Happy TR-727 day

 It's the 27th of July

A great reason for breaking out the Roland  TR 727

 

The drum was released in 1985.

 

 

It's  the Latin version of the 707.

 It's very much to Roland's credit that they had the courage to produce a drum back in the 80's which broke the mold. With effects, this drum can do wonders.

 

I have two 727s - one is circuitbent

The circuit-bent one was modified over a decade ago when they were cheap and no one wanted them. 

Though it's really good for tribal beats, the prices for these have gone through the roof so I wouldn't mod one today. But you will discover that with a little reverb or distortion the sound of an original stock machine is completely changed.

Just like on the Roland Tr-707 there are volume sliders for each voice.

Flam, shuffle...... all the usual TR-programming features. Sounds great for additional
percussion with another drum. This will spice up any track.

The sounds are all sample based.

Voices include:

Hi Bongo

Low Bongo

Conga - Mute, Open, Low

Timbale - Hi, Low

Agogo - Hi, Low

Cabasa

Maracas

Whistle - short, long

Quijada

Star Chime

 

The trigger out is good for clocking the arp on synths like the Juno 06

There are individual outputs for each sound.

The fact that you've got  all these outs means that you can run these sounds through their own distortion boxes.  

The DYN-Sync to Midi converter is very useful in syncing old roland gear

If you use it as a master clock you can sync your 303, 606 or 808