Roland TR-8S Rhythm Performer with 128 User Patterns, FM Sounds, and Drumatic Effects Bundle

Decksaver Smoked Gray Slim Polycarbonate Cover with Low Profile Design for Roland TR-8S

Dust, liquid spills, and accidental impacts can pose significant risks to the delicate components of the Roland TR-8S. This is where the Decksaver Cover comes in, providing reliable defense and preserving the pristine condition of your TR-8S. Precision engineered for a perfect fit, the Decksaver cover for the Roland TR-8S offers optimal protection without compromising functionality. It embraces your drum machine with a snug and secure fit, shielding it from dust and potential damage. It is crafted from durable polycarbonate, the cover acts as a robust barrier, safeguarding the TR-8S’s delicate controls and internal components.

Accomodates Cables and Connections

The Decksaver cover is designed to accommodate cables and connections, allowing you to keep your setup intact even when the cover is in place. This means that your TR-8S can sit ready for operation at all times, saving you precious setup time and ensuring a seamless workflow. Whether you’re in the studio, on stage, or on the go, the Decksaver cover provides peace of mind, knowing that your instrument is well-protected.

Hassle-Free Transportation

Transporting your Roland TR-8S becomes effortless with the Decksaver cover. Its slim and lightweight design allows it to slide straight into a backpack, gig bag, or a larger case, providing maximum protection during transportation. Now you can take your TR-8S to performances, collaborations, or studio sessions with ease, knowing that it is shielded from potential harm.

Reliable Protection

The Decksaver cover is trusted by musicians and DJs worldwide. Its high-quality construction, precision fit, and reliable protection have made it a staple in the music industry. Whether you are performing at small venues, touring internationally, or simply creating music in your home studio, the Decksaver cover ensures that your TR-8S remains in optimal condition.

Shields Your Drum Machine

Preserving the value and integrity of your Roland TR-8S is essential. The Decksaver cover not only shields your drum machine from dust, liquid spills, and accidental impacts but also ensures its longevity. With the Decksaver cover, you can focus on unleashing your creativity, exploring new sonic possibilities, and pushing the boundaries of your music, knowing that your TR-8S is well-protected and ready to deliver powerful rhythms.

Ultimate Choice for Musicians

Embrace the versatility and power of the Roland TR-8S with the assurance that the Decksaver cover provides. Elevate your music production, performances, and the longevity of your beloved instrument with this essential companion. Protect your investment and preserve the full potential of your TR-8S with the Decksaver cover—the ultimate choice for musicians who value quality, reliability, and peace of mind.

Roland TR-8S Rhythm Performer with 128 User Patterns, FM Sounds, and Drumatic Effects

Born of the most famous and influential drum machines ever made, the Roland TR-8S combines the best of its Roland heritage with modern production techniques and comprehensive sound design. The result is the most complete drum machine to date—a forward-thinking, performance-tuned instrument unlike any other. Build your dream kit from the most iconic drum sounds of all time, otherworldly FM sounds, and the finest selection of samples from the vast library—or go even further by importing your own custom samples. Tap, tune, and tweak with hands-on controls and production tools that make your patterns move and groove. And why keep this kind of percussive power confined to the studio? The TR-8S was literally made to play live.

Design Kits with Authentic TR Drums, FM Sounds, Samples, and Effects

The TR-8S comes loaded with the largest, most authentic collection of TR drum machines available. The powerful processor gives our next-generation ACB models a whole new level of detail and nuance with that classic Roland boom, snap, and sizzle. Enrich the core TR drums with a spectrum of futuristic and editable FM sounds, plus preset and custom samples for unique hybrid and layered kits. Then enhance them all with specialized effects to inject professional sound design into the TR formula.

Transistor Rhythms

The TR-8S has every sound from the most sought-after TR drum machines, with recreations of the 808, 606, 909, 707, and 727, and several modified versions too. These are not sound-alike sample-packs or mere recordings of TR drum sounds—each machine is a detailed, down-to-the-circuit model that sounds and behaves exactly like the original hardware. All these sounds are yours, at your fingertips, and ready to use in your own productions and performances.

Stellar FM Sounds

The FM sounds in the TR-8S are unlike anything this side of Mars, conjuring silvery drum hits and twisting tails to augment your tracks. Tap into the Morph parameter for a single, ultra-expressive macro control to sweep through an array of sonic variations, wildly manipulating FM depth, ratio, and feedback with simple knob movements. Or manually design six fully editable FM drum models, each with a unique parameter set for creating sounds sure to push sonic boundaries.

ACB Meets Samples

Today’s rhythm tracks need a diverse set of sounds and production techniques, and it’s harder than ever to sound unique. While authentic TR sounds are vital, layering your own mono or stereo samples, or pulling from the extensive onboard collection, opens a world of modern styles and the potential to craft your own signature sound. Like the TR and FM sounds, you can deeply manipulate samples with hands-on control of tuning, decay, start points, speed, and direction. Create a kit entirely from samples, or mix and match with FM and classic TR sounds for genre-defying drum tracks that demand attention.

Drumatic Effects

The right effects make a drum part stand out by creating depth and space. Whether it’s delay on a rimshot, overdrive on a kick, filters on toms and cymbals, or just the right amount of reverb on select instruments, the TR-8S has an array of percussion-tuned effects that sound great. In addition to the Master FX knob, each channel has a customizable CTRL knob, placing all this sound-shaping power within easy reach. The attack of the kick, snap of the snare, phaser depth, distortion amount—whatever parameter you need direct access to—can be assigned to the knobs and saved with the kit. Both Instrument and Master Effects, along with their precise settings, are also saved with each kit, so your productions are always performance-ready.

Create Evolving Patterns with Probability, Variations, Fills, and Motion

Pattern creation on the TR-8S feels natural and intuitive, thanks to the Roland 'TR-REC' step sequencer that’s been the beating heart of electronic music production for decades. And now, it’s been enhanced and modernized to be better than ever.

Fast, Fluid, and Fun

You can program on the 16 TR-REC buttons or use the velocity-sensitive performance pad to play live or record into the sequencer. And you can move seamlessly between either—playing, editing, and reshaping your drum parts without ever interrupting your flow. Create intricate grooves and detailed fills using velocity, accents, flams, and adjustable sub-steps for modern rolls and ratcheting. Get experimental with unusual polyrhythms and complex meters by adjusting the length or 'last step' of each drum part.

Keep Them Guessing

Bring drum programming to life with a generous serving of probability. Set percentage values per step to instill your beat with evolving unpredictability—simply hold a step and set the amount. Then adjust the master probability to offset the overall effect or uncover hidden notes waiting to be revealed. For further flux, try the random kit or instrument functions to flip your sounds on the fly.

Variations on a Theme

Keep things fresh and exciting, even during extended live sets. The TR-8S can store 128 patterns, each with eight variations and three kinds of fills. Patterns or variations can be triggered individually or chained together for evolving sequences. Copy patterns on the fly during performances, and even stay ahead of the beat and work on patterns that aren’t currently playing. Each pattern can include the tempo and the kit, along with its knob positions and effect settings. This gives you instant recall and enough flexibility to play an entire set without ever repeating a measure in the same way.

Filling In

Well-placed fills create thrilling moments in a track or a live set. Each pattern in the TR-8S can contain two fills that you can customize or create from scratch. There’s also an adjustable ‘Scatter’ fill to slice and dice a measure into short bursts of cool and controlled chaos.