Sounds and Rhythms
The CR-78's built-in rhythm sounds were a further development of those available on the earlier Roland Rhythm 33, 55 and 77 machines.
The analog percussion voices consisted of bass drum, snare drum, rim shot, hi-hat, cymbal, maracas, claves, cowbell, high bongo, low bongo, low conga, tambourine, guiro, and "metal beat" (a ring modulated accent that could be overlaid on the hi-hat voice). The CR-78 had an accent control, which increased the loudness of certain steps in a pattern.
The rhythm patterns were Rock 1, Rock 2, Rock 3, Rock 4, Disco 1 and Disco 2 (all available in 'A' or 'B' variations); Waltz, Shuffle, Slow Rock, Swing, Foxtrot, Tango, Boogie, Enka, Bossa Nova, Samba, Mambo and Chacha, Beguine and Rhumba. It was possible to select more than one rhythm at a time, and also mute drum sounds from a pattern using the balance knob and dedicated cancel buttons.
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Blondie - Heart of Glass
You can download the clip or download a player to play the clip in your browser. The CR-78 introduction to the song. Read more about this topic: Roland CR-78 Famous quotes containing the words sounds and, sounds and/or rhythms:“O to dream, O to awake and wander “For sounds in winter nights, and often in winter days, I heard the forlorn but melodious note of a hooting owl indefinitely far; such a sound as the frozen earth would yield if struck with a suitable plectrum, the very lingua vernacula of Walden Wood, and quite familiar to me at last, though I never saw the bird while it was making it.” “His style is eminently colloquial, and no wonder it is strange to meet with in a book. It is not literary or classical; it has not the music of poetry, nor the pomp of philosophy, but the rhythms and cadences of conversation endlessly repeated.” |