Trend price : 150-200€
Vintage drumbox from the first seventies: 100% analog circuits with preset patterns.
Overview
(weight: 4Kg ) main panel features 13 push buttons, 3 knobs, 1 selector, 1 electro-static touch pad for pattern start-stop.
Back panel terminal connectors:
- main out low
- main out high
- start/stop pedalswitch
Voice
system handels 6 channels. The voice board generates 6 analog percussion with no control but a balance mix between bass/snare and hahats/maracas.
Sounds
kick, snare, low conga, high conga, hihats and claves
Patterns
there are 10 preset patterns available, 14 variations split in 2 banks that alters the rhythms with different instruments:
- 2 BEAT: bass drum, bass + snare, foxtrot1, swing1, march and parade
- 4 BEAT: bass drum, bass + snare, foxtrot2, swing2, swing3 and tango
Sync
tempo can be set directly by potentiometer, doubled with UP TEMPO button:
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: TR breed / analog /design
NOT : no sound control / no edit
" It is just another cheesy drumbox like many others. Anyway it sounds nice - for TR vintage collectors"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci