Excellent video Gaz! I always enjoy your personality. :) I bought the TR-08 when it came out and the TR-808 last year. I did a comparison video of the two and I feel this new version is pretty close to the original. And after working with the TR-808 for the last year I really love the new functions they offered on it. Thanks for making this wonderful video. I love the Roland Boutique line. After carrying around the originals for the last year it sure makes it more convenient to move around. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thanks , Gaz! What a nice review! I just got mine a week ago for about HK$2,000 on sale which was great. I also owned a TR505 which was a nice machine too but I’ve found theTR08 to be having a lotta fun to work with.
This is a very good product review, good intro of nearly all features and a run through of what is plugged in and not (reviewers are often crap at explaining the ports) a good practical demo of this calibre is just what I need to crack on and learn how to program my new TR-08.
Thank you so much for the Video. Bought a tr-08 the other Day but totally did not got into it.had no idea how to program.with your vid i finally got into it and can use it now.
Having Gaz and Nick represent Sonicstate is one of the absolute benefits of the core. Both have deep passions for their demos,and it shows. What a great team.⚡️ I’m not sure if they’ve worked together on music and live shows,but I bet that combo would rock.⚡️
Nice. Good to show it does have separate outs into DAWs. Also good you mentioned the TR-8 for everyone who prefers the practical. The 08 is all about the look and history.
Got mine recently. Thought the small knobs and buttons would be a problem with my large f'd up handz but so far I am too busy having fun twerkin' da knerbz to notice any such problem. The unit while small, seems quite tight/solid/not cheap. Even the tiny button things seem better than larger ones on another "groove box" I've got. And it's solid metal case is a nice thing to feel in the winter. Convenient adjustable angle stand thing is a nice touch and comes in handy. Most importantly it sounds plenty "phat" for real! I can understand how this may not be for "most" musicians but it works well for me... a DAW-less "producer" who loves little hardware gadgets and lots of fun effects.
A lot of the potential customers for the TR-08 are people who have collected a good few of the other Boutiques and simply can't resist the nostalgic appearance.
I was unable to afford an 808 in the 80s but was fortunate to purchase a second-hand 606, the poorman's 808, to go with my second-hand 101 and 202. From owning the 606, I recognise many of the features and the methodology for programming a Roland drum machine. Point 1. I love the nostalgia of programming drums in this way and it would perhaps, offer younger fans of electronic gear a different modus operandi for producing electronic music, which cannot be at all bad. 2. Many of the reviews of using the 808 by 808 owners comment on the fact that no two 808s sound the same due to the analogue technology available at the time. So it may be worth younger electronic enthusiasts noting that point when electronic 'officiandos' or mates become @rsy. Great review Gaz and well thought out as always.
I own various drum machines including the Roland Tr-08, and found a 808 menu on one of my old drum machines, a Dr-5 I had from the maybe mid 90's and the sound on that sounds remarkably like my Tr-08 in quality...
Very cool T shirt of Magma : the fantastic french progressive rock band with the fabulous drummer Christian Vander . Seventies was really an awesome period for music !
I love Gaz William's enthusiasm, and it helps peak my interest in things, such as the boutique line, which generally do not appeal to me. The USB audio feature is quite nice, and would be a great asset for any drum machine. Nicely done, and entertaining as well.
For a similar prize you can get the MFB Tanzmaus or the Tanzbar Lite which are analog (for the purists) and also have parameter locks and much more modulation probabilities, also separate outputs for when wanted or necessary. This one for me seems more like a really fun drum machine but not a serious one when compared to the other options in the market. I would still buy one just for the fun and looks of it.
Gaz, as always excellent video. I bought the Roland TR-08 AIRA version when it came out and still haven't stopped tinkering with it. for a few more dollars the AIRA edition is well worth it. Especially for triggering your own samples via MIDI (if you have a sampler laying around) with the new firmware update. This boutique edition is just that. A boutique item. It's for those who are limited on space and have always wanted a piece of Roland history without the fuss, mess of trying to acquire the original. My TR-08 Aira edition can't quite sit in my lap while on the couch plus I am then tethered by the AC adapter, but this boutique edition one can add batteries and case and easily enjoy life on a commute on the bus or train / tube / subway. I know I would have easily picked it up if I didn't have to drive. Great review again as always, Gaz.
First a shout-out to all: Even if you're not gonna watch the whole thing, jump to 20:00 !!! Great review, Gaz' enthusiasm is quite contagious, but I've noticed several reviewers are starting to hit the nail on the head regarding the boutique series. Between the missing PSU and some weaknesses in the connectivity, they just seem a little too expensive. It's not actually about them being digital or any of that. And gotta say; that bottom end, especially on the closing jam.
