SampleScience has introduced RC909 Pro, a virtual emulation of the Roland TR-909 drum machine for MacOS and Windows.
RC909 Pro features 19 variations on the classic 909 sounds, including tape-processed kits, re-sampled kits via old computers and video game consoles (NES, Sega Genesis and Master System), and distorted kits using guitar effect pedals and tube amplifiers.
The plugin has 6 built-in effects: distortion, delay, reverb, sub, vinyl and tape.
Features:
The original 909 drum kit
19 variations of the 909 drum kit processed via tubes, amps, cassette, and DSP
Extralife Instruments has just put the ER-99 right up in your grill/browser. Roland’s second most famous drum machine is emulated online.
Extralife Instruments has released a free online software emulation of Roland’s TR-909 drum machine.
All the drum sounds are generated using WebAudio API synthesis techniques, while the hi-hats, crash and ride cymbals are derived from samples. There’s a familiar interface, with the 16-step sequencer along the bottom and sound adjustment controls spread across the top.
In between there are various global controls. You can make your pattern up to four bars long, which equates to 64 steps, and adjust the tempo, accent, swing, compression and overall volume settings.
ER-99 comes with a selection of sequence and sound presets, and you can also create and save your own. You can take it for a spin on the Extralife Instruments website.
Yesterday, Behringer broke the news that the long-awaited RD-9 Rhythm Designer has begun shipping.
In its usual channel of communications, Facebook, the Music Tribe company shared some images of the drum machine on the production line and boxed, ready to go, meaning 909 clone will be hitting stores very soon. The post details the reasons behind the delay, which, of course, is mostly down to the pandemic and the consequential disruption to the supply chain.
While Behringer will be very keen to fulfil the large of backorders it does mean that stores will be stocking the 909 clone very soon, exactly how soon we are not sure.
There is no more news on those ‘enhanced’ functions that were reported on back in January this year, either. As well as offering an authentic mode that promises to accurately emulate the original 909, the RD-9 also has an ‘enhanced’ mode that offers several additional features. These include the ability to adjust the pitch and pitch depth of the bass drum, and tuning control for the hi-hat.
There are no mentioned on price either, but hopefully Behringer will come good on its promise of being “priced to suit people’s pockets, without being pocket-sized”. The hope remains that RD-9 will cost the same as the RD-8, which is currently retailing for no more than £270 in the UK, while you can pick one up in the US for around $369.
Specifications and other details are still to come at the Behringer website.
