Roland T-8 Beat Machine

Ein wirklich cooles Pendant zu den volcas von Korg.
Im Workflow etwas fummelig, dafür kann man die Parameter der einzelnen Parts umfangreicher bearbeiten. Wolkiger druckvoller Sound!

Fantastic machine and if you know Roland machines you´ll be able to jam away without any manual.
Don´t expect it to be an all alone machine but it´s a fine team player. To the kidz: I suggest you use midi instead of sync out as midi will give you start and stop control over the t-8. This one´s so good I would buy the S1 aswell but first things first. But this one´s a keeper. Bravo Roland! I labsolutely love it! 5 stars and cheers to musicstore for the good price and fast delivery.

Ausstattung und Design sind klasse. An die Bedienung und Menüführung muss ich mich noch etwas gewöhnen aber das tut dem Spaß keinen Abbruch.

Durch die Größe und Menüführung sind Bedienungen ein bisschen Fummelig
Trotzdem ein irres kleines Acid Monster zum mitnehmen
Dieses Gerät macht Spaß besonders in der Kombi mit den beiden anderen Geräten aus der Reihe

It's a few drum sounds and an emulated 303 so it's essentially built to be a mini Acid machine. It does the job very well. Intuitive and easy to use. Lots of tweaking can be done on the 303 to get pretty much any classic acid sound you're after. The overdrive is very good and tuneable but surprised there is no simple hi lo eq cut I see in the menus of my other Roland gear which allows you to remove unwanted frequencies easily to better shape the sound for live play. Sure you could record only the bassline into a daw and eq it there but that's out of the question for live play and something I shouldn't have to do. The same drum sounds do become boring quickly, particularly the hats which are not 909 like I'd prefer. It does strike me a bit odd that there are only a few drum sounds when Roland are famous for many. personally I would have preferred all 909 sounds if it had to come down to memory limitations instead of a mix. Hopefully in an update there will be a few more to keep the unit fresh and less of a gimmick.