Analogue chic Huh? Can't deny the accessibility of a stand alone machine vs a 'puter window. Funnily enough I dug my old Alesis SR-16 out the other day. I think I might still have an old 606 around here somewhere. I certainly still have an SH-101 and a Kenton MIDI Converter which I used to run with it. >Koz disappears for days to return, covered with cobwebs and dust, clutching curious ancient device.... Nice review Gaz
THANK YOU. Finally someone points this out! Yeah the original 808 knobs are TINY! So what people are really bitching about is the lack of space between them. Which I was concerned about personally until I got one and honestly have less trouble with than the realestate on Volca series.
Sounds great and classic. Although I didn’t hear they huge kick drum from those famous rap songs it was used on. That why I would want to get one. Great demo just the same.
Don’t forget that any song on a major label back in the day was likely ran through a high end console like an SSL or something like that. It’s not the raw drum machine
Very good review, as a previous owner of an original 808 I was especially interested in the emulation of its workflow. The substep feature in particular is very promising as an enhancement, because for something like that you had to recreate your pattern then. However, I don't remember if the 808 forced you to have the same step number for A/B, which the TR-08 does (I just read that in the Tr-08-manual, but couldn't figure it out in the 808 manual).
Got my own for AUD $350. Should grab & connect it up & work thru this great tutorial ... but ... the couch has swallowed me up, passed out writing this, came to + crick in me neck🤣
apologies if someone already asked this/got it answered, but what other drum machine/software combo allows you to record and split all the parts into separate tracks all at once like what he does at 15 minutes in??
Have looked at all the current drum machines and decided on the Elektron Digitakt. By far the most value box of the moment. No dubt the TR-08 is fun and sounds good but eventually you want more functionality and sounds. Agree with Gaz it is expensive.
Hey hi, how do i set up cubase 11 pro on a mac so that I can record and hear plus see the multiple tracks via usb out of this please???? Big ask but I cannot find an answer on internet
Hello folks! I have really appreciated Sir Williams's examination on Tr-O8, I appreciating his accent very much, so i should ask you if there are any suggestion about A-O1 by Roland. I would like to know more of that machine before to buy and use it. Greatings from Pescara!
I wish I had cash to splash out for the boutique's, the D05, SH01A, TB03, and the TR08. I'd be in 90's electro/techno/trance clone-o-heaven. And I love Gaz reviewing stuff, anything really, Gaz I can sit down and watch you reviewing a toothbrush, honestly :)
I am still bummed they didn't include audio out for each channel. Sure via usb-midi... But then I get groundloop noice :(. Guess I'll wait for the behringer rd808
Excellent video Gaz! I always enjoy your personality. :) I bought the TR-08 when it came out and the TR-808 last year. I did a comparison video of the two and I feel this new version is pretty close to the original. And after working with the TR-808 for the last year I really love the new functions they offered on it. Thanks for making this wonderful video. I love the Roland Boutique line. After carrying around the originals for the last year it sure makes it more convenient to move around. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thanks Gaz and SonicState! Pretty much decided I wanted one soon as they were teased - your review has only cemented that idea:-)
Still planning on getting this! It will fit good in a mix & my budget! Thank you for this video!!
Just bought mine today, fun to have a stand alone drum machine
Thanks , Gaz! What a nice review! I just got mine a week ago for about HK$2,000 on sale which was great. I also owned a TR505 which was a nice machine too but I’ve found theTR08 to be having a lotta fun to work with.
This is a very good product review, good intro of nearly all features and a run through of what is plugged in and not (reviewers are often crap at explaining the ports) a good practical demo of this calibre is just what I need to crack on and learn how to program my new TR-08.
Thank you so much for the Video. Bought a tr-08 the other Day but totally did not got into it.had no idea how to program.with your vid i finally got into it and can use it now.
Thanks Gaz! Great review!
Having Gaz and Nick represent Sonicstate is one of the absolute benefits of the core. Both have deep passions for their demos,and it shows. What a great team.⚡️ I’m not sure if they’ve worked together on music and live shows,but I bet that combo would rock.⚡️
Nice. Good to show it does have separate outs into DAWs. Also good you mentioned the TR-8 for everyone who prefers the practical. The 08 is all about the look and history.
Great video, thanks Gaz : )
Great review again Gaz
Very informative without being too OTT on tech details. Thanks.
THAT DEFINING MOMENT THOUGH @18:40
GAZ... YOU TOUCH MY SOUL WITH SUCH EXPRESSION OF LOGICAL CURIOUSITY!
Best Overview so far thanks 😀
Love it Gaz! Real blue peter vibe to this sonic LAB (in a great way!)
Merry Christmas all!
Entertaining review thankyou Gaz.
thank you, I've enjoyed watching you. now need to buy it ;]
Excellent demo! Thanks!
i feel your enthusiasm gaz...same like mine. Best machine from roland.
