Trend price : 50€
Compact portable digital drum machine based on 12 bits PCM samples with LCD matrix sequencer. There were two 220 versions on the market:
- the "DR220A" version with Acoustic drum samples
- the "DR220E" versin with more Electronic drum sample set.
Overview
DRUM MACHINE (weight: 0,35 Kg / dimensions: 239 x 75 x 31 mm) the main panel features a LCD display, 16 buttons, 12 pads (no velocity) and a volume slider.
Rear panel terminal connectors:
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mono main out
-
headphones out
- trigger I/O (pulse +5V)
Voices up to 6 channels polyphony, some sounds are channel-shared. Each voice has a sample assigned a 128 Kb ROM banks with some channel-shared restrictions: for instance you cannot play rimshot and claps at the same time.You cannot really edit sample but 2 basic parameters:
1-
Accent (5 levels)
2-
Mix volume (5 levels).uit.
Wavetable
There are 11 PCM waves at 12 bits resolution in a 128 kb rom.
LIST : Electro kick, simmons snare, hihat, cowbell/slap , hi/low/mid tom and cup/china cymbal
Sequencer
there are 32 ROM patterns onboard but It is also possibile to record custom patterns in 2 modes :
- realtime (press tap button)
- step mode.
Some limited sequencer functions like copy patterns and delete/ insert note.
Sync
iInternal DR200E tempo range from 40 to 250 BPM or slave-synched to external analog Trigger.
TIP: trigger signal is able to control only 1 sound.
Memory
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32 presets rhythm patterns
- 32 free slots
- song max 256 bars.
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: cheap / compact / electro sounds
NOT : outdated / no Midi
"Rompler portable box, nice simmons-like sound, great source for sampling."
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci