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Re:The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised m... by cdcarter on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @09:08PM (#9536087)
Can you share a strong example track of the 909 sound? I don't know the difference at all, so I'd love to hear!
Re:The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised m... by louthy on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @09:23PM (#9536154)
Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHwyzz2LMWA

Laurent Garnier - Acid Eiffel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdeVX7UjeIk

Dave Clark - Thunder (This uses very extreme compression on the 909)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMxGHEpdyCs

All three tracks also use the Roland TB-303 Bass Line synth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_TB-303

Re:The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised m... by siquick on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @01:41AM (#9536988)
Acid Eiffel is the great techno track of all time IMO.

CYFI is a Juno 2, no 303 in there.

http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/video-archive/lectures/la...

Re:The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised m... by louthy on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @12:09PM (#9539977)
Of course, sorry I was getting a bit carried away there!
Re:The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised m... by bane on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @09:43PM (#9536228)
Awesome examples.

And to fill it all in, some classic 303 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f7cylz6tl4

With a couple 303s, and 808 and a 909 (and a sparse set of effects), you can produce a big part of late 90s, early 2000s EDM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5IQm6ke18Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1X4rl8m3ng

Re:The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised m... by nitrogen on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @04:06AM (#9537460)
I didn't have access to much electronic music as a kid, but I did sneak onto BBSes a ton and discovered the Amiga/PC music scene. My favorite 303-using track was called "mach28v2.1a_remix". I can't find it on Youtube, but it's the track that's in this screenshot of the old CastleX Modplug Plugin: http://www.modplug.com/images/modview.gif
Re:The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised m... by bane on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @07:42AM (#9538174)
Re:The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised m... by meej on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @11:53PM (#9536648)
909 Back Up, by The Weathermen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAcHA67OIs