TR-8S

Looks amazing - wonder if they've got an update for the MX-1 in the works? The TR-8S really does seem to capture a lot of the feature requests I've seen on-line. Would be awesome to see a similar response on the MX-1.

Yeah awesome, finally 8 outputs...

Already ordered one today

mlabbee wrote:

Looks amazing - wonder if they've got an update for the MX-1 in the works? The TR-8S really does seem to capture a lot of the feature requests I've seen on-line. Would be awesome to see a similar response on the MX-1.

Yeh probably an MX1S with four bus powered USBs!! Pity they couldn't have done that on the original one!!

Looked at the Instrument tone list :

https://www.roland.com/global/support/by_product/tr-8s/owners_manuals/9570a6e3-badd-4cf4-a6ab-06b9cd90123b/

I thought they would have added all the TR series, but looks like the 505 is not there.
The 505 is not the greatest, but they could have knocked that out with the 626 samples.
I was also hoping for the CR-78 sounds.

The other kind of disappointing thing is the MIDI Note numbers :

https://www.roland.com/global/support/by_product/tr-8s/owners_manuals/24225693-1a70-42c1-8912-4774b54ba82d/

Unlike the TR-08 (which you can access all 808 sounds via MIDI note numbers) you don't have access to the other Percussion sounds :( Maybe in an Update?

enotide wrote:

The other kind of disappointing thing is the MIDI Note numbers :

https://www.roland.com/global/support/by_product/tr-8s/owners_manuals/24225693-1a70-42c1-8912-4774b54ba82d/

Unlike the TR-08 (which you can access all 808 sounds via MIDI note numbers) you don't have access to the other Percussion sounds :( Maybe in an Update?

I'm pretty sure the note numbers are assigned to pads (so BD means the BD pad, not just bass drums), so you can trigger whatever is assigned to a pad - so you can only rtigger a sound that is is that what you're getting at?

Comparison of TR-8 (with 7x7) and TR-8S ACB sounds. 76 versus 81 with many empty slots in the TR-8.
No CR-78 sounds in the TR-8S, Do not see a reason to upgrade from TR-8/7x7 to TR8-S due to no need for live performances. If the following would be done, might be interested:

[1] Load/save samples over MIDI instead from/to SD card
[2] Play a kit's sound via MIDI MIDI note (128 of them))
[3] Change a default sound (and/or by the pattern's step) effect/parameters using CC
[4] Save/Load patterns (with sound# /parameters) per step over MIDI instead to/from SD card
[5] CR78 sounds (of-course)

If now only Roland could fill those TR8's 23 empty spaces with CR-78 sounds. :-)