A bug landed on my iPad screen and we are watching this together now
@bleepsandboops3 күн бұрын
High five for the bug! 🪲🪲
@Vingul4 күн бұрын
Well done. Used to be my absolute favourite Autechre track, not easy to say now that I've delved deeper into their catalog but it definitely remains one of them.
@bleepsandboops3 күн бұрын
The one that started the ball rolling 😎🤟
@Vingul3 күн бұрын
@@bleepsandboops Yessir. Was happy to finally get the Artificial Intelligence Vol. 1 comp at a decent price a couple of months ago. Also got the Garbage EP for an obscene price but that's a rare occurrence, lol.
@Vingul4 күн бұрын
1:11 instant Crystel flashbacks
@bleepsandboops3 күн бұрын
👍👍 Funny you should mention that...!
@els1f4 күн бұрын
That is RIDICULOUSLY cool! 🔥
@bleepsandboops3 күн бұрын
Thanks! ❄️😎❄️
@TotallyNuss5 күн бұрын
$190?! Yikes. That’s ridiculous.
@bleepsandboops5 күн бұрын
EU to USD... but then look at the prices of the original expansion cards, especially the Electronic and Dance ones.. !
@LittlePixelTM5 күн бұрын
Yeah, that's right
@bleepsandboops5 күн бұрын
We'll sail to the stars... ⛵⭐⭐
@kannon39795 күн бұрын
Wait!!!! Wait a minute.... speechless 😮
@bleepsandboops5 күн бұрын
😂😂 In a good way??
@immeika6 күн бұрын
big BOC in their early years vibes on the intro track
@bleepsandboops5 күн бұрын
I might be a fan...
@immeika5 күн бұрын
@@bleepsandboops How scandalous lol
@conk9718 күн бұрын
another great vid. cheers!
@bleepsandboops7 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@707jette8 күн бұрын
The main drawback of the R8 (which I love) is that its Swing just doesn't hit as well as the mpc, sp1200 etc
@bleepsandboops7 күн бұрын
The swing is quite a thing on this... Tricky to get so it actually 'swings' and then you're right, it doesn't groove as much as it could.. 😁
@robofixit46368 күн бұрын
What are your thoughts on making that old school pulse bass sound in the R8? I have found a way to use the Roll function to create it with the internal bass samples but it’s not exactly perfect and difficult to make key changes with the pitch shift. The other idea I have is to send out a MIDI to an external synth but sound is not coming from the R8 anymore. Idk maybe I need an MPC for something like this? Any other ways possibly or am I just wishing upon a star? 😂 Example of the pulse bass in reference: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9Kjn7KZuNGXnZ8.htmlsi=Im2-KIHsZGJ-m0yi
@bleepsandboops8 күн бұрын
You could do it with the R8 sequencing external midi gear, though you sacrifice one instrument for each note you want to play. Or, you sample the synth sound, put it onto something like the WaveRex and sequence it within the R8 doing the pitch shifting internally (like you would the internal samplers) Or you get an external sequencer and synth, program the synth however you like (arpeggiator, clock synced looping envelopes, lfo, whatever) and use either the R8 or the other sequencer as a clock to sync it all together... Jam 2 does some of that - I'm using the Hapax to play all the other instruments, whilst the R8 is playing the drum sounds. Hope that helps!
@Vauun9 күн бұрын
BABE WAKE UP NEW BLEEPS AND BOOPS JUST DROPPED
@bleepsandboops8 күн бұрын
😂 😂
@chriswareham9 күн бұрын
Love the second jam! If I hadn't just bought an Electribe ES-1 I'd definitely be thinking of getting an R8 and this card. Lots of these cool cards seem to be coming out lately - I've just bought something similar for my Korg M1.
@bleepsandboops8 күн бұрын
Thanks! How does the M1 card work? Sounds intriguing!
@chriswareham7 күн бұрын
@@bleepsandboops There's a version of the WaveRex for the M1 as well as the R8, but there are also a couple of other options. I've actually got the "M1RAM", which is not as sophisticated as the WaveRex but is about half the price.
@707jette9 күн бұрын
Haha I am absolutely part of the niche intersection which this video is aiming at. Love my r8.
