![]() Alongside the eleven different sound sources, the producer or performer is provided with a lot of options and directions with where they want to take their music. In total, 96 patterns can be memorized (48 in two different banks). In the below video, Jeff "The Wizard" Mills from Detroit, Michigan talks about the purity of sound that can be achieved with the TR-909.Īs touched upon in the above video, with enough skill the TR-909 can allow for a great variety of rhythmic patterns. The hi-hat, crash, and ride cymbal sounds for example are a combination of the two subtractive synthesis types though the user has further options to shape their desired sound via individual tune, level, attack, and decay controls. ![]() One of the reasons why the TR-909 has such a unique feel could be down to its "hybrid" sound simulation process that combines PCM (Pulse-Code Modulation) alongside digitally sampled hits. While the latter was used on tracks that were more recognized by the mainstream, the 909 was the first Roland drum machine to use samples for some sounds and provided MIDI functionality, helping it to build a devoted userbase amongst the dance music world. By Roland’s standards, they saw the machine as even more of a failure than the 808. ![]() When the TR-909 was released three years after the more commercially successful TR-808, it cost the same amount ($1195), though two-thousand fewer units were available. I’ve watched it do some pretty amazing things to people on the dancefloor." ![]() He said: "When you feel it, it wraps itself around you, and it hugs you. Interestingly, one of the key house music pioneers Frankie Knuckles (he would use the 909 as part of his live DJ-sets at the Warehouse in Chicago) was a believer that the sound of the kick should be felt instead of being heard. ![]() While the TR-909 can happily deliver thumping richness in a track such as the one below, it can also be used to great effect as part of a live show-just as the below duo from Kent has demonstrated over the years. Perhaps a statement that is somewhat significant based on the sublime level of emotion that can be felt in the track’s opening passage. The two and a half minute wait for the 909 kick in Orbital’s “Halcyon On and On” which can be heard below is a wait that is worth it. ![]()
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