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Alex Alder Alex Alder
Published on 01/21/09 at 06:21
Small, tiny box with analog rhythm of tiny buttons.
Midi in, three stereo output jack which one.
Bass drum, snare, 3 toms, cymbals, OH, HH, fully ditable via midi.

Attack, pith, overdrive, tune, decay on the bass.
Tune, pitch, decay and noise on the snare.
Decay and mix on the OH and HH cymbals.

Squenceur TR.

UTILIZATION

The edition sounds simple, programamtion by the cons ...
I use it with a midi drum map so the blow is more simple because the manual 3-page A5 is not very clear.

SOUNDS

Sounds appropriate to me very well, but not all GPs ... FAT for such a small box! The bass is fairly standard, the snare is not bad, no claps on the other hand ... dommage.Les toms are nice can have them sound like congas and cowbells see can even edit in the bass line!
Other sounds are samples, but ditables, they are much like cymbals TR 808.
It's analog-sounding, some fun to compare the BAR Rolland ... a diffrence is certain: the price! It's more expensive than chopp samples on the net or as VSTS, but the difference is that the living, powerful, warm, and very typ.
Cons is not by sounds that are suitable for all styles of music for the Lectronic is great for rock ... er ... must see.

OVERALL OPINION

It's been 3 or 4 hours I'm on it! And I'm pleasantly surprised!
The only major weakness in this box seems to be its fragility it is very small and while plastoc ...
I availing oneself of a TR 707, nothing to see ... I like the 707, but it really is colder than this little trick. I used a lot of bar analog samples before, and with the MFB 503 that is bygone era ...
It costs 250 euros, I think that was worth taking the risk, even if it seems all cheap. I would sign in a few months to tell you if it holds up ...