@bleepsandboops8 күн бұрын
😁😁👍
@TheDjpredator9 күн бұрын
Had both the R8 and later the R8M with of course the 808 & 909 expansion card ;) Used it a lot in my 90s productions 😎
@bleepsandboops8 күн бұрын
They're great drum machines especially with the expansion cards - I think a lot of people overlook them since they hear the stock sounds and think 🧀 😂
@canecreek009 күн бұрын
"Jam 2 - synthy stuff" is Gorgeous, you must release it, I want to buy it.
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
😁 Maybe one day..
@canecreek009 күн бұрын
@@bleepsandboops "Maybe someday" was the title of my debut album that never got finished lol
@lundsweden9 күн бұрын
The R8 ain't lofi, it has uncompressed 16 bit, 44.1 khz samples, exactly the same as CD.
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Maybe on the factory samples - and the R8's convertors are 44,1/16 from what I understand - but you do have to downsample anything longer than a drum hit in order to fit it on the WaveRex card. Combine with the pitch shifting, and it sounds pretty lofi..
@GordonBraicks9 күн бұрын
Did I just hear a sneaky Bad Gear Theme coming out of the R8 😮?
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
😂 I know my audience...
@DavidMorley9 күн бұрын
Superb!
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
@mastercylinder19399 күн бұрын
Great demo, and very interesting sound creations.
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thanks, glad you like it!
@aseomg9 күн бұрын
2min. in..this man has won the internet. 😎
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
😂 Thanks!
@desktorp9 күн бұрын
face reveal didn't disappoint, brother.. blue eyed ginger phenotype is top tier.
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
😂😂 Thanks!
@unfair_potato9 күн бұрын
New to the channel - I don't know what I'm doing, I just got sucked in with the great portishead/trip hop opener, and it was hit after hit, heinbach photo, bad gear, etc. How am I going to get an r8? Well, I'll figure out something, but in the meantime, I'll try to check out your back catalogue. Very nice work.
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thank you and welcome!!
@piynubbunyip9 күн бұрын
It is an excellent card really and you can get it to load the binary data from the original cards too. To find this you just need to poke about on the web. Feels like a parallel universe to add your own samples too it.
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
If only there was an archive or something, dedicated to preserving such things... Adding your own samples is a bit of a mind-blowing thing tbh 😁
@f33fifofum9 күн бұрын
This is awesome, that card is a real winner
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thanks! Yeah - I was unsure at first, but it's really turned out to be a bit of a gamechanger..!
@activelow92979 күн бұрын
4:07... WTF... the hooker who will eventually be the next president of the US holding up a Joe Satriani album? While Alex Ball looks on??
@nostandingonlydancin9 күн бұрын
Great video and great channel
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@endenel86949 күн бұрын
still loving your videos and music. real ones already knew your face from your main channel :)
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
😂😂 I need to find a way to segue the two together... fingerstyle acoustic guitar with afx inspired drums and synths???
@pawnotdaw45599 күн бұрын
My R5 very jelous now
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Always room for another drum machine... 😁
@lasthero27259 күн бұрын
REmember !!! Thnx !!!
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
😁😁
@AboveTheTrees009 күн бұрын
hell yeah ❤!
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
😎👍 Thank you!
@roave_music9 күн бұрын
Great job
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@ringtangting9 күн бұрын
great video, mate. Love jam 3, that would sound nice along with a nice, fat bass drum. I've been toying with the idea of buying a R8, but I'm having too much with my RX5 with the usb card. I've also got the RY30, would love that card too, maybe I'll invest in it one day, the process of working with it does seem a little more daunting than with the RX5USB or Waverex.
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thanks so much - RY30 seems to get mentioned a lot alongside the R8, would love to see what other drum machines and cards can do!
@RoyMaya9 күн бұрын
Great track, but licking your drum machine is so wrong! 🤣
@vitaliiandronov86299 күн бұрын
licking other people drum machines is wrong
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
TASTY BEATS
@AkaiS11009 күн бұрын
Great video! Now I wish I had an R8 😂
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thanks! They're still relatively cheap for a piece of 30+ year old Roland gear, so keep searching!!
