soundmaster sr-88

summer make good · Joined: Feb 12, 2006 Posts: 3 Location: england

hello fellow forumers, i own a soundmaster sr-88 drum machine and to be honest im a bit bit of a someone whos not very good at technical things and such things, its very old and i just have no idea what cables and such things are needed for it to work. if anyone could give me information on what to use and how to obtain these things, that would be very helpful, thank you for your time. youve been most premium if youve read this and anyone who can help is more premium still.

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:53 am Post subject:

to electro-music.com Summer!

the SR88? Throw it in the bin?!? hehe No, seriously now- you could start by simply plugging it in. It won't work at all until you plug an output lead in. Then turn the volume knob round- with a click turning it on. Then press start. Does it make a sound- when plugged into an amp?

These units are simple as chips. If your unit has anything programmed into it it should be making a noise. If not, it's either knackered or you need to do some programming.

There are two square buttons next to one another. If you put the unit into record mode tap on these buttons in a random roundabout manner, switch it back into playback mode and press play gain (usually one of the same two buttons that you were just programming with!!

After you've done all that, report back to us Smile

Tom (you're all-understanding retro-gadget moderator!)

seraph · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:51 am Post subject:

Soundmaster SR-88 sync input mod

p.s.
that's the guy who tried weighting the keys on a NordLead 2 Shocked

summer make good · Joined: Feb 12, 2006 Posts: 3 Location: england

well i have no idea what voltage the adaptor ust be, so im using one of those box things with alot of voltages on. all the sounds seem to be the same, and whatever i write it just plays alot of notes in a row. i had the different sounds working for a little. i dont know whats wrong with it.

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:27 pm Post subject:

summer make good · Joined: Feb 12, 2006 Posts: 3 Location: england

nice, i put some fresh batteries in and its working fine now. mustve been old batteries. thanks alot tom Smile

mark_snipz · Joined: Feb 12, 2010 Posts: 4 Location: London

Sorry to dredge up an old topic but I hope someone can help me!

Have bought one of these primarily to trigger an analog sequencer. However I can't seem to write any patterns into it, have taken the batteries out and left it for 5 mins then go back and all I seem to get are snare heavy patterns. Take batteries out again and the same happens, overwriting using different sounds in write mode has no effect of the "snariness" of it!

Any ideas?