The instrument
The CR-8000 rhythm machine is an upgraded version of the CR-78, which was released a year earlier. The number of patterns and the programmable slots have been expanded. The design has been significantly changed.
Details
24 presets from waltz to disco are available in the Roland CR-8000 - eight additional memory locations can also be filled with your own creations. The presets are divided into three banks: Bank 1 offers dance school classics, Bank 2 rock rhythms and Bank 3 Latin. The patterns are: Waltz, Swing 1, Swing 2, Tango, Habanera, Enka, BD-4′, Rock 1~6, Disco, Fox Trot, Samba 1, Samba 2, Merengue, Mambo, Chacha, Rhumba, Beguine, Bossanova. In the arranger section, instruments can be added or the existing ones in the preset can be changed. The drum machine operates in 2 main modes: as a sequencer with simple step data input or as an arranger of preset patterns.