From jowett_charles@waters.com Tue Mar 5 09:08:22 1996 5 Mar 96 12:08:10 +0500 29 Feb 96 18:27:09 +0500 id <01BB06BC.FB2A1CC0@waters199-94-161-252.waters.com>; Thu, 29 Feb 1996 15:45:42 -0500 From: Charles Jowett Subject: RE: Diffs Between 626 and 505? Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 15:45:39 -0500 ---------- From: A.S.P. Sent: Thursday, February 29, 1996 3:03 PM Subject: Diffs Between 626 and 505? >I hope it's kosher for me to post this on AH: > >I want to buy one of the cheaper X0X drum machines, not for its sounds >but for its interface. Until I can afford a Doepfer MAQ, I want to step >back to sequencing with one of thes puppies. > >I'm familiar with the TR626. I remember that the 505 was a scaled down >version of it with less sounds. What other differences are there between >the two, featurewise? TR-505 Specs: Internal Storage: Preset Patterns: 48 Programable Patterns: 48 Programable Tracks: 6, with a limit of 423 total measures External Storage dumping (tape, MIDI, etc): tape Voice architecture: Voices: 8 Sounds: 16 bass drum snare drum low tom / mid tom / high tom / timbale low conga / high conga open / closed high-hat crash / ride cymbal rim shot / hand clap low cowbell / high cow bell Volume Adjustments: programable level 0-6 (0 = no output) Accent: programable level 0-6 (0 = no accent) Pitch Adjustments: none Decay Adjustments: none >Also, what do these machines sell for these days? How about the klunky >old 707? I paid (US)$40 (no manual or AC adapter) for mine at a music store last summer. Around that time I saw a TR-707 for (US)$125. I probably should have got the 707 but I wanted to spend as little as possible. The one problem I have with the 505 is that it only has MIDI (no other sync capabilities) and I don't do MIDI. Charles jowett_charles@waters.com