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I used tape sync for years. I had this machine when I was young. All I had was a JX3P, a TR-707 and a Fostex 160 four track tape recorder. The tape sync was recorded on one track, and then played back to drive the 707, and the trigger output of the 707 - which was emitted by playing the rimshot sound - made the sequencer on the JX3P moved by one step. This way I could made different sequences with the JX3P and recorded them on tracks in perfect sync. Then I'd bounce and overdub tracks to create a full multitimbral song.
I love the last video. I’m having flashbacks of my teenage years at RadioShack, watching the secrets of 3-D and going home trying to learn 3-D modeling with my new mathematic CPU upgrade. Ending up spending all my time on doom.
It's hard to imagine a more perfect minimalist drum machine for people who don't need the drums to be the centerpiece of the mix. It does exactly what you need a drum machine to do, it does it well, it's a pleasure to do it, and it does nothing else.
I'm pretty sure there is a few dozen apps on your mobile phone appstore that serve more interesting sounds if you need drum samples then a crappy old plastic box that costs more then 3.fiddy
The only way I can watch Bad Gear is stopping every 30 seconds to rewind the last 5 memes which flashed too fast for me to truly grasp their greatness.
707s in action is like seeing an old Corvette in the wild. May not be the best or most practical thing ever, but makes most people smile and gets the job done.
Ok, ok, but hear me out... volume faders on individual instrument tracks for drum machines should never, ever have gone away. They are the single best drum machine control and I will die on this hill.
@@AudioPilz my next purchase is the TR8... because it has 4 routable audio outs and faders... aaaand a magical audio input to apply some digital sucking sidchain compression type effects that I think could be a lot of fun. Actually right now I'm trying hard NOT to buy one because I'm in the middle of moving house and don't exactly need more things to pack. Hopefully no one famous uses one in a viral video and makes the prices sky rocket in the next few weeks because at current used prices, I think they might be one of the best value 'serious' drum machines available.
Kinda funny how it stuck around in acid house and oldschool house to this day, but no other electronic genre haha. Love how every sound is pretty harsh on it, especially with some slight distortion
The TR-707 was infamously the cheapest drum machine in Dixons, then the UKs biggest electronics store, at one point. For that reason you can hear this thing all over the UK rave and "baggy" scenes. The KLF used it, the happy Mondays, EMF, even bands that could afford better gear like New Order used it to get the same drum sound everyone else was using. You never forget those sounds. Sure the 808 is more iconic but the 707 has my heart personally. It has a kind of garage band sort of feel to it because of how it was used. It's the sound of a thousand bedroom djs with an Atari St and a 707 thinking they were going to be the next rave megastar. Or some teenagers with new guitars for Christmas adding in a drum machine and thinking they were now basically Joy Division. Its just instant nostalgia for a time passed for me.
Drum machines like this still sound like the future to me., like they did when I was a kid. I've been embracing the limitations of this kind of old gear more recently. It's really helped with my music writing.
Same. A lot of my gear is vintage (love my 707 btw) and I love working with some of the same equipment as the bands I listened to as a kid in the 80s did. This is what happens when you get old lol
'Move Your Body', 'Washing Machine', and 'Acid Over' were all made in Chicago, innit? I'm sure the Detroit techno pioneers used the 707 too, but I've always associated the sounds with some of the first Chicago house records to make an impact in the UK. (Meanwhile, the 727 timbales will always make me think of Stock, Aitken, and Waterman, as they were all over the pop charts just as the "second summer of love" was happening in fields around the M25).
I must say !!!! I own an mc 707 & for some mad reason the 808 n 909 kits dont impress me at all ,BUT The 707s Are Unelievably Punchy and Convincing !!!! Luckily there are Tons of Different kits to choose from & a Great fx and sound eingine to tweak till your Hearts content !!!🤤🤤😍🤩😉👍💥 Jaffa jenkins jams
Ahh the TR-707 ... wanted one so bad in late 80's. Found one second hand for $75, but when I got there it was the other model the TR-909 ... which I had no idea what it was - well except for being beige box as well. I got it as was pretty cheap, but when I got it home the drums sounded NOTHING like real drum samples. I eventually got my 707 via a MKS-7 module. By then 909 was were it was at. Funny how every cloud has a silver lining.
I compromised, I own an HR-16 with custom 707/727 eproms. I don't think I could ever hate the TR-707, it's the sound of Chicago House. To me, some of those early records are genuinely magical! Plus, Ceephax still uses one, I'm pretty sure it's illegal to dislike Ceephax.
Purchased mine new in 1986 for $300, threw it in the bin a few years later because I thought it was too "outdated." Sold my DX7 a few years after that for $200. Damn I'm a stupid man.
That FX laden jam was really impressive - nice work! Winding back the clock, at the time, my drum machine wet-dream was a Korg DDD1 but I ended up with a TR-505 as the 707 was too expensive... and it still is today. Damn. But I wanted that display as that was so cool.
