Canadian-based System 80 shared this sneak preview of a new Eurorack 808 drum machine.
The System 80 Rhythm Composer 808 Euro module is based on the classic Roland TR-808, and is described as ‘A classic analogue drum machine in 60HP Eurorack format.’
No details have been announced at this time, beyond the sneak preview video. Check it out and let us know what you think of the idea of a Eurorack 808 in the comments!
Did they take the opportunity to add Bass Drum tuning? Real shame if not. I know purists will argue about that, but it’s a feature that should be in any drum machine!
whoa. do want!
How many x0x clones do we really need?
all clone differ slightly or massivly and everyone can choose what they like or not buy at all,
frankly, who cares. i don’t know many 808
how many rock bands we need? how many songs about love? how many negative comments about x0x clones?
enjoy the great time we live in.
if you give cv control to tone, tune, decay, etc i would be very into this.
looks like the patch points on the right are under the header “outputs.” I guess we will just have to wait another 10 minutes for the next clone.
Not very modular in the end.
thats output of each drum sound. not any kind of cv control over anything.
Now that’s a mini key.
they really wasted their time to clone a 808 drum machine for eurorack and forgot to include what makes modular music so mighty. no CV controls and as i see there is only one pot above the kick. no decay and no pitch, really!?!? i guess even the sequencer does not have a gate output and in fact it´s possible to use multiple sequencing if all the voices can be triggered.
The kick seems to have all 3 pots (level, tone, decay). That first instrument slot is accent. The ports on the right do seem to be all audio out, but there are some extra bits on the left, deep in the blur.
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Looks awesome… and sounds just about right. Make it sub 649 / 700 (EUR/USD) and you have a winner srsly
Closest to a TR-808 I have heard so far.
I’ll definitely get one.
instead of lamenting, consider the possibilities – if they put a full cv bus connector
on it you can make your own patchbay.
i’m a little afraid of the price point, though i will understand if it’s expensive, this couldn’t have come easy or quickly. i think it looks and sounds beautiful, i’m very interested in this.
Would love a tiny drum machine like this. I would build a custom box for it.
hopefully there’s a cv expansion at some point
It’s open source. Fork it and add a CV expander. https://github.com/minisystem/TR-808-Clone
i would rather just have the drum modules with more cv options for each one and get rid of the sequencer.
Kick has all 3 pots.look closer before ranting…damn