
- Roland Cr78 the original iconic one
- Cyclone Analogic TT606 from same producer, same case, dedicated to another iconic machine: the Roland TR606

Terminal connectors:
- Power (9VDC, 300mA) | MIDI In Negative Tip Barrel

- Main out Mix (1/4" mono, +15dBu)

-Bass Drum (1/8" mono)

-Snare Drum (1/8" mono)

-Bongos + Congas (1/8" mono)

-Clave + Cowbell (1/8" mono)

-Cymbal + Hi-hat + Metal Beat (1/8" mono)

-Maracas (1/8" mono)

-Tambourine + Guiro (1/8" mono)

-MIDI IN / Out (output switchable to act as Thru port if required)
Strange enough, there's no USB ports.

OSCILLATORS SMD circuits, machine generatores nine voices of sounds that can be mixed with seperate volume control

SOUNDS: Voiceboard generates same TR606 and adds Rimshot + Hand Clap.
The TONE can adjusts the some typical sound parameters, they cannot be changed:
- Bass Drum (BD)Tuning
- Snare Drum (SD)Snare snap
- Low Bongo (LB) / Low Conga (LC)Tuning
- High Bongo (HB) /High Conga (HC)Tuning
- Clave (CL)Tuning
- Cowbell (CB)Tuning
- Cymbal (CY)Level of Metal Beat sound when Cymbal is played
- Hi-hat (HH)Level of Metal Beat sound when Hi-hat is played
- Maracas (MA)Decay Time
- Guiro (GU)Pitch
- Tambourine (TB)Decay Time

SYNC internal tempo or It is possible to slave the machine to a MIDI clock received from an external MIDI source. It will respond to external start commands, stop commands, continue messages, and clock information. No roland Dynsync, analog clock IN--- too bad.

MEMORY - User Patterns: 64 | User Tracks: 9 | User Drum Kits: 32 | User Clips: 16 per instrument

MIDI now sounds can be triggered from external sequencer with many Control change to control sounds parameters

Cyclone Analogic TT-78 Specifications

Company: Cyclone Analogic

Model: TT-78

Class: Drum Machine

Dates: 2019

Price: 300€

Technology: analog SMD

Instruments:
-Bass Drum

-Snare Drum

-Low Conga / Low Bongo

-High Conga / High Bongo

-Clave / Cowbell

-Cymbal + Metal Beat

-Hi-hat + Metal Beat

-Maracas

-Tambourine / Guiro

Instrument- and submix level controls

64 User patterns with max. 64 steps

9 User tracks

32 User drum kits

16 User clips per instrument

Per instrument, per step modifiers: Accent, Flam, Roll

Programmable fill variations for each pattern

Time scales: 16th note, 32nd note, 8th note triplet, 16th note triplet

Assignable LED pattern colour

Pattern copy / paste function

Maximum programming length: 240 bars

Per bar fill variation option

26 Illuminated buttons

Tap Tempo input

Main mix: 6.3 mm Mono (+ 15 dBu)

Headphones: 6.3 mm Stereo (+10 dBu)

Outputs: 3.5 mm

MIDI In, Out, and Thru

Power (9 V DC, 300 mA)

Dimensions (W x D x H): 310 x 130 x 35 mm

Weight: 783 g

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Cyclone Analogic TT78

Beat bot (2017)

Overview

Sound

Sync, memory