BOSS DR-220A 'Dr. Rhythm' Drum Machine (1986) Roland TR-707

(c) 2016 vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound

BOSS DR-220A "Dr. Rhythm Acoustic" Drummachine from the year 1986

The DR-220A has the soundset from the Roland TR707 drum machine.
Tap Write and Step Write programming

[retrosound]

Vintage Drum Machines playlist with sound demo vids, programming vids and a lot more.

[bullittvolante]

I had one of these back in the 80s, good little machine.

[KlausBahnhof]

Great demo of a great machine. Synchronised synth action at the end was righteous

[robguitarwizard]

Keeps great time; never late for gigs; doesn't drink all the beer; doesn't run off with your girlfriend!

[Particle]

I owned this one back in the 80's
A pleasure to relisten it after 30 years.
No bad at all this little DR

[ERICF]

I still have and use mine. I keep it in its case so it looks as clean as this one. Great little drum machine. 😁👍

[pseudosun]

i always come back to boss. I guess i'm most comfortable with the ease of making patterns. Alesis sr16 made me crazy.

[OPdbx]

I have one on the way from Japan! I plan to get the 110 and 55 as well and then I'll be unstoppable!!

[nickpritchard]

great stuff . just waiting for mine to arrive. yahoo!

[DYBT]

1:24 come through the lands of the ice and snow

[dkehrerproductions]

Would love to have one of those Roland SH 101s

[zooblestyx]

My very first drum machine <3 I bitterly regret selling it.

[synthscolors]

Amazing, Great Little Drum Machine !

BOSS Really Produced An Awesome "Pocket Gear" For Rhythm Production...

Thumbs Up & Thanks For This Highly Enjoyable Musical Moment !

Keep Sharing These Delights ! ;-))

[mainmajo]

BTW: I see hardware that plays after 30 years! Very impressive.👍

[BMRStudio]

Yeeeah :) small drummer rocks even nowaday :)

[ferducknand]

I recently bought one for $110, my favorite pattern is 14 because it sounds like the immigrant song

[scoobyben]

You know when using the rim as a trigger, you don't *have* to have the volume of the rim sound turned up and hear it...

[joekaplowitz]

This one has a nice fat sound. From the time when drum machines sounded like themselves. As technology improved the dm was lost in trying to sound exactly like a real drum set.

[popcycles]

Curious how do you know it has the same sounds as the tr-707?

[kenvorland]

Awesome tool perfekt for metal if youre drummer is to slow hehe--