My old boss offered me one of these as payment for a job and i turned it down for a Roland sh-09, which i later traded for a les paul which i later sold. Wish i still had the Roland.
I love the 707. I got mine in 2005 for $35 from a hip hop producer who found it at a Goodwill. It has a big cigarette burn on the face. For years it was my only way to sync din to midi. Try putting the kick through a LPF, or hihats through a HPF and you’ll find it’s a lot more versatile than people think
I have a circuit bent 505 with a pitch knob down to digital artifact. Patch points to glitch the sequencer, and two toggle switches to change between the extra kits to complete it. Work was done in the UK at curcuitbenders. I bought from the original owner. Would never sell it. It's one hell of a machine deserving of the TR label now! Cheers!
I did! I used the Tape Sync on a couple of tracks way back in the very early 90s, although with a 626, not the fabulous 707. The whole setup was kinda adventurous: We had a Roland Synth (I forgot which one, though), a Tascam Porta Two 4-Track, a Yamaha SY 55 (which I still own) and the 626 connected and »Trax« on a Mac Classic. The tape with a guitar and bass was triggering the 626 via Tape Sync, this machine was connected to the Mac that played the MIDI signal out the the Yamaha and Roland synths. They were, along with a guitar that I played live, plugged into two inputs of the Tascam, allowing for stereo panning. Thus we archived 7 trtacks on a 4-track, but the synths themselfes played a total of around 6 more tracks. I still have the masters too. And the final mixes. I only regret not to have taken any pictures of the setup, since it looked really awkward with numerous cables flying across the room. 😂
It may look a bit underwhelming but I like the 707. It sounds a bit Linndrum or Oberheim DMX. Use it more than 808/909 on TR8s, which had a CR78 upgrade few months ago 😎
The 707 and 727 sucked, IMO! (Mr. Roland must've flown on Boeings often!?). The Roland R8 is where its at, I still use samples from this sucker sometimes!
Hey, so recently I've managed to get my hands on a Kawai K-5000S and it is an absolutely fascinating beast. A combination of super deep patch structure with massively overdone presets that are hard to use in a track - but actually quite easy to tweak into usability once you get to know it. Of course an idea popped into my head - what would AudioPilz do with it? Please consider this a gear suggestion.
I think the 707 sounds more "contemporary" than many new machines. They say that eventually everything comes back into fashion, but I think with the 707 the sounds are so iconic that they never went out of fashion. And is it a myth, or do low bit rate samples "cut thru" a mix?
My first drum machine, too. It got stolen, but I got another one. I transfered the old data tapes to wav-files and they would load perfectly into the machine. So, yeah, tape sync is my thing. :) Great video, thanks.
I had a tr-707 for a hot minute back in the 80s and I got it cheap and used then. Call me crazy but I sold it and got a Casio rz1 that I was very happy with even though it's kick drum sounds like wet Balsawood wood flapping on paper. But it had midi and worked well With my CZ. Since you're doing old things I would love to see you review the Kawaii k5 spectral synthesizer and if you can find one the Kawaii xd5 drum synth, I would love to hear your takes on these
In the early 2000's a friend of mine had one of these. He found it in a closet at his church, untouched for years. Absolutely sucked. The only good thing about it is the sounds and even then you could get 707 samples anywhere. We were using trackers anyway, so this thing went into HIS closet and is probably sitting in yet another closet gathering even more dust. Unless he unloaded it on some sucker for a grand. Insane price for this thing.
I disagree. When hearing the drum machine on its own, it's full on nostalgia and all cheese, and I did not like it one bit. But in all three jams, AudioPilz added so much weird and unexpected sounds in an equally unexpected style, and it really shined.
I’m utterly ashamed to say this but early 2000’s the local 2nd hand shop had both this and a Korg DDM110 for sale for £50 and I chose the fucking Korg. I often think about this when I regret a decision I’ve made. It brings me comfort as no wrong choice is as wrong as that choice
A pair of headphones, my 707 and my old MG-1 pulse synced and I can spend hours just squelching away. You can lose yourself in the nicest possible way.
Snagged one from Cash Converter for £100 back around 2001 or so, sold it around 2015 for £400 and bought once with a faulty cowbell for £200 which I managed to fix with a replacement cowbell volume slider. I've got the rom expansion modification from Harry Axten (HKA) to install which will turn it into a kinda DMX / Linn / etc drum machine. I'd love to add tuning pots to all the instruments but I don't want to have knobs sticking out the front...
The 707 snare is on hundredthousands of 80s songs/hits. I much prefer it to the Linn drum snare, which is a bit too massive and not quite as attack-rich. The 707 couldn't do much but the sound it left the world is definitely used just as often as a TR 808.
I love the 707 and there is nothing you can do to make me dislike it. I win X^D Also, I love 90's demo and sizzle reels for CGI animations. Have some more content for your library: The Minds Eye: th-cam.com/video/cmE4IWPaULE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pJg80PYouslU8qo0 Beyond the Minds Eye: th-cam.com/video/b5zMtCvWhG0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=DaF11wVcpFOGxwGP
Honestly, I like the 707 as the classic TRs go and I tend to like the LinnDrum crowd. Jam #3 definitely bangs. My own little showcase of the 707 is on the track Midday (by キラヨシ)
A phenomenal machine! Rough and no effects works. It sounded spectacular through your pedals. The 707 is for those for whom a sample just won’t do. My friend had this one back its day when I was in high school and it certainly generated my initial interest in electronic music before acid house was born. Great show, compositions, and I love the old gear LIVE.
When processed this box shines. You can take that harsh sound away completely and you would not recognize it's a 707. And with all it sync options, like a mc202, a must if you run din sync/triggers somewhere in your midi system.
It should be pointed out, and may have already been in these comments (I didn't bother checking), that most gear on this channel is new and therefore shouldn't have as many flaws as it does. The original 707 was made at a time when synth/machine design was still in its nascent stage. Roland deserve the benefit of that doubt. I'm sure there were well thought out reasons for its limits.
Guy I played with in HS in 1988 used one of these 707's to do Erasure covers and I would borrow it to some some Phil Collins/Genesis covers(bad ones lol). It seemed to do the job pretty damn well but you had to know its limitations. Only pro bands and rap outfits like Rodney-O & Joe Cooley could afford 808's/909's. The 707 was the young/budget musician's best friend for that time.
I have a 707 and it still works fine. I've been using my sampler more for drums b/c more sounds, efx, and less cords. But the sounds are still useful for more than just house/techno.
I bought a TR-707 for $135 in 2002 and I loved it. Such a joy to program and the sounds, while indeed limited, are classic. I sold it when it got trendy around 2014 for $450.
Nice- if you can believe it, my mom found mine at a garage sale for $20 about fifteen years ago. It worked for a while and I sampled the sounds off of it with some distortion, but is stopped working in recent years. I hope it’s an easy fix!
I bought mine for 70 quid in the mid nineties. It was a bit bashed up, but it's still with me and still working. I did need to do a fix on it involving mine being a later model so had a proprietary power supply so I replaced the socket so standard 12v power supplies fit so my failed power supply could be replaced and a faulty resistor I needed to swap out as even with the proprietary power supply it was always a bit sketchy in having moments when it would just shut off or not power up unless it had a prolonged plug unplugging. If you need some info I'll try and remember what I did haha but it was very simple
Something I love about the TR-8S is that it has all the 707 sounds built in, and the sequencer and mixer are also both great, so you really get all the good bits of the 707 without having to spend a grand on a 40 year old piece of hardware that needs a bunch of other stuff connected to it to be really usable. I do love the look of the thing though. If I had infinite space and infinite money, I'd probably spring for one.
Holy damn, I've never expected to see such a classic on this show! I definitely love how the 707 sounds, though I might prefer the 727 a little bit more, as these lo-fi percussive sounds are SO sweet! It's nice seeing this show evolve into a bit of a different territory, tackling these influential and recognisable machines. Keep it comin' mate!
This video breaks my heart. 15 years ago, I purchased a TR-707 at a garage sale in California for $25. Unfortunately, I was forced to sell it for 300€ due to financial difficulties. Although I made some money, I deeply regret not being able to keep that machine with me. It was my biggest regret when it comes to music gear."
Wait a minute this device made Millions of dollars for a lot of producers an artist back in the day so you need to give it a little respect bad gear🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏿✌🏿💯
When you put the TR-707's snare 1 through excessive reverb it actually sounds similar to the gated snare on the Roland R-8/SC-55's Power kit snare. I agree sometimes it's fun to embrace limitations but as there are plenty of TR-707 sample packs and VST instruments floating around is it really worth paying over £400 for a TR-707?
Ooh! Ooh! Just came up with an idea. Why don't you take on the Stylophone Beat? Only 35 EU or so and its room spill containing rock kit alone blows every 80's drummachine out of the water in spite of the little boxes many limitations. Sure, it could be called Bad Gear with some justification but it's also a truly inspiring funbox. I wish it already existed in the 80ties. It would have made my drums tracks sound a lot more realisitc, which was a very important ambition for me at the time, being a progger and such. 😁
Unable to ged rid of mine…was my first Drumcomputer ever and yes I bought it again last year! Would love a drumtracks for pitch but the sequencer of the 707 is just perfect really
I have 3 of them. It´s my favourite TR machine. Using it for my live act as well. This one has the rom mod and the Linn sounds banging hard on a club or festival sound system. Don´t wanna miss that.
sold mine for $200 don't miss it at all, thank god for modern drum machines like Jomox and Elektron RYTM! The old 707 = epitome of bad gear despite the "nostalgia" factor
Aside from the Lindrum, The 707 is the best Vintage Drum Machine for Cinematic Synthwave beats. The Kick Punches like a Snare, the Snare punches like a Snare too lol.
