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Roland TR-909

 

 

 

roland tr909

info Country: Japan
Weight: 4,5Kg
Dimensions:486 x 105x 300 mm
audio demo trend price : 3000€
manual service manual demo video sample comments

Roland TR-909
Rhythm Composer (1983)


The legendary cult drum machine considered as sought-after as the elder brother Roland TR-808.

TR-909 has been a commercial failure and Roland retired the machine from the market after a few months.

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info DRUM MACHINE Main panel features a basic segments display, 31 knobs, 23 buttons and 16 pads with no velocity.

Back panel terminal connectors:
- main signal out
- 10 individual outputs
- Midi interface
- tape interface
- 5-DIN sync input
- a +5V pulse trigger out controlled by rimshot
- pedalswitch input for start/stop
- memory cartridge slot.

 

 

info SOUND based on a CPU NEC UPD7811G manages 10 channels each with individual mix levels.
STRUCTURE the sound generation is an hybrid between:
- Analog generation.
- PCM digital samples.



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info ANALOG family is generated like as several mini-synthesizers with individual circuits, onboard VCO oscillators, noise generators, envelope VCA stages and filtered by lowpass filters.
Each percussions have different controls:


pot Bass Drum
tune sets the pitch
decay sets the lenght
attack adds a click at the beginning
pot Snare Drum
tune sets the pitch
tone emphasizes the VCF filter and the total decay
snappy sets the amount of white noise
pot Low tom
pitch sets the tuning
decay sets the relative lenght
pot Mid tom
pitch same as low tom but with different range
decay sets the relative lenght
pot High tom
pitch same as low tom but with different range
decay sets the relative lenght
pot Rim Shot
no controls

pot Handclap
no controls
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info DIGITAL internal ROM 3 PCM samples coded at 6 bits resolution / 18 kHz frequency- the rest of the audio signal path is pure analog including EG, VCF and VCA.
TECH: PCM shots are stored in a 32 Kb ROM HITACHI HN61256P.


pot Hi-Hat (open)
decay makes a long open sound
tune sets the pitch
pot Hi-Hat (close)
channel-shared with opened hihat circuit
they canno be played at same time
pot Crash
tune sets the pitch of the sample
pot Ride
tune sets the pitch of the sample

 



info SEQUENCER
is based on famous 16 steps or tapping method.
There are 3 main sequencer functions that enhance the pattern groove:
- ACCENT: makes a specific step louder for a single instruments or all
- SHUFFLE: swings the beat for a more human rhythms
- FLAME: adds a syncope on a step. It does not apply to: rimshot, claps, hihats, crash and ride.
MIDI it is possible to trigger the sound percussions directly by Midi, but implementation is rather basic and offers only ON/OFF messages.

 

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info SYNC internal tempo range from 37 to 290 BPM or external clock sync is possible in 3 ways:
- 5 DIN SYNC signal at 24 PPQ
- Midi clock
- tape sync.

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info MEMORY:
- 4 songs max.
- 48 patterns (up to 896 measures)
Patterns and songs are saved if batteries (2X 1.5V) are fitted, then these can be saved to tape dump or in a M-64C RAM cartridge.

mem board

 

 

info RELATED FAMILY

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SEE ALSO: TR-8 VS TR-909 AUDIO TEST

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Some clones:

-Novation drumstation rackmount digital clone
- JOMOX Xbase 09 commercial analog-digital clone
- synthage 909 VIDEO
- DIY clone project VIDEO


 

effet VST PLUGIN & SAMPLED there are some free and commercial samples set, app and VST:

  name price demo
sampleset 2

-bedroom producer-simenschi.com

free samples
demo2
909 free sound d16.pl commercial VST demo2
free sound Thomas Nomaier free VST
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demoAUDIO DEMO

demo factory pattern
demo jampattern
demo broken toms :)
demo session with ELKA SYNTHEX and TB303



 

video VIDEO CLIP SELECTION

Roland TR-909 Drum Machine demo Roland TR-909 & Elektron A TR-909 ROLAND TR-808
Drum Machine demo with Elektron A with ROLAND TR-808

 

cat tr909
Marcel with Tr909 and Sh101

 



hi resolution TR909

 

TR-909 FACTORY RESET PROCEDURE:

HOLD TRACK #1 AND PATTERN #1 AND POWER ON.

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manual
ROLAND TR909 MANUAL




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Roland TR-909 Service manual

 


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manual

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sounds like no one

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- expensive
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overused

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REVIEW "OK, it is an expensive techno toy and you do not care for this kind of sounds, but You will NOT find any clones, VST, fancy DIY that match a true tr-909."

 
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