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Boss DR-5 - Sell Your DIGITAKT
Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. After redirecting the money for a nice 2018 weekend trip, spending a couple of years in my own private Elektron bootcamp and embracing the “limitations breed creativity” Zen I have become quite an avid Digitakt user.
However, today we are going to talk about the Boss DR-5. This 1994 drum machine looks suspiciously similar to the Swedish mono samplers so after rumors of Digitakts discontinuation started swirling a while back I might as well take a look at this cheapskate alternative.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:53 Overview Boss DR5
01:17 Technology and Sounds
02:07 Sound Editing
02:16 Remarkable Features, Kits
03:00 Real Time Recording
03:12 User Interface for Guitar Players
03:34 Guitar Input , Amp Simulator , Pitch Tracking
03:52 Chord Mode
04:03 Limitations, Polyphony
04:22 What Else??? (Build Quality, Connectivity, Pricing,...)
04:46 Hate
05:01 Jam 1 ( Acid ChillWave )
05:55 Jam 2 ( 148 bpm is the new 128 bpm )
06:52 Finale ( Electric Boogie Body Music )
07:23 Verdict
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Boss DR-5 - Sell Your DIGITAKT
Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. After redirecting the money for a nice 2018 weekend trip, spending a couple of years in my own private Elektron bootcamp and embracing the “limitations breed creativity” Zen I have become quite an avid Digitakt user.
However, today we are going to talk about the Boss DR-5. This 1994 drum machine looks suspiciously similar to the Swedish mono samplers so after rumors of Digitakts discontinuation started swirling a while back I might as well take a look at this cheapskate alternative.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:53 Overview Boss DR5
01:17 Technology and Sounds
02:07 Sound Editing
02:16 Remarkable Features, Kits
03:00 Real Time Recording
03:12 User Interface for Guitar Players
03:34 Guitar Input , Amp Simulator , Pitch Tracking
03:52 Chord Mode
04:03 Limitations, Polyphony
04:22 What Else??? (Build Quality, Connectivity, Pricing,...)
04:46 Hate
05:01 Jam 1 ( Acid ChillWave )
05:55 Jam 2 ( 148 bpm is the new 128 bpm )
06:52 Finale ( Electric Boogie Body Music )
07:23 Verdict
