Roland "Aira" - hardware drum machine :)

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Re: Roland "Aira" - hardware drum machine :)

Post by v00d00ppl » Wed Jan 22, 2014 4:48 am

cmreal04 wrote:That elektron looks real interesting, hope it has an SD slot.


Update: new info on the Elektron site
http://youtu.be/51-2dmJko0k
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Re: Roland "Aira" - hardware drum machine :)

Post by Nick Shepherd » Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:27 pm

v00d00ppl wrote:
cmreal04 wrote:That elektron looks real interesting, hope it has an SD slot.


Update: new info on the Elektron site
http://youtu.be/51-2dmJko0k
yap - it could be really, really awesome :)

specs so far:

• 8-voice analog drum machine with sample support
• Analog filter & distortion per voice
• 12 velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads
• Reverb & delay send effects
• “World-class” Elektron step sequencer
• Performance-oriented beat control


looking good

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Post by nebulae » Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:05 am

That video would have been so much less awesome if the dancers weren't in it. Thank goodness for dancers in product videos.

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Post by Tarekith » Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:17 am

I miss Hector. That was one thing Elektron nailed in their product videos.
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Post by nebulae » Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:07 pm

^ thunderdome...two men enter, one comes out!

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Re: Roland "Aira" - hardware drum machine :)

Post by Nick Shepherd » Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:56 pm

Tarekith wrote:I miss Hector. That was one thing Elektron nailed in their product videos.
true - octatrack marketing was as really really awesome.

a shame that they didnt continue the story :)

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Post by beats me » Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:28 pm

Got an email from an online retailer announcing preorders for a whole lineup of new Roland black with green lights gear. They should have just titled it “Shit you’ll buy because it looks cool.” :x

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Post by nebulae » Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:36 pm

beats me wrote:They should have just titled it “Shit you’ll buy because it looks cool.” :x
No, that's Apple's slogan.

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Re: Roland "Aira" - hardware drum machine :)

Post by login » Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:20 pm

Looks cool

Way to limited to be digital.

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Post by Angstrom » Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:43 pm

This stuff would have come in really fucking handy in 1993 when I actually needed it. I guess it's "retro" now. Like those rockabilly bands in check shirts and quiffs, or whatever.

This is Roland's Aira range

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Post by Tarekith » Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:44 pm

Seems a fair price for a decent digital emulation, but I don't know how much interest these will really have. The SH1 sounds kind of interesting, though with only 4 voices not sure how far you'd be able to really push it.
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