jeffincltnc Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Is there a significance of '808 Day' as the announcement date for new products and enhancements to existing products? I have seen acknowledgements of the 40th anniversary of the TR-808 today, but I don"t care about that a whole lot. Are there usually announcement from product due today? I guess I don"t really understand what '808 Day' means for customer expectations. Quote Yamaha U1 Upright, Roland Fantom 8, Nord Stage 4 HA73, Nord Wave 2, Korg Nautilus 73, Viscount Legend Live, Lots of Mainstage/VST Libraries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Hughes Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I think Roland may have released something on the day a couple years ago, but it's just the celebration of a classic drum machine on a convenient date (like May the Fourth, and Pi day). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJUSCULE Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I think they celebrate anniversaries on several months of the year, every year (3, 6, 7, 8, 9). Quote Eric Website Gear page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I think they celebrate anniversaries on several months of the year, every year (3, 6, 7, 8, 9). I'm enjoying the interview w/ Tadao Kikumoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 A few years ago they made a major productions of it releasing several items. Since then, it seems like nothing. Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Is there a significance of '808 Day' Approximately 92% better than 420 Day? Quote "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 808 Day by Roland did precisely what it was intended to do. It is a Marketing ploy to get punters looking at Roland kit. Has it worked for you? Quote Col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Gotta hand it to Sweetwater - they're on the ball, with an article to sell 808-themed stuff like Tiptop Eurorack modules, Behringer clone, all ready to go and tease credit cards out of readers' wallets. https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/history-roland-808/?utm_content=article1-button&utm_source=insync&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200808-t1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 brother Paolo Synthmania gave us this gem for 08/08 [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Dave, that was very amusing. The 808 was so much the voice of early techno that its a bit hard not to look sideways at it. You haven't arrived unless you have its soundset somewhere in your rig; its still perfectly usable when treated. I guess it was too much cowbell, too often. I got with the program, because I ended up with an Octapad, a 707 and 727 for a while. Aspects of it were on the stiff or clunky side, but it was jaw-dropping fun all the same. No tool is useless unless you never pick it up. Quote "I like that rapper with the bullet in his nose!" "Yeah, Bulletnose! One sneeze and the whole place goes up!" ~ "King of the Hill" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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