Some sweet jams Florian. I think the 707 is a timeless classic. I never owned one, but I still often use its sounds in my TR-6S or the gazillion sample packs on my computer. It still holds up today and packs a punch! I especially like the snares and hihats, they've got a bit of the 909 flavour but are just a bit different enough.
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I have a 626 that still slaps
I used tape sync for years. I had this machine when I was young. All I had was a JX3P, a TR-707 and a Fostex 160 four track tape recorder. The tape sync was recorded on one track, and then played back to drive the 707, and the trigger output of the 707 - which was emitted by playing the rimshot sound - made the sequencer on the JX3P moved by one step. This way I could made different sequences with the JX3P and recorded them on tracks in perfect sync. Then I'd bounce and overdub tracks to create a full multitimbral song.
Thanks for the heads up!!!
I love the last video. I’m having flashbacks of my teenage years at RadioShack, watching the secrets of 3-D and going home trying to learn 3-D modeling with my new mathematic CPU upgrade. Ending up spending all my time on doom.
DOOM!!!
kids these days will never understand what theyve lost ... smh
Hey, I did both of those things on the same 486 machine... DOOM _and_ Autodesk 3D Studio for DOS. Good times.
707 slaps like a bishop at a nunnery.
😂
Like Joan Crawford on her adopted daughter.
The HKA mod really does make this thing sound beautiful and adds so much usability
The Toxic Twins
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i don't blame all my purchases of bad gear on you, but after i dropped 500 on one of these, i probably should ❤❤❤
I love the jam with Aira
Thanks!!!
I feel personally attacked by the "people who pan all of their hi-hats to one side" meme.
Nothing personal;)
“EVEN GIBBONS AFTER A HUNTER S THOMPSON BREAKFAST CAN PROGRAM IT” ☠️☠️☠️
It's the truth...
It's hard to imagine a more perfect minimalist drum machine for people who don't need the drums to be the centerpiece of the mix. It does exactly what you need a drum machine to do, it does it well, it's a pleasure to do it, and it does nothing else.
Word!!!
You've hit the nail on the head there and that's why I love it so much :)
I'm pretty sure there is a few dozen apps on your mobile phone appstore that serve more interesting sounds if you need drum samples then a crappy old plastic box that costs more then 3.fiddy
Yep. Done. Delete the video
909, 808, Juno 6, 60, 106 and JUPITER 8 incoming!
The only way I can watch Bad Gear is stopping every 30 seconds to rewind the last 5 memes which flashed too fast for me to truly grasp their greatness.
😆😅🤣♥
Agree, it takes to being sweetened nicely and I LIKE the toms.
Stopping every second to comprehend a meme, then rewinding 5-10 sec back to get the message
Facts: Low bit rate samples sound better when coming from a yellowing plastic box.
🤔
#science
@@AudioPilz Yes. I have left my Korg Sample on a sunny windowsill for over a year now.
Can't wait to hear how great it must be sounding.
@@lairdkilbarchan you're gonna have to take up smoking too to get that proper vintage sampler sound
@@lunalangton5776 😂
True.
707s in action is like seeing an old Corvette in the wild. May not be the best or most practical thing ever, but makes most people smile and gets the job done.
Ok, ok, but hear me out... volume faders on individual instrument tracks for drum machines should never, ever have gone away. They are the single best drum machine control and I will die on this hill.
I like the LXR-02 for this. I call it my Drexciya machine.
@@sebp400 it's why I'm a big fan of the Roland TR-6S despite it being quite unpopular with most people
TR8!!!
@@AudioPilz my next purchase is the TR8... because it has 4 routable audio outs and faders... aaaand a magical audio input to apply some digital sucking sidchain compression type effects that I think could be a lot of fun. Actually right now I'm trying hard NOT to buy one because I'm in the middle of moving house and don't exactly need more things to pack. Hopefully no one famous uses one in a viral video and makes the prices sky rocket in the next few weeks because at current used prices, I think they might be one of the best value 'serious' drum machines available.
This thing IS the sound of odschool chicago and acid house, maybe even more so than the 808 and the 909. Also it looks super fun to use!
So true!!!
Absolutely
Kinda funny how it stuck around in acid house and oldschool house to this day, but no other electronic genre haha. Love how every sound is pretty harsh on it, especially with some slight distortion
You're right, it was over used back then but the drum beats always sounded flat, no punch whatsoever.
The TR-707 was infamously the cheapest drum machine in Dixons, then the UKs biggest electronics store, at one point. For that reason you can hear this thing all over the UK rave and "baggy" scenes. The KLF used it, the happy Mondays, EMF, even bands that could afford better gear like New Order used it to get the same drum sound everyone else was using.
You never forget those sounds. Sure the 808 is more iconic but the 707 has my heart personally. It has a kind of garage band sort of feel to it because of how it was used. It's the sound of a thousand bedroom djs with an Atari St and a 707 thinking they were going to be the next rave megastar. Or some teenagers with new guitars for Christmas adding in a drum machine and thinking they were now basically Joy Division. Its just instant nostalgia for a time passed for me.
