Muad’Dib Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Has anyone seen the movie 808 about the Roland TR-808. (2015). I watched it yesterday and thought it was fascinating. That it was a commercial failure, due to the fact that it did not sound like real drums, but managed to find an audience in the Hip-Hop and Electronic music genre. It"s amazing how one machine changed music forever. Even being used by the likes of Marvin Gaye and Phil Collins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRW Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Yeah I"ve seen it too, it"s good. Funnily enough, I think there were actually two 808 documentaries at around the same time. I think this one is on Amazon Prime if anyone"s interested. I think it was funny how heavily Phil Collins was featured! I love the sound of a real 808 - the way it responds when you 'overdrive' the bass drum, the snare... And it"s funny how the sound still keeps on going and going, especially in hip hop. Both the 808 and 909 were supposed to replace real drummers (fail), but then in Roland"s mind the Jupiter 8 was originally supposed to also sound like real woodwinds, brass etc. (fail). It"s hilarious how misguided they were...yet managed to create something so unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dongna Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 I watched it a while back and really enjoyed it. I didn't realize there was more than one documentary-- the one I watched is (was) on Amazon Prime. I would think almost anyone who reads this forum would find it at least mildly interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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