The Ultimate SynthDB | Roland CR-8000

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Description	Well the sounds are great! Classic electronic drum sounds that hint back to the famous CR-78 and TR-808 drum machines. But none of these sounds are editable and there is only one mono audio output making this machine less of a studio-piece of gear and more of a collector's item. Aside from these limitations it, like other CompuRhythms, has a series of preset patterns in many different styles as well as programmable patterns with 8 storage patches. While the CR-8000 is usually sampled for today's applications, the thing about the CR-8000 that cannot be captured by sampling the sounds is the swing/groove feel which has its own control knob. The intervals between beats are variable, but also the timbre changes... very nice, especially the hats!
Brand	Roland
Model	CR-8000
Device	Drum
Type	Desktop
Engine Type	Analog
Engine	VCO, preset
Voices (max)	10
Engine Detailed	13 analog drums including: kick, snare, toms, open/closed hihats, cymbal, cowbell & congas
Drums	24 Presets
Sequencer	8 programmable patterns
Controllers	start/stop & tempo and individual part level controls
Keys	0
Key type	N/A
Velocity	N/A
Aftertouch	N/A
CV-gate	Roland DIN Sync
Produced:	1980 - 1981

Legend:		Obvious	Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO	Voltage Controlled Oscillator	DCO	Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO	Low Frequency Oscillator	Sub	Sub Oscillator
VCF	Voltage Controlled Filter	VCA	Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity	As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key.	Aftertouch	Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

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