Behringer RD-78

Let's be honest this machine sounds extremely close, and close enough to the original CR78. It cost around 6% of the original. It sound very tight and clean, they used the exact same circuitry which is a real tour de force for such price. It doesn't have any trig out which is surprising as they alway include it but the most surprising part is that the sequencer doesn't output the midi notes from the instruments being played and I would be really useful to control external synths (like the syncussion for exemple).
Technically the machine has a lot of internal trimmers for pitch and decay of the instruments which means it will be easily modifiable for direct pitch control of the kick and decay and others.
I would say jump on those before they are gone.
On the low note:
I unfortunately had an issue with mine and I hope it won't be the case with the replacement. The plastic casing was twisted, certainly due to being unmold too soon before total cool down. It seems to have damaged circuitry on the upper right side of the machine as all 4 last potentiometers and headphone jack are having bad connection and shorts. It could be the twisting putting pressure on the PCB.
I can't wait to get my replacement and put it through some mad delay.

Behringer a eu la très bonne idée de se baser sur l’architecture de la TR-606 pour recréer la CR-78 de Roland. Je parle précisément de la programmation des patterns (que l’on retrouve aussi sur la TR-707), que je trouve hyper pratique, intuitive et parfaite pour les changer en temps réel. Ce qui est cool dans la RD-78, c’est qu’il y a plein de sons, bien punchy, ainsi que la présence du MIDI In et Out, du Sync In et Out, et des sorties séparées (mini-jack hélas).

Les seuls bémols que je peux trouver à cette machine sont :
1/ L’abréviation des noms d’instruments dans la sélection d’écriture. Entre les MB, LB, CB et autres HB, je m’y perds.
2/ Le son guiro (même après mise à jour) ne ressemble pas à l’original.
Pour résumer : foncez !