Drum machines like this still sound like the future to me., like they did when I was a kid.
I've been embracing the limitations of this kind of old gear more recently. It's really helped with my music writing.
Same here!!!
Same. A lot of my gear is vintage (love my 707 btw) and I love working with some of the same equipment as the bands I listened to as a kid in the 80s did. This is what happens when you get old lol
TR-707 is the sound of Detroit
And Chicago (along with the Casio RZ 1)
Underground Resistance :)
The sound of nearly everything in the late 80s
Word!!!
'Move Your Body', 'Washing Machine', and 'Acid Over' were all made in Chicago, innit? I'm sure the Detroit techno pioneers used the 707 too, but I've always associated the sounds with some of the first Chicago house records to make an impact in the UK. (Meanwhile, the 727 timbales will always make me think of Stock, Aitken, and Waterman, as they were all over the pop charts just as the "second summer of love" was happening in fields around the M25).
Are you closing in on my MC-707, or what? 😮😮😮
Nothing is sacred;)
Oh No !!! 😟🥺😬💥
I love Roland but I know I have trash taste. I won't use anything but Bad Gear!
Must be close , he got my 505 and I don't think there's a 606
I must say !!!! I own an mc 707 & for some mad reason the 808 n 909 kits dont impress me at all ,BUT The 707s Are Unelievably Punchy and Convincing !!!! Luckily there are Tons of Different kits to choose from & a Great fx and sound eingine to tweak till your Hearts content !!!🤤🤤😍🤩😉👍💥
Jaffa jenkins jams
It’s true. There was a point I time when the 808 was considered bad gear.
Weird but true!!!
Ahh the TR-707 ... wanted one so bad in late 80's. Found one second hand for $75, but when I got there it was the other model the TR-909 ... which I had no idea what it was - well except for being beige box as well. I got it as was pretty cheap, but when I got it home the drums sounded NOTHING like real drum samples. I eventually got my 707 via a MKS-7 module. By then 909 was were it was at.
Funny how every cloud has a silver lining.
My first drum machine. Still own & use it, still love it.
20,000 hours plus of studio use & still functioning correctly.
Nice!!!
Deals are available for £600-£800 serviced in excellent condition.
A sound investment.
Buy one!
That’s because it’s made in Japan 😉
I compromised, I own an HR-16 with custom 707/727 eproms. I don't think I could ever hate the TR-707, it's the sound of Chicago House. To me, some of those early records are genuinely magical! Plus, Ceephax still uses one, I'm pretty sure it's illegal to dislike Ceephax.
A crime!!!
I don't like Ceephax, but I've restored many TR-707's and HR-16s they are both great machines.
Nothing is sacred with this guy ....... to make another cool jam with it 😊👍
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Purchased mine for $50 in 1999
Nice!!!
mad!
and now people are asking about $700!
@@xsm5525 Late '90s was the perfect time for snatching one of these for peanuts.
Purchased mine new in 1986 for $300, threw it in the bin a few years later because I thought it was too "outdated." Sold my DX7 a few years after that for $200. Damn I'm a stupid man.
@@TheBircat But if the DX7 fell on your head, you'd be dead. #LookOnTheBrightSide
That FX laden jam was really impressive - nice work! Winding back the clock, at the time, my drum machine wet-dream was a Korg DDD1 but I ended up with a TR-505 as the 707 was too expensive... and it still is today. Damn. But I wanted that display as that was so cool.
I remember it was cheap and I didnt buy it :DD not regretting at all
Of course;)
My old boss offered me one of these as payment for a job and i turned it down for a Roland sh-09, which i later traded for a les paul which i later sold. Wish i still had the Roland.
All three sound like keepers for me...
I love the 707. I got mine in 2005 for $35 from a hip hop producer who found it at a Goodwill. It has a big cigarette burn on the face. For years it was my only way to sync din to midi. Try putting the kick through a LPF, or hihats through a HPF and you’ll find it’s a lot more versatile than people think
That's battle scars;)
All the Chicago-house tracks made with this baby....🙂
True!!!
I own a 505 SPECIFICALLY because the 707s are so expensive now. Mostly the same sounds, but actually a little bit sharper to my ears
505 is soooooo close!!!
@@AudioPilz an underrated little chunk of cute beige plastic
I have a circuit bent 505 with a pitch knob down to digital artifact. Patch points to glitch the sequencer, and two toggle switches to change between the extra kits to complete it. Work was done in the UK at curcuitbenders. I bought from the original owner. Would never sell it. It's one hell of a machine deserving of the TR label now! Cheers!
And if you throw Harry Axtens ROM kit in there you’ll get Linn/DMX/LM-1 sounds at the flick of a switch 🤘
Mine lives on as a set of samples on my hard drive.
That’s a very adult decision 😂😂😂
@@AudioPilz A friend a few houses up has had one in his loft for decades. That seems like an even more adult decision.
Whenever I hear a TR-707, all I can think of is INXS. And the "Need You Tonight" video where the drummer is miming to it.