Amazing choice of t-shirt there Gaz
Very helpful tips here,eg i couldn't figure out the copying of patterns so I'll try reversing it like this guy.
Thanks for this, super informative.
Got mine recently. Thought the small knobs and buttons would be a problem with my large f'd up handz but so far I am too busy having fun twerkin' da knerbz to notice any such problem. The unit while small, seems quite tight/solid/not cheap. Even the tiny button things seem better than larger ones on another "groove box" I've got. And it's solid metal case is a nice thing to feel in the winter. Convenient adjustable angle stand thing is a nice touch and comes in handy. Most importantly it sounds plenty "phat" for real! I can understand how this may not be for "most" musicians but it works well for me... a DAW-less "producer" who loves little hardware gadgets and lots of fun effects.
Great presentation Gaz.
A lot of the potential customers for the TR-08 are people who have collected a good few of the other Boutiques and simply can't resist the nostalgic appearance.
I was unable to afford an 808 in the 80s but was fortunate to purchase a second-hand 606, the poorman's 808, to go with my second-hand 101 and 202. From owning the 606, I recognise many of the features and the methodology for programming a Roland drum machine. Point 1. I love the nostalgia of programming drums in this way and it would perhaps, offer younger fans of electronic gear a different modus operandi for producing electronic music, which cannot be at all bad. 2. Many of the reviews of using the 808 by 808 owners comment on the fact that no two 808s sound the same due to the analogue technology available at the time. So it may be worth younger electronic enthusiasts noting that point when electronic 'officiandos' or mates become @rsy. Great review Gaz and well thought out as always.
Hell yeah! Nice Magma shirt!
9:35 the way you said that made me miss my british friends straight away :D
great review!
Now I wanna see a Boutique reissue of the LinnDrum so I won’t pay out the nose for a vintage one!
Me and you are on the same page
Channels over usb is a cool little feature, hope to see that more in the future.
This guy is Freakin AWESOME
Great review.
le tshirt du groupe français MAGMA
Indeed - I adore Magma. :)
Gaz was only 46 when the original 808 came out
I own various drum machines including the Roland Tr-08, and found a 808 menu on one of my old drum machines, a Dr-5 I had from the maybe mid 90's and the sound on that sounds remarkably like my Tr-08 in quality...
Crazy, watching this at 8:08am
Love the MAGMA T-Shirt!!! - Good Man!!!
Veeery cool Magma shirt, Gaz. 😍👍
Karl Marx
Or Charles Manson looking rascal (Sorry Gaz ur still cool man)
How dare you!?
:P
Billy Connolly
Don't compare Sonic Lab to that Commie shit stein
Arthur Baker
4:57 Gaz == only guy doing a TR-08 review who knows how to pronounce clave!
Very cool T shirt of Magma : the fantastic french progressive rock band with the fabulous drummer Christian Vander . Seventies was really an awesome period for music !
I love Gaz William's enthusiasm, and it helps peak my interest in things, such as the boutique line, which generally do not appeal to me. The USB audio feature is quite nice, and would be a great asset for any drum machine. Nicely done, and entertaining as well.
Gotsta love that Magma shirt
Nice Shirt Brother - Magma Forever
Cool Magma shirt!
For a similar prize you can get the MFB Tanzmaus or the Tanzbar Lite which are analog (for the purists) and also have parameter locks and much more modulation probabilities, also separate outputs for when wanted or necessary. This one for me seems more like a really fun drum machine but not a serious one when compared to the other options in the market. I would still buy one just for the fun and looks of it.
Gaz, as always excellent video. I bought the Roland TR-08 AIRA version when it came out and still haven't stopped tinkering with it. for a few more dollars the AIRA edition is well worth it. Especially for triggering your own samples via MIDI (if you have a sampler laying around) with the new firmware update. This boutique edition is just that. A boutique item. It's for those who are limited on space and have always wanted a piece of Roland history without the fuss, mess of trying to acquire the original. My TR-08 Aira edition can't quite sit in my lap while on the couch plus I am then tethered by the AC adapter, but this boutique edition one can add batteries and case and easily enjoy life on a commute on the bus or train / tube / subway. I know I would have easily picked it up if I didn't have to drive. Great review again as always, Gaz.
This is good to allow children to experience the great Roland of the past whose passionate lovers of circuitry are apparently gone.
Sounds like AIRA engine in new small case with retro original 808 touch.
This gem🤖🥁🤖 will only go up in price 🤑
Roland got it right! Good review.
roland got it wrong. Behringer got it right.
First a shout-out to all: Even if you're not gonna watch the whole thing, jump to 20:00 !!!
Great review, Gaz' enthusiasm is quite contagious, but I've noticed several reviewers are starting to hit the nail on the head regarding the boutique series. Between the missing PSU and some weaknesses in the connectivity, they just seem a little too expensive. It's not actually about them being digital or any of that. And gotta say; that bottom end, especially on the closing jam.
