analog rhythm box with 8 battery sounds, sequencer 64 Pas and distortion effects Behringer RD-6-AM

Rhythm Designer RD-6-AM provides all tools You need to become a Beat -Maker master, in particular: 8 battery sounds and a 16 step sequencer - for a quick and easy to use rhythm box that will make the house tremble! Whether you are a novice in terms of battery programming or a seasoned professional seeking to improve its configuration, the RD-6-AM has everything you need to go into the big leagues.

A rejuvenated masterpiece
The RD-6-AM was designed with the greatest care to offer new possibilities for creating rhythms by reviving the timeless design of the One of the most classic rhythms of yesteryear. By adopting a fresh and modern approach to a classic rhythm box, the RD-6-AM allows you to exploit the phenomenal sound of the venerable TR-606 while benefiting from new features. You can manipulate large impactful boxes, sparkling charlestons and even the authentic and renowned snaping sound of the BR-110 to raise your rhythmic performance at a higher level. It is a monster of the creation of analog rhythms!

Total control
Designed to improve your way of playing, the RD-6-AM is endowed with 'A battery sequencer at 16 steps which allows you to switch in real time between 32 distinct patterns. Start creating pieces structures on the fly and modify them as you wish. Mix any of the 8 battery sounds by adjusting their dedicated level buttons. The RD-6-AM is also delivered with a distortion based on the venerable DS-1. Add spice and a little cutting edge to your sound by activating the distortion switch and adjusting the quantity and tone of distortion. Each reason you create can also be chained in an entire song up to 256 measures, which represents eight and a half minutes of beats, perfect for these spicy jams where you cannot stop.

USB control
To bring the RD-6-AM into the modern era, USB connectivity has been added for synchronization and MIDI trigger. The RD-6-AM can thus be controlled by your audionumeric workstation, which allows you to exchange pieces and patterns or to trigger individual sounds.

The figures
The RD-6-Am has 11 buttons and 26 keys, all arranged in a very intuitive format which gives pleasure to the creation of rhythms. The input and exit connections include: open or closed hi-ha, Clap, Cymbale, Low and Hi Tom, Snare and Bass Drum Voice; Start/stop for the connection of a pedal; Midi in, out and Thru on USB for the connection of the RD-6-AM to a DAW and the Midi 5-pin ports.

a brief history of rhythms < BR /> From its humble beginnings as a rhythmic medium for the organists, until the emblaissment of dance tracks with its implacable and hypnotic rhythms, the rhythm box is one of the least appreciated musical inventions. Without compromise in its metronomic precision, the rhythm box provides a flawless rhythmic section which never tires of playing the same loop of four measurements. However, when they are placed in the right hand and in the right musical context, they can be refined to create a breathtaking rhythmic art.

First rhythm box - Rhythmicon
The revolutionary Rhythmicon was created by the Russian inventor Leon Némin in 1931. The machine is the fruit of a Collaboration with the American composer Henry Cowell and can produce up to 16 different rhythms with a striking Bleepy sound.

Chamberlin rhythm
Rhythm was a pioneering rhythm box, which used band loops to create rhythms intended to accompany an organ player. The machine had 14 band loops with a sliding command that allowed the reading of different tracks on each piece of band that could be combined to create many variations.

Roland Compurhythm CR-78 < /B>
The CR -78 is a classic analog rhythm machine - and was the first to use a microprocessor. The 34 integrated patterns could be modified by simple pressure on a button, thus offering the user a much larger creative control. Regarding battery sounds, the CR-78 offers 14 very electronic, but analogy battery sounds. Among these sounds are the Kick, the Caisse Claire, the Rim, the Cow Bell, the Hi-Hats, the Cymbales, the Congas, the Bongos, the Tambourine and the Guiros. With 11 variation effects and the possibility of adjusting the tempo, accents and fade inputs, CR-78 is always capable of producing exquisite rhythms to use in ambient hip-hop and many other forms of music . One of the best known uses in the CR-78 is found in the 1981 Phil Collin tube, "In the Air Tonight".

Roland Tr-808 Rhythm Composer
In the universes of techno, house, hip-hop and R&B, the Roland Tr-808 is an essential machine. His sound signature, the big drinking case that created the groove of the Tubes of Marvin Gaye, Afrika Bambaata and 808 State, is currently one of the most used sounds in modern music.

