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Roland Drums... my pride and joy!

Advantages: Great authentic sounds, feels like playing real drums
Disadvantages: knowing that if you had £5000 you could get a much better one

I brought my Roland V Drums about a year and a half ago. I love them to bits. At the time, i couldnt afford them at all. However I played on a kit in a music shop and fell in love with them. I immediately promised myself to get a job and save up to get o ...

priesty8899 20.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Roland V Drums TD 8

A swift kick to the brain

Advantages: That kickdrum, Oh Yes! Classic sounds that never sample as well as the real thing
Disadvantages: Very expensive, £900ish

Along with the Roland TB303 the TR909 is the machine that is responsible for the existence of techno as we know it. The TR909 was released at a time when most drum machines were starting to use digital samples as the basis for their sounds and as a result ...

crustypaul 18.12.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Roland TR-909

the 626

Advantages: Good early digital drum machine, with good good sampled sounds
Disadvantages: Doesn't have up to the minute 'hip' sounds

...After the 909, which is the most popular drum machine around (despite not being in production no more), roland released the 626 around '87, as a first digital machine that uses sampled sounds of drums as opposed to the analogue of yesteryear. For uses ...

joey_rza 27.03.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Roland TR-626

Exceptional kit.

Advantages: Silent with headphones. 50+ kits in one.
Disadvantages: Only that it lacks the visual impact of a nice accoustic.

...the most amazing drum kits i've ever owned. I bought my Roland TD-20 a few years ago now (having to pack my Tama kit away for the sake of the family and neighbours) and have played the Roland every day since without a single fault. A lot o ...

sometimeslostinspace 14.01.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Roland TD-20WT+PV-Drums Pro-Series Electronic Drum Kit