MAGMA!!!
This is a F*ck%n great review! Thank you 😄
Analogue chic Huh?
Can't deny the accessibility of a stand alone machine vs a 'puter window.
Funnily enough I dug my old Alesis SR-16 out the other day.
I think I might still have an old 606 around here somewhere.
I certainly still have an SH-101 and a Kenton MIDI Converter which I used to run with it.
>Koz disappears for days to return, covered with cobwebs and dust, clutching curious ancient device....
Nice review Gaz
oh, we got a Zeuhl lover here :D
I just switch audio device in the middle of a session, Gaz..just to record my TR-8..then I switch back to my sound card..works a treat
Thanks
"...and when I get that fee-lin', I wån't...808 hea-lin'"
MAGMA!
HIM: "we don't have compression on an accent, that would be silly....."
ME: "would it now.....? :-/ " lmao
The knobs on the TR-808 instrument channels are even smaller than on the boutique
THANK YOU. Finally someone points this out! Yeah the original 808 knobs are TINY! So what people are really bitching about is the lack of space between them. Which I was concerned about personally until I got one and honestly have less trouble with than the realestate on Volca series.
Sounds great and classic. Although I didn’t hear they huge kick drum from those famous rap songs it was used on. That why I would want to get one. Great demo just the same.
Don’t forget that any song on a major label back in the day was likely ran through a high end console like an SSL or something like that. It’s not the raw drum machine
Magma!!!
And a Magma T-Shirt!
Great MAGMA shirt!
amaze
Very good review, as a previous owner of an original 808 I was especially interested in the emulation of its workflow. The substep feature in particular is very promising as an enhancement, because for something like that you had to recreate your pattern then. However, I don't remember if the 808 forced you to have the same step number for A/B, which the TR-08 does (I just read that in the Tr-08-manual, but couldn't figure it out in the 808 manual).
Forget about the machine... Hail MAGMA!!😍🎶🤘
Got my own for AUD $350. Should grab & connect it up & work thru this great tutorial ... but ... the couch has swallowed me up, passed out writing this, came to + crick in me neck🤣
Stereo mix is what windows calls an aggregate device (I'm guessing, never used a mac), it's just an option on the recording devices
Sick Magma shirt.
apologies if someone already asked this/got it answered, but what other drum machine/software combo allows you to record and split all the parts into separate tracks all at once like what he does at 15 minutes in??
Have looked at all the current drum machines and decided on the Elektron Digitakt. By far the most value box of the moment.
No dubt the TR-08 is fun and sounds good but eventually you want more functionality and sounds. Agree with Gaz it is expensive.
the Digitone is also a cool drum machine, though not cheap.
Elektron is kicking everybody's ass
Damn Magma shirt. Nice one
Got the USB 12-channel output working flawlessly in Win10 and Cubase by using ASIO4ALL.
Gaz should do a trap album
At 14:54 Gaz made a new intro for all Sonic State videos in 2018.
Magma Shirt!
nice Magma T Shirt ;)
Hey hi, how do i set up cubase 11 pro on a mac so that I can record and hear plus see the multiple tracks via usb out of this please????
Big ask but I cannot find an answer on internet
Nice Magma shirt! ;)
MAGMA!!
The TR-8 emulates the 606/707/727/808/909 for just a little bit more. It surprises me there actually is a market for the TR-08.
People want the og interface.
Got that Rick Rubin look going.
The tb-03 comes with the dock in silver. So I’m a bit ticked off that the rest don’t come in the dock
Hello folks! I have really appreciated Sir Williams's examination on Tr-O8, I appreciating his accent very much, so i should ask you if there are any suggestion about A-O1 by Roland. I would like to know more of that machine before to buy and use it. Greatings from Pescara!
If it acts as a decent controller for the cloud TR-808 vst then it might be worth getting
Love the Magma t-shirt. Can we have a Christian Vander drum machine, please?
Magma!
"Rolands are the opiate for the masses" 😂😂
My Mrs said “nothing in the TR-08 that I couldn’t create with kitchen utensils”.
Gaz !
My favourite viking
Santa still here
i hope they make a full size Machine
Sick Magma shirt
As the Beastie Boys noted "Nothing sounds quite like an 8 0 8"
There's a reason for that...and it can never be replicated...we need to move on... because eventually...all the existing 808's will break...
I wish I had cash to splash out for the boutique's, the D05, SH01A, TB03, and the TR08. I'd be in 90's electro/techno/trance clone-o-heaven. And I love Gaz reviewing stuff, anything really, Gaz I can sit down and watch you reviewing a toothbrush, honestly :)
I am still bummed they didn't include audio out for each channel. Sure via usb-midi... But then I get groundloop noice :(. Guess I'll wait for the behringer rd808