Bad Gear - Roland’s Gonna Roland

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland TR-6S. Is this modern drum machine and little sibling of the critically acclaimed TR-8S only a sketch pad for quick ideas or is it up to the job of being the centerpiece of setups both live and in the studio. Well, Roland’s Gonna Roland. Thanks to Tom of Synth Anatomy for lending me the keyboard version: @UCdhsQHBXLpf-qrAVox4fyMA Thanks to Cjbeards for creating the Original Soundtrack of the internet: Music used: Cjbeards - Fire and Thunder Song link: Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 01:03 Overview Roland TR6S 01:39 Sound Generators (ACB, Samples, FM) 02:33 FM Engines 02:58 Instruments (LFO, FX) 03:32 CTRL Knob 03:41 Kits (FX: Delay, Reverb, Master FX) 03:57 Sample Import 04:02 Sequencer, Patterns, Variations, Fills, Random 04:29 More Sequencer Features (Substeps, Motion Recording) 05:03 Step Loop, Scatter 05:13 Limitations (Lack of Chromatic Mode) 05:33 What else??? (Rear Panel, USB Audio, Thanks) 05:55 Hate 06:19 Jam 1 (Techno) 07:11 Jam 2 (Drum’n’Bass) 08:13 Finale (Trance) 08:40 Verdict 09:41 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout