Roland TR-808 MIDI Retrofit Kit

£250.00 to £330.00 ex VAT
£300.00 to £396.00 inc VAT

Description

Bring the power of MIDI to your Roland TR-808.

Kenton’s Roland TR-808 Retrofit Kit gives you enhanced control over your Roland TR-808 using MIDI, allowing you to control it from your DAW, sequencer or other controller.

PLEASE NOTE: Installing a retrofit kit is a skilled job which should be undertaken only by a competent synth service engineer or installed by us at our premises in Tadworth, just outside London.

Note also that retrofit kits are always built to order after your payment has been processed. It then takes us up to 10 working days to build and test the kit before we can despatch it.

Features

  • Adds MIDI functionality to the TR-808, without changing the TR-808’s own functionality
  • Maps each of the TR-808’s voices to a MIDI note
  • Full velcity control of the TR-808’s voices
  • Use MIDI Clock to play the TR-808’s sequencer
  • The TR-808 can control the tempo of other devices over MIDI Clock
  • Adds MIDI In, Out and MIDI Thru sockets, and a push button for programming the Retrofit Kit
  • Setup is stored in non-volatile memory (EEPROM)

Incoming MIDI

  • Any MIDI channel can be selected (default 10)
  • MIDI clock / stop / start
  • Sounds – any sound can be mapped to any MIDI note number (defaults 36-46)
  • Velocity control of note volume (default). Alternatively notes can be played accented or unaccented according to velocity

Outgoing MIDI:

  • Any MIDI channel can be selected (default 10)
  • MIDI clock / stop / start
  • Sounds generate MIDI notes according to the mapping table (defaults 36-46)
  • Notes generated are given velocity 64 or 127 for unaccented and accented notes respectively

Added Hardware

  • MIDI In, Out & Thru sockets
  • Push button (for programming the MIDI setup)
  • Setups are stored in non-volatile memory (Eeprom)

Kit Contents

The kit comprises the following items:

  • Circuit board – fits in the base of the TR-808
  • Small pack – contains DIN sockets and mounting hardware
  • Large pack – contains cable assemblies
  • User instructions – How to change from default settings and general instructions
  • Fitting instructions – step by step fitting guide plus diagrams of where to connect what

All kits are fully checked and tested before despatch

Note: Our retrofit and socket kits are not intended for installation by the end user.
They should always be fitted by an experienced synth engineer.

More Info

More Links

What is MIDI to CV?

Solving MIDI Clock Problems

FAQ’s

How to connect using our MIDI to CV Converters

Manuals