Johnny in this version of "The Numbers" plays into a Vox AC30 Combo amplifier. Seated above the amplifier, a vintage CR78 is being used as the drum track for this performance. The machine is also reference in the title of the Youtube video.

Johnny and Thom played with a CR-78 for two acoustic videos directed by Paul Thomas Anderson in 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hgVihWjK2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti6qhk3tX2s Seen on top of Johnny's amp in the second video.

Another photo dating from the 1979 “McCartney II” recording sessions. Roland CR-78 at the top right.

DeMarco wrote some demos for This Old Dog on an acoustic guitar, an unusual yet eye-opening method for him. He also attributes some of the delay to his exploration of new gear he’d purchased, specifically a CR-78 drum machine, which he used while writing and can be heard on his album tracks for the first time ever. “That thing helped a ton, especially for demoing,” he says. “It’s on the album a lot, maybe four or five songs. I usually demo on a drum machine and then record real drums, but I liked that machine so much I kept it on the album. The majority of this album is acoustic guitar, synthesizer, some drum machine, and one song is electric guitar." In this interview, Mac describes using the CR-78 on several tracks off of his new album.

This article on the making of Marr's 2018 Call the Comet album by MixOnline.com touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "'[Marr] adjusts setting along with the music, essentially playing the effects to the beat, building the rhythm track dynamically as the song develops,' explains James Doviak, Marr’s co-producer on Call the Comet, as well as his longtime engineer, Pro Tools expert and touring guitarist. 'On "New Dominions," the rhythm track is a Roland CompuRhythm CR-78 through guitar distortion and delay pedals and a flange, with the Ring Stinger making a great odd, nasty sound on the second verse.'"

In an image from Musicradar, Boys Noize is shown with his Roland CompuRhythm CR-78 drum machine, highlighting his preference for integrating classic hardware into his music production setup.

In this article it states : So my very last question is about any other Roland gear you’ve used over the years?

I bought this Roland thing in Japan in January, like a little rhythm box, the thing with the wooden…

CR-78?

Yeah. I’ve been using that a lot, I really like that and the Space Echo has been like a staple of mine. That was the first bit of analogue equipment I ever bought.

In the YouTube video "Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe 4 - Place de la Concorde, Paris 1979," Jean Michel Jarre uses the Roland CompuRhythm CR-78 drum machine.

"The classic CR-78, we've used it on our Eagles Cover and 'J'ai Claque La Porte.' What we did for the French song on the album is that we actually separated all the sounds and reprogrammed it ourselves. So we have the sounds from that machine, but we're not using a pre-existing pattern in it."

This website has transcriptions of various posts by Guthrie submitted to Cocteau Twins forums in the early 00's. In the "Drum Machines" section, he explains, "Victorialand: Just a Roland CR78 on one song;"

This photo from Underworld's Instagram account shows the band's CR-78, and indicates that it previously belonged to synthpop legends Ultravox.

In the title of this video, Moby says the Roland CR-78 is the "best drum machine".