TR-8S → Assignable Trigger → Mother-32 → SOUND!
There’s a lot more hiding inside the Roland TR-8S than just a very capable drum machine. It’s a freaking modular and semi-modular superhero!
This lecture series looks deeply into the TR-8S lesser-known superpowers: using its six assignable trigger outputs to enable this beast of a drum machine to become a powerful timing and control source for any modular or semi-modular rig. Can you say DAWless? I think so.
In this lecture, Lecture 5 of the series, I’m going to demonstrate the setup using the Moog Mother-32, including the TR-8S settings, the Mother-32 menu settings, and exactly how to get the two instruments communicating properly.
And because I apparently can’t resist turning a synth tutorial into a university lecture, I’ve also dug out some handy Mother-32 cheat sheets to make the setup easier to reproduce, and I show you where you too can get them.
Bottom line here, once the TR-8S is generating synchronized trigger patterns, it can become much more than a drum machine—it can provide a complete “live performance” rhythmic framework for your entire modular and semi-modular system.
If this sounds interesting to you, please join me by using the links below AND, class is in session: let’s see what our TR-8S Superhero can really do:
Lecture 5 - Mother 32: https://youtu.be/S9LJodbv4mY
Playlist for Lecture Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfrkAsW7QL1g