From skkatter Sent Wed, May 23rd 2018, 01:17
From skkatter Sent Wed, May 23rd 2018, 01:17
Mike, I'm sure you've got enough material for a few books on the subject but any other information you could shed on your time working there would be very much appreciated. From my understanding Ikutaro Kakehashi was always interested in moving forward and had no interest in the old analogue creations, hence it wasn't until after his retirement in 2013 that Roland went all quasi retro (in the bad way) with the ACB re-releases, correct me if I'm horribly wrong. -Stephen On 23 May 2018 at 00:57, Jes=C3=BAs Gallego <xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote= : > That could certainly explain it, as well as the existence of the TR-606 w= ay into 1985 targeted to =E2=80=9Cbudget conscious musician=E2=80=9D. You= =E2=80=99re right studios moved on to digital by then, but we still hear th= e TR-808 in famous mainstream productions as late as 1987 (Whitney Houston = - Dance With Somebody). So did the TR-808 ever go out of style? I=E2=80=99m= not really sure about that, certainly not in R&B and underground hiphop/el= ectro. It was probably a bit of a mess to fit in a full midi studio though. > > Best, > > autoy > >> El 23 may 2018, a las 1:36, Florian Anwander <xxxxxxxxx@xxxx-xxxxxx.xx> = escribi=C3=B3: >> >> On 23.05.18 00:39 , Jes=C3=BAs Gallego wrote: >>> Why the TR-808 was left behind while the CR-8000 carried on for a coupl= e of more years is still a mystery to me, >> The CR-8000 had a completely different targetgroup: lets call them the "= piano bar background player". It was a preset machine with ChaCha, Tango, W= altz, you name 'em. It was a machine for music musicians >> The 808 was directed to the technical interested musician. And the techn= ical musician was completely into digital back then. (I remember well how I= heard a Linndrum the firsttime, and immediately thought: I have to sell my= 808 and get this wonder machine - thanks to heaven, that I did not do it ;= -) ) >