9/6/2018 · “You can’t build a Roland TR-808 because you don’t have faulty transistors.” In this digital age one has to wonder.
5/22/2018 · Some clones have been released and some people have even attempted to build a DIY version using standard 2SC828’s and they discovered that it sounds very wrong. If the transistor fails in a TR-808 it must only be replaced with a transistor from that original batch or it will no longer sound like a healthy TR-808 .
12/5/2018 · Just 12,000 Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composers were born into this world. An untold amount of them probably exist in pieces at the bottom of landfills. Though a revival was deemed improbable thanks to a limited run of a faulty, essential transistor, it seems unlikely that Roland would have continued creating the machine even if they had been.
9/15/2018 · So somewhat surprisingly it turns out that not quite every TR – 808 used a transistor from the defective batch of 2SC828’s. And to have seen a selected 2SC945 installed originally into a TR – 808 will confirm the suspicions that many people have held about this transistor because the 2SC945 is the paint marked, selected noise transistor used in the TR -606 drum machine.
TR-808 – Free Downloads – TriSamples, TR-808 – Free Downloads – TriSamples, 808: The History of an Error | 5 Magazine, 808: The History of an Error | 5 Magazine, Transistors which had been rejected as ‘out of specification’ were purchased by Roland and used as part of the TR-808’s sound generating capability. Although they weren’t faulty, they did exhibit some very particular qualities that helped give the 808 its distinctive sizzling sound.
9/11/2018 · Quote: Originally Posted by autoy ? I agree, it’s just as good and its transistor is a perfect candidate for clones. Also can be found in the CR-8000 as I said earlier, as this selected 945p seems to be exactly the same part as in the 606. Which begs the question: TR -606, TR – 808 , CR-8000 all released in 1980 but the 808 used a different selected tr, 5/19/2018 · That’s because there is no other transistor or zener diode that has the exact noise spectral profile and output level of the 2SC828-RNZ transistors from the specific 1970’s batch that was used in the production of the TR-808. If the transistor fails in a TR-808 it must only be replaced with a transistor from that original batch or it will no longer sound like a healthy TR-808.
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