ROLAND CR 78

Discussion
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I am selling my ROLAND CR78 drum machine, it has served me well, 4 or 5 albums, but I don’t need it anymore & they are quite rare

$300

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Is it programmable?

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There are more efficient ways to make beats these days, but it certainly looks quite the find for a collector.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_CR-78

4

Try autographing it and selling it on EBay Chris…

Best

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I’ll give ya 50 bucks…

You’ll sell it on ebay alright, but it’s good of ya to make the offer here.

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$50?? Don’t insult the man.

$75!

bangs fist on table

Are there discounts for buyers from minority groups?

I am a shamless plagiarist.

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Here’s a video of one in action if anyone’s curious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhGxL7dbJl4
It sounds like he’s working on a track from the first Cabaret Voltaire album.

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Man that sounds awesome, just the sort of gear that I dig.

Chris, if it can be programmed I’m definitely interested. I know not all of these have the programmable function.

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I concur, if that thing is programmable it looks like a really fun, kick ass machine. Those 808 and 909’s are fetching over 1k these days which seems absurd to me.

I was thinking about buying a drum machine sometime in the near future. I can’t afford this one. Can anyone recommend a fun, vintage drum machine that won’t kill the bank due to it’s collectible value?

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I used to have on of these things and it did what I wanted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRkiGAoFOlI

Yeah, I owned both a DR-5 and a DR-660 at one point, and although the sounds were great I was longing for more of an analog programming feel that the Roland 808, 909 and 606’s had. I remember in the early 00’s a bunch of machines were made with that programming analog sequencer programming style but they all contained mainly wack, pre-fab techno/electro sounds.

I suppose the way to go would be to get an AKAI MPC machine with a sample-bank of your favorite sounds.

I’m not against laptops and software per se, but alone they can be kinda boring.

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I used to have on of these things and it did what I wanted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRkiGAoFOlI

i had one of those too! wow, that’s a trip.