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Roland TR-505 Rhythm Composer

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John Frusciante

Posted by his Label "Acid Test" John Frusciante names various Instruments he used over time. One of those is the
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Thom Yorke

"what a day. there's 'optimistic', there's another which started off as a thom doodle on the 505........there's also the paris version of 'lost at sea'.........the batsford 'morning bell'." -Ed O'Brien, bandmate
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BT

BT still adores his heavily modified Roland TR-707, the Roland TR-505, the Roland 505 and the Boss DR-550 MkII. "Anything with that many switches has to sound good," he says with a laugh.
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Com Truise

When Com Truise mentions layering, he brings up his use of the Roland TR-505.
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Vince Clarke

among the artists listed there Vince Clarke
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XXYYXX

The drum machine is pictured in the bottom left hand corner of the photograph XXYYXX tweeted.
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Venetian Snares

This is one of many pieces of gear listed in a 2007 Computer Music feature on Venetian Snares.
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blood orange

"When the 808 and 707 was out, or 909 or whatever, this was kind of for kids to use at home... the not so adult, difficult version".
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Samiyam

Stones Throws mentions that a TR-505 was used for the production of "Slime" on Samiyam's "Pizza Party".
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Birgir Þórarinsson

You've got a 505 and an 808… "And a 909."
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ACM live

"Circuit bending time"
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Nick Rattigan

Nick talks about his Roland TR-505 at 4:54 in the video.
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Ian Carey

In the middle of the photo you can see this classic rythm composer.
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Hoodboi

Seen used in Hoodboi's Instagram story.
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Boy 8-Bit

"...The item can be seen 10:28 into this video..."
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LoneLady (Julie Campbell)

On [this page](http://lonelady.co.uk/blog/fixing-the-unseen-days-snapshots-from-studio-life/) from her website, Julie recalls, "...I relearned simple things like how to programme a Roland TR 505 and a Yamaha RX17 drum machine, and how to make, load and assign samples onto an MPC 500 Akai sampler, and its updated version, the Akai MP8."
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Luis Dubuc

seen throughout the entire video on the desk partially covered by the PC screen (the colour, button layout and shape suggest a 505 or 626 but the lack of a screen on the bottom left of the device show it's a 505)
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Zach Rogue

According to this article Rouge Wave been using the 505 during the recording sessions for "Permalight": "Each song began with a click-track on a Roland TR-505 drum machine, with sounds subsequently added from the 505 to establish feel and tempo. Building upon that with drums, rhythm guitar, and scratch vocal tracks, the songs evolved."
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Patrick Spurgeon

"Each song began with a click-track on a Roland TR-505 drum machine, with sounds subsequently added from the 505 to establish feel and tempo. Building upon that with drums, rhythm guitar, and scratch vocal tracks, the songs evolved."
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6 Roland TR-505 Rhythm Composer Reviews

bgritty

291

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

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over 5 years ago
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lntmike

313

little but efficient

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

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almost 5 years ago
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summedanddot

226

Roland TR-505 Rhythm Composer

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

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over 3 years ago
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rb142

310

The Mothership

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.

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about 1 year ago
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lexplexus

120

OldSkool

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

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about 4 years ago
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hambonehead

375

Dated but still useful

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

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about 4 years ago
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