Roland TR-505

Found this dirt cheap at a thrift store... Having this circuit bent!!

I love this little punchy guy - it's a great addon to any 909 !

Roland TR-505 Rhythm Composer our first tr and still use it

I bought this just for fun, but years later it now controls my DittoX4 looper live with MIDI and provides the live drums for a 3 piece Dark-Wave/Post-Punk band. I have also used it on a record. I also have a start and stop pedal mounted on my pedal board so I can stop it while I'm playing guitar and we run the 505 through the desk in stereo. The kick sounds great through subwoofers. Only issue is with the tempo, it can sometimes change by itself, apparently this is an issue with this model in general - will be looking into an external midi clock.

I've had this thing since forever. I gave it a name: Rolando Commando.

Bought new 30 years ago, still works. What else can you say.