{"product_id":"roland-cr-78-compurhytm-drum-machine-pre-owned","title":"Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm Drum Machine 1980 Pre-Owned","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere's an awesome vintage Roland piece! This CR-78 CompuRhythm dates to 1980 and sounds great with those classic analogue Roland drum machine sounds we know and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 240V unit is in good working condition with all functions working as intended. The Rhythm A\/B selector has been snapped off by a previous owner, it has also received extra wooden corners at some point in its life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA cool piece of music history ready for its new home. Comes with MIDI Start\/Stop Clock unit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"post-title post-item-title hero-title\"\u003e\"CR-78: The Whole Story \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"header-subtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-item-subtitle post-header-section\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the TR-808 and TR-909 changed hip-hop and dance, the CR-78 changed pop. Here's the story of the last Roland organ-top rhythm machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProgrammability is such an integral part of drum machines that we now take it for granted. Yet there was a time when drum machines were preset-only. In those days, all one could do was mash a button to start a foxtrot rhythm and adjust the tempo knob. That is, until 1978 and the arrival of Roland’s CR-78. As the first computer-controlled programmable drum machine, the CR-78 helped free musicians from the tyranny of the preset. It also set the stage for the arrival of Roland’s world-conquering TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines in the next decade. But first, the CR-78 would make some waves of its own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe late 1970s was a time of musical and rhythmic change in pop music. Genres like new wave, post punk, disco, and reggae were all forging exciting new paths with rhythm, borrowing from and inspiring each other. It was also a time for change in the world of musical instruments. Cutting-edge technology made new things possible, like affordable polyphony and synthesizer memory recall. Drum machines were about to benefit from these advances as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe CR-78 debuted in 1978 amid these radical musical and technological changes. While the CR-78 appeared to be just another preset organ rhythm machine at first glance, it was much more. Indeed, the unit was precisely what musicians had been waiting for. To understand the CR-78’s place in drum machine history—and how disruptive it was—we first need to back up a few years and take a closer look at its ancestors.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Trade In","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45112372166699,"sku":"CR-781980","price":2999.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/7883\/files\/MG_8974_17fa311c-f90e-4238-b044-49df8e5ad691.jpg?v=1787643964","url":"https:\/\/therockinn.com\/products\/roland-cr-78-compurhytm-drum-machine-pre-owned","provider":"The Rock Inn","version":"1.0","type":"link"}