Also Voodoo Ray?
Lol, so true
truly nothing is sacred Florian how could you do this?
Forgive me Father, for I have synthed...
I sold my 707 years ago to pay towards a pre-built Yocto. I like the Yocto but would be lying if I didn't miss the 707 😢
I feel you!!!
Ah, mine has been modded by Harry Axten
And has 8 extra sound banks including 808, 909, 606 and Linn/DMX machines.
Noooooo!!! What’s next week? 808? The 909? 🙈
I want that 727 latin thing!!!
@@AudioPilz wanna borrow mine 727?
TR707 and 727 and TR505 combined became TR626 in 1987. Or TR1987 in year 626 BC..like in your Bad Gear - Roland TR-626 episode 1 year ago.
Love it!!!
I did! I used the Tape Sync on a couple of tracks way back in the very early 90s, although with a 626, not the fabulous 707. The whole setup was kinda adventurous: We had a Roland Synth (I forgot which one, though), a Tascam Porta Two 4-Track, a Yamaha SY 55 (which I still own) and the 626 connected and »Trax« on a Mac Classic. The tape with a guitar and bass was triggering the 626 via Tape Sync, this machine was connected to the Mac that played the MIDI signal out the the Yamaha and Roland synths. They were, along with a guitar that I played live, plugged into two inputs of the Tascam, allowing for stereo panning. Thus we archived 7 trtacks on a 4-track, but the synths themselfes played a total of around 6 more tracks. I still have the masters too. And the final mixes. I only regret not to have taken any pictures of the setup, since it looked really awkward with numerous cables flying across the room. 😂
Great technique!!!
Tr-707, my beloved
The one and only
It may look a bit underwhelming but I like the 707. It sounds a bit Linndrum or Oberheim DMX. Use it more than 808/909 on TR8s, which had a CR78 upgrade few months ago 😎
Nice, I have to check it out
Aciiiid! 🥳
1 water please
The 707 and 727 sucked, IMO! (Mr. Roland must've flown on Boeings often!?).
The Roland R8 is where its at, I still use samples from this sucker sometimes!
R8 FTW!!!
16 steps is all you need - Church of the 909.
Halleluja!!!
Hey, so recently I've managed to get my hands on a Kawai K-5000S and it is an absolutely fascinating beast. A combination of super deep patch structure with massively overdone presets that are hard to use in a track - but actually quite easy to tweak into usability once you get to know it. Of course an idea popped into my head - what would AudioPilz do with it? Please consider this a gear suggestion.
Great suggestion, thank you!!!
Is there nobody who could stop this mad man!? Any gear he reviews goes up in price on second hand market, and I'm unable to afford it :(
The damage was already done here;)
You're late to the party for vintage gear on the cheap.
Sounds and looks really amazing despite its humble electronics. Sold the Yamaha‘s from that time, kept the 707.
The RXes didn't age as well as this TR
The real question is, why haven't Roland made a boutique version yet!?
Roland in the new millennium, enough said 🤫
I'd buy that in a heartbeat!!!
The 707 is a really nice looking machine.
I used a 707 and 727 years ago and they are more fun to use than the raw sounds would make you believe.
Agreed!!!
I used them, also, but I was only a passenger. They are pretty comfy, though, back in the days when Boeing made good ones.
@@RCAvhstape None of the bits fell off then?
@@trevypoos Nah, they were old school.
The 727 is on just about every house and techno track from 1986 to 1995.
I think the 707 sounds more "contemporary" than many new machines. They say that eventually everything comes back into fashion, but I think with the 707 the sounds are so iconic that they never went out of fashion. And is it a myth, or do low bit rate samples "cut thru" a mix?
There are plenty of low bit rate samples that don't cut through but some definitely do
My first drum machine, too. It got stolen, but I got another one.
I transfered the old data tapes to wav-files and they would load perfectly into the machine.
So, yeah, tape sync is my thing. :)
Great video, thanks.
Thanks!!! Nice technique!!!
I had a tr-707 for a hot minute back in the 80s and I got it cheap and used then. Call me crazy but I sold it and got a Casio rz1 that I was very happy with even though it's kick drum sounds like wet Balsawood wood flapping on paper. But it had midi and worked well With my CZ.
Since you're doing old things I would love to see you review the Kawaii k5 spectral synthesizer and if you can find one the Kawaii xd5 drum synth, I would love to hear your takes on these
TR-8S + 707 sounds + a 727 perc sound or two = wonky phonky bliss.
I recently did this exact thing by swapping out the 707 toms for 727 perc. I dig the rawness of these samples!
Nice!!!
In the early 2000's a friend of mine had one of these. He found it in a closet at his church, untouched for years. Absolutely sucked. The only good thing about it is the sounds and even then you could get 707 samples anywhere. We were using trackers anyway, so this thing went into HIS closet and is probably sitting in yet another closet gathering even more dust.
Unless he unloaded it on some sucker for a grand. Insane price for this thing.
Yeah, prices are MAD!!!