@ryanv61179 күн бұрын
the bad gear music!!!!!! hahaha!!!!
@desktorp9 күн бұрын
this video is ticking all the boxes
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
☑☑☑☑
@jamesdelrogers5429 күн бұрын
The r8 is great for triggering 8 and 12 bit analog digital analog samplers , it has such a mechanical sound if you dont use the humanized function. I hate the word industrial ever since That winy boy trent rezner sold out the original underground art movements and coined this marketable term . So think front 242 instead They used the r8 quite a bit on up evil and off
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
😁 .. And doesn't it make you feel better...
@jamesdelrogers5428 күн бұрын
@bleepsandboops if you mean calling trent rezner a winy or weenie boy , Absolutely............................ It's personal I have never met the dumb sun of a b*tch And never wanted to but he managed to worm his way into my world any way
@ultramet10 күн бұрын
I never appreciated this drum machine at the time. I had a Drumulator and then an SP1200 and used them ad nauseam. When I was moving to LA in 2022, I found my old R-8 in a box. Your great video has made me appreciate this machine much more. I’m going to have a blast rediscovering its potential. Thanks!
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thank you, and you're welcome! They're great drum machines - do share what you come up with too!!!
@spyrock24710 күн бұрын
Nice, I was looking at the waverex website the other day 😬 I just wish that I could store sequences in some easy way
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Can't vouch for this (yet), but it popped up on my feed the other day... mountainutilities.eu/r-8 - looks like pattern/song editing over sys-exclusive
@summerlaverdure10 күн бұрын
this is hella cool, i would have never thought waverex could be made for these/this could be used like this! do you have a bandcamp where i can buy the first lofi jam please?
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, I was itching to try something that wasn't 100% drums on a 100% drum machine to see what happened! I don't yet have a bandcamp that's relevant for this channel unfortunately! Need to find a way to segue my twiddly acoustic guitar stuff into synth mode... 😁
@friendlystranger966210 күн бұрын
Where is the background melody from? Sounds very familiar
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
The one under where I'm talking? It's my interpretation of Radiohead's Creep in the style of The Moog Cookbook 😁😁
@friendlystranger96629 күн бұрын
@@bleepsandboops My god, how could I not recognize Creep 🤦♂️😅 Thanks!
@binchsoda10 күн бұрын
One of my fav youtube channels
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
@nostandingonlydancin9 күн бұрын
Me too!
@bleepsandboops8 күн бұрын
@@nostandingonlydancin Thank you!
@binchsoda10 күн бұрын
Honestly seems pretty cool, I feel like it already gets pretty close to the limitations of the R8, I think they should open source the software so all sorts of features can be added for manipulating samples before exporting them to the card
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Ooh, open sourcing would be good, not sure how that would fit with the bespoke hardware - am going to feed back what I've found so far so hopefully there'll be updates 🤓👍
@binchsoda9 күн бұрын
@@bleepsandboops I mean Im a programmer so I complain abt open sourcing every time there is ANY feature I wanna see lol but since this seems to be a smaller project and there are a bunch of features people might wanna see, open sourcing it or at least some scripting thing might make sense, or maybe just some library to load sounds to it and then that would allow building custom loading utilities
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
@@binchsoda putting my dev hat on, I hear you! 🤓
@roystroebel10 күн бұрын
totally forgot: awesome video, love your channel. and I do not feel shame to admit I have the same Bo Beats portrait on my desktop ...
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
😁😁😁 Thank you!
@roystroebel10 күн бұрын
I love that card to death, bought one when they came out. Real nerds & old school AFX/Autechre admirers love the R8/WaveRex combo. Let me tell you something: Get an Yamaha RY30 & Sector101 Waveblade card and thank me later
@bleepsandboops9 күн бұрын
Thanks - will see what I can find!!
@Kung_Fu_Jesus9 күн бұрын
@@bleepsandboops I’ve just got my RY30 up and running since I last used it back in 1997. I’m gonna this a go
@samch1k95410 күн бұрын
no offence but you look like House M.D. and Aphex Twin at the same time