Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
This one's slightly complicated to explain. The CR-8000 stores two sets of pattern selections (one or two patterns selected, and also the variations set by the top row of buttons) using the "register" button. These can be toggled by pressing the button or using a foot switch. The user manual actually suggests using the trigger output to toggle this, which can result in some unusual pattern variations. More interesting results can be obtained if you instead use a trigger out from a second drum machine that's playing a different time signature, or another clock source at an unrelated tempo.
I was also using the KPR-77 to trigger the sequencer of the Dave Smith Instruments Evolver, which was playing 4 simultaneous sequences of different lengths. The Evolver itself was just playing a fixed pitch, but the sequencer was driving the Casio CZ-1 and Roland VP-70. The VP-70 was shifting the Evolver's output to the desired (more or less) pitches. I also used an Alesis Metavox vocoder, Tapco 4400, Ibanez SDR-1000, and Boss DS-2.
Recorded straight to stereo, 2012.
This one's slightly complicated to explain. The CR-8000 stores two sets of pattern selections (one or two patterns selected, and also the variations set by the top row of buttons) using the "register" button. These can be toggled by pressing the button or using a foot switch. The user manual actually suggests using the trigger output to toggle this, which can result in some unusual pattern variations. More interesting results can be obtained if you instead use a trigger out from a second drum machine that's playing a different time signature, or another clock source at an unrelated tempo.
I was also using the KPR-77 to trigger the sequencer of the Dave Smith Instruments Evolver, which was playing 4 simultaneous sequences of different lengths. The Evolver itself was just playing a fixed pitch, but the sequencer was driving the Casio CZ-1 and Roland VP-70. The VP-70 was shifting the Evolver's output to the desired (more or less) pitches. I also used an Alesis Metavox vocoder, Tapco 4400, Ibanez SDR-1000, and Boss DS-2.
Recorded straight to stereo, 2012.
