Talk:Roland TR-909

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Like the TB-303, the mark of realism was missed by a few miles due to technical constraints, and this showed when the machines were blown out for low prices before the hype of techno and acid began. So true, I got one for $275 in 1987. Wish I still had it sometimes... Two Halves, who used to make beautiful music before he discovered the Wikipedia

Contents 1 Maintenance 2 Stylistic changes 3 Impact On Music 4 Neutrality

[edit] Maintenance

Please donate some links as to the care and maintenace of these vintage machines.

Sorry if this is not the correct place or format - total Wikipedia newbie here - but there is an error on the main page of the RE-909 description>

The TR909 actually has seperate controls (and the appropriate samples etc...) for both Ride and Crash cymbal, meaning they CAN both sound at the same time. I'm hesitant to create an account and just go in straight away and edit this without learning more about Wikipedia - so could some-one else perhaps set this straight? Thank you.

• www.tr909.org
• TR 909 circuit diagrams

[edit] Stylistic changes

The phrase "missed by a few miles" seemed overly editorial. Also, given that the "hihat" article redirects to "hi-hat", I am assuming that this is more standard. Lastly, the end of the first paragraph which stated that the TR-909 aimed for maximum possible realism is contradicted by the next paragraph's contention that sample-based machines were more realistic. Thus I have changed it to say "realism and cost-effectiveness". Mistercow 21:16, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

• I would say, having owned one of these machines, that the manufacturer was going for a certain, processed acoustic drum sound (think Mick Fleetwood), believing that the end user wouldn't use these sounds front-and-center. (The machine would sound somewhat like a real kit if it wasn't up too high in the mix, and an analog tape machine would mask the sound quality of the low resolution samples.) I don't think cost effectiveness really was an issue (It was the top of its range when it was released, and the 909 has separate outputs for each 'drum', which is never cheap to manufacture.), but trends in music tastes and market preferences kinda blew Roland's plans for profit to bits, and not the digital kind. Yours with wikidevotion for all, Two Halves, not logged in

[edit] Impact On Music

There really doesn't seem to be much here on the role this piece of equipment has played within dance music - it has had an enormous impact obviously and this seems to be virtually ignored in this article. Perhaps someone better informed than me could write something - otherwise I might get around to writing it. Jim.

[edit] Neutrality

I added a neutrality tag at the top of the article because upon reading it, I noticed some of the article is biased. SquareShot97 20:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

There is a section on "other machines" which is pointless. For a start, the TR-909 wasn't even the first Roland machine to use this style of interface - and list of other brands which inherited this style is much vaster than suggested. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.223.47 (talk) 22:00, 12 September 2007 (UTC)