{"product_id":"roland-tr-808-rhythm-composer-the-drum-machine-that-rewired-music","title":"Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer: The Drum Machine That Rewired Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is no overstating this one. The TR-808 is the most influential drum machine ever made: the booming kick, the ticking hats, the cowbell, the snap, the sound of hip-hop, electro, house, techno and pop for forty years and counting. Roland only built it from 1980 to 1983, so every original is a genuine piece of history. Pure analog, fully programmable, endlessly sampled but never truly replaced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis one is something else: a \u003cstrong\u003epristine, mint example, complete with the original Japanese printed see-through plastic overlay sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e that sat over the top panel, explaining the controls and protecting the machine in use. Those overlays were almost always lost or binned decades ago, so finding one still with its 808 is genuinely rare and a real collector's detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFEATURES \u0026amp; PROS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMint and complete:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pristine condition with the rare original Japanese see-through control overlay\/protector still present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe original analog voice:\u003c\/strong\u003e That earth-shaking kick and unmistakable percussion, generated rather than sampled.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHands-on programming:\u003c\/strong\u003e The legendary step-button sequencer that taught the world to program beats.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTunable and tweakable:\u003c\/strong\u003e Per-instrument level, tone and decay for the deep 808 sub everyone wants.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA true collector's piece:\u003c\/strong\u003e Built for only three years, and rarely found this clean or this complete.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIFICATIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalog rhythm composer, 1980-1983\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16-step sequencer, 32 patterns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndividual analog drum voices with tuning, level and decay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDIN sync, individual plus mix outputs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: mint, with original Japanese printed see-through overlay sheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAS USED BY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarvin Gaye, \"Sexual Healing\" (1982), the cut that took the 808 mainstream and won two Grammys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrika Bambaataa \u0026amp; Soulsonic Force, \"Planet Rock\" (1982), the electro blueprint built on the 808\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYellow Magic Orchestra, among the very first to put it on record in 1980\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Order, \"Confusion\" (produced by Arthur Baker)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKanye West, the whole of \"808s \u0026amp; Heartbreak\" (2008), an album named for this machine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichie Hawtin (Plastikman), \"Spastik\", essentially one long 808 workout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e808 State, the group that took their name from it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRun-DMC, LL Cool J and Beastie Boys, through early Rick Rubin productions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHEAR IT \u0026amp; REVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatch a full sound demo of a real TR-808 running through its kicks, claps, hats and that famous cowbell on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cePFo4QpVoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eYouTube\u003c\/a\u003e. Looking back on the machine, Sound on Sound marvelled that few electronic instruments stay this desirable decades after launch, and fewer still ever get a band named after them. Read the full \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.soundonsound.com\/reviews\/roland-tr808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSound on Sound review\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49729574404335,"sku":null,"price":130500.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/5992\/9071\/files\/IMG_3387_f8256860-1843-4797-83d0-a17e7339f391.jpg?v=1781243355","url":"https:\/\/innerpieces.art\/products\/roland-tr-808-rhythm-composer-the-drum-machine-that-rewired-music","provider":"Inner Pieces","version":"1.0","type":"link"}