As with most retro gear, it's the nostalga for the UI experience we are long for.
...and in this case it doesn't disappoint;)
I disagree. When hearing the drum machine on its own, it's full on nostalgia and all cheese, and I did not like it one bit.
But in all three jams, AudioPilz added so much weird and unexpected sounds in an equally unexpected style, and it really shined.
I’m utterly ashamed to say this but early 2000’s the local 2nd hand shop had both this and a Korg DDM110 for sale for £50 and I chose the fucking Korg. I often think about this when I regret a decision I’ve made. It brings me comfort as no wrong choice is as wrong as that choice
A pair of headphones, my 707 and my old MG-1 pulse synced and I can spend hours just squelching away. You can lose yourself in the nicest possible way.
Classic setup!!!
Snagged one from Cash Converter for £100 back around 2001 or so, sold it around 2015 for £400 and bought once with a faulty cowbell for £200 which I managed to fix with a replacement cowbell volume slider. I've got the rom expansion modification from Harry Axten (HKA) to install which will turn it into a kinda DMX / Linn / etc drum machine. I'd love to add tuning pots to all the instruments but I don't want to have knobs sticking out the front...
That's what I call profit;)
I really am curious for you to do one on the DR 660. I own one and I personally love the hell out of it
Great suggestion, thank you!!!
The 707 snare is on hundredthousands of 80s songs/hits. I much prefer it to the Linn drum snare, which is a bit too massive and not quite as attack-rich. The 707 couldn't do much but the sound it left the world is definitely used just as often as a TR 808.
I love the 707 ever since the album Face To Face by The Klinik. Time to sample my 707 before the caps crap out though...
707 samples need to be in every collection
Hi, do I know you from ffm and of?
@@mrudo8663Maybe, if you're the Electric Sheep? ;)
I love the 707 and there is nothing you can do to make me dislike it. I win X^D Also, I love 90's demo and sizzle reels for CGI animations. Have some more content for your library:
The Minds Eye: th-cam.com/video/cmE4IWPaULE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pJg80PYouslU8qo0
Beyond the Minds Eye: th-cam.com/video/b5zMtCvWhG0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=DaF11wVcpFOGxwGP
Thanks!!! Already used them in maybe 2-3 episodes too much;)
David Bowie used one of these a lot on his 1999 “Hours” album.
Nice!!!
"Even gibbons after a Hunter S. Thompson breakfast..." HA!
Do the 727 one day. The 707 has a side order of cheese, but the 727 is the whole dairy.
Mmmmmmh, cheese...
Honestly, I like the 707 as the classic TRs go and I tend to like the LinnDrum crowd. Jam #3 definitely bangs.
My own little showcase of the 707 is on the track Midday (by キラヨシ)
Thank you!!!
A phenomenal machine! Rough and no effects works. It sounded spectacular through your pedals. The 707 is for those for whom a sample just won’t do. My friend had this one back its day when I was in high school and it certainly generated my initial interest in electronic music before acid house was born. Great show, compositions, and I love the old gear LIVE.
Thank you so much!!!
When processed this box shines. You can take that harsh sound away completely and you would not recognize it's a 707. And with all it sync options, like a mc202, a must if you run din sync/triggers somewhere in your midi system.
It should be pointed out, and may have already been in these comments (I didn't bother checking), that most gear on this channel is new and therefore shouldn't have as many flaws as it does.
The original 707 was made at a time when synth/machine design was still in its nascent stage. Roland deserve the benefit of that doubt.
I'm sure there were well thought out reasons for its limits.
Guy I played with in HS in 1988 used one of these 707's to do Erasure covers and I would borrow it to some some Phil Collins/Genesis covers(bad ones lol). It seemed to do the job pretty damn well but you had to know its limitations. Only pro bands and rap outfits like Rodney-O & Joe Cooley could afford 808's/909's. The 707 was the young/budget musician's best friend for that time.
Simpler times!
@@AudioPilz Indeed they were. Keep up the great presentations.
dropping the rodney o and Joe coolie reference!...Everlasting BASS
I have a 707 and it still works fine. I've been using my sampler more for drums b/c more sounds, efx, and less cords. But the sounds are still useful for more than just house/techno.
Agreed!!!
I bought a TR-707 for $135 in 2002 and I loved it. Such a joy to program and the sounds, while indeed limited, are classic. I sold it when it got trendy around 2014 for $450.
Nice!!!
And now, ten years later you could even ask double of what you got for it then. ;)
Nice- if you can believe it, my mom found mine at a garage sale for $20 about fifteen years ago.
It worked for a while and I sampled the sounds off of it with some distortion, but is stopped working in recent years. I hope it’s an easy fix!
I bought mine for 70 quid in the mid nineties. It was a bit bashed up, but it's still with me and still working. I did need to do a fix on it involving mine being a later model so had a proprietary power supply so I replaced the socket so standard 12v power supplies fit so my failed power supply could be replaced and a faulty resistor I needed to swap out as even with the proprietary power supply it was always a bit sketchy in having moments when it would just shut off or not power up unless it had a prolonged plug unplugging. If you need some info I'll try and remember what I did haha but it was very simple
Yeah tape sync is essential! Essential
(ly useless nowadays but I won't admit...).
TOTALLY ESSENTIAL!!!
i have to admit, that cowbell solo was the most amazing thing i have heared in a while. its stuck in my brain.
fuck it was good. yes.
Thank you so much!!!
Something I love about the TR-8S is that it has all the 707 sounds built in, and the sequencer and mixer are also both great, so you really get all the good bits of the 707 without having to spend a grand on a 40 year old piece of hardware that needs a bunch of other stuff connected to it to be really usable. I do love the look of the thing though. If I had infinite space and infinite money, I'd probably spring for one.
Ok. The best sounding drum mashine ever. In ableton.
lol
Holy damn, I've never expected to see such a classic on this show! I definitely love how the 707 sounds, though I might prefer the 727 a little bit more, as these lo-fi percussive sounds are SO sweet!
It's nice seeing this show evolve into a bit of a different territory, tackling these influential and recognisable machines. Keep it comin' mate!
Thank you!!!
5:51 Sells for $500. "You can't get this sound any other way." #Grifting
Great performance using the classic TR707
6:27 love to hear/see you get a hold of a real Fairlight
Thanks!!! There are actually a few around here - not sure if they work
This video breaks my heart. 15 years ago, I purchased a TR-707 at a garage sale in California for $25. Unfortunately, I was forced to sell it for 300€ due to financial difficulties. Although I made some money, I deeply regret not being able to keep that machine with me. It was my biggest regret when it comes to music gear."
all three demo tracks were inspired and killer grooves! wow
Thank you!!!
Wait a minute this device made Millions of dollars for a lot of producers an artist back in the day so you need to give it a little respect bad gear🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏿✌🏿💯
Forgive me father, for I have synthed😂😂😂
Damn the proto phonk jam totally blindsided me! Great stuff per usual!
Thank you so much!!!
When you put the TR-707's snare 1 through excessive reverb it actually sounds similar to the gated snare on the Roland
R-8/SC-55's Power kit snare. I agree sometimes it's fun to embrace limitations but as there are plenty of TR-707 sample
packs and VST instruments floating around is it really worth paying over £400 for a TR-707?
"When life gives you cowbells, play a solo" made my day. Thanks for that!
The late Neil Peart could do that.
Thank you!!!
Jokes aside, Cowbells are a wonderful way to add spice to a track and the 707 and 727 make a brutal combo! Danke!
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Ooh! Ooh! Just came up with an idea. Why don't you take on the Stylophone Beat? Only 35 EU or so and its room spill containing rock kit alone blows every 80's drummachine out of the water in spite of the little boxes many limitations. Sure, it could be called Bad Gear with some justification but it's also a truly inspiring funbox. I wish it already existed in the 80ties. It would have made my drums tracks sound a lot more realisitc, which was a very important ambition for me at the time, being a progger and such. 😁
Seeing you work the tiny mixer was very entertaining! Another great video! :)
Thank you so much!!!
nice video, although it is limited, this is such a fun device, had one for several years and regret selling it.
Yeah, a true relic
707 is king for me, great video!
Thank you!!!
Unable to ged rid of mine…was my first Drumcomputer ever and yes I bought it again last year! Would love a drumtracks for pitch but the sequencer of the 707 is just perfect really
Maybe get a 626?
NO! YOU CANT CRITIQUE THE 707 SNARE!
Did I?
@AudioPilz including it in a bad gear episode is a tragedy 😢
I have 3 of them. It´s my favourite TR machine. Using it for my live act as well. This one has the rom mod and the Linn sounds banging hard on a club or festival sound system. Don´t wanna miss that.
Why did I expect that, Vincent?;)
Industrial cowbell FTW! ❤
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“Even gibbons 🐒 after a Hunter S. Thompson breakfast 🍹🍹🍹🍹can program it.” I will find a use for this hilarious phrase, and I will credit this video.
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sold mine for $200 don't miss it at all, thank god for modern drum machines like Jomox and Elektron RYTM! The old 707 = epitome of bad gear despite the "nostalgia" factor
Jomox is so rad!!!
Aside from the Lindrum, The 707 is the best Vintage Drum Machine for Cinematic Synthwave beats. The Kick Punches like a Snare, the Snare punches like a Snare too lol.
Agreed!!!
Who doesn't have 707 samples on their hard drive?
Mandatory!!!
909, 808, Juno 6, 60, 106 and JUPITER 8 incoming!
Blasphemy!!!
Some sweet jams Florian. I think the 707 is a timeless classic. I never owned one, but I still often use its sounds in my TR-6S or the gazillion sample packs on my computer. It still holds up today and packs a punch! I especially like the snares and hihats, they've got a bit of the 909 flavour but are just a bit different enough.
Thank you!!! Agreed, use them all the time!!!