Despite its current icon status, when it was released in 1980, the 808 was in no way a bestseller. Many people did not like his simplistic sound and preferred more expensive machines like the digital sampling londrum. However, the producers of the underground scene of tart music turned to the TR-808 and the whole range of Roland products, including the TB-303, the SH-101 and the TR-909, which gave to These boxes their icon status and their modern prices.

Roland tr-909 Rhythm Composer
The tr-909 featured the sampled and analog drum sounds that have Become synonymous with house and techno music. This programmable, step-sequenced drum machine was launched in 1983, and while it was not an instant commercial success, it soon gained an underground following. With Din Sync 24, Midi In and Out and Individual Outputs for Each Sound, The Tr-909 Could Be Integrated Into Studio and Offers Numerous Controls for Controlling Each Sound. The Tr-909 has been used by the prodigy, the Chemical Brothers, Moby, Fatboy Slim, Orbital and Jean Michel Jarre. It would be hard to find a techno or house producer whon't used a tr-909 kick in a track at some point.

linndrum
The Inspirational Lurndrum was created by Linn Electronics in 1982, Using Superior Sounding Samples That Gave Birth to New Generation of Users who Are Synonymous with the Sound of the 80's. The Lurndrum was used on Countless Classics Tracks throughout the '80s, include hits by prince, tears for fears and madonna.

Oberheim DMX
launched in 1981, the Oberheim DMX ALSO USED SAMPLED SUNDS OF REAL DRUMS, Individual Tuning Controls for Each Voice and A Swing Function to Add A Little Grove. The Controls Gave the DMX The Ability to Emulate A Real Drummer via Timing Variations, Rolls and Flams to Create A More Human ?feel?. The DMX HAS 11 SAMPLES, WHICH CAN BE USED TO CREATE 24 Individual DRUM Sounds and Allows Up to 8 Voices Simultaneously. It has 8 Separate Outputs for Individual Channel Processing and Holds Up to 100 Sequences and 50 Songs.

The DMX?s Hard-Hitting and Convincing Drum Sound Made IT Attractive to Artists and Producers in the Burgeoning Hip-Hop Culture and it is featured on many of the Scenes Early Innovative Records. New Order used the DMX to Great Effect On Their 1983 Single, ?Blue Monday? with its Repeating Bass Drum Pattern.

e-mi SP-1200
released in 1987, the e-mi sp-1200 was quickly accepts into the hip-hop world due to its limited bandwidth Sampling Rate, Classic 4-Pole Filter and 12-Bit Sampling Resolution. This all contributed to the Unit?s Gravelly Sounds, Which Have Been featured on Many Hit Recordings. The SP-1200?s Ability to Build the Main Structure of A Song Within A Single Piece of Gear (A First In the Industry) Cut Hip-Hop Artists Loose from the studio to perform alongside the machine. FAMOUS USERS include The Beastie Boys, The Prodigy and Daft Punk.

akai mpc60
The Celebrated akai mpc was designed by Roger Linn and produced by akai from 1988 onwards . The MPC Allowed Artists to Use New Clever Ways to Manipulate Small Samples To Create A Completely New Track. These snippets we often lifted from other records and Thus Started a new style of ?Sound-Collage?. The Original MPC60 Only Allowed Sample Lengths of Up to 13 Seconds. Sampling Memory was existentive at the time, which steered people to records at highher5 speeds in order to gain more time. The Side Effect was playback at a low resolution, which contributed to the grittiness of the sound. Famous Users includes Kanye West, Dr. Dre and Mark Ronson.

strong points
- An amazing rhythm box with authentic analog circuits for conventional sound performance.
- Authentic reproduction of original circuits With paired transistors
- 8 original battery sounds with mixing parameters and possibility of overall accentuation
- Authentic clamping sound and very appreciated by the DR-110 rhythm box
- 6 Independent analog for external treatment or the recording of your rhythms in the form of audio multi-pistes
- Battery sequencer at 16 not easy to use, with real-time switching between 32 separate patterns.
- The patterns can be chained to form complete pieces comprising up to 250 measurements.
- Distortion circuit inspired by the rat* to add spice to your sounds.
- 16 Authentic style buttons With LED indicators to facilitate the creation of patterns.
- 11 orders and 26 commut Aurs to give you direct and real-time access to all important parameters
- Midi and USB implementation for synchronization and connection to external devices.
- Synchronization options include USB, Midi, Clock and internal for maximum versatility

Technical characteristics:

voice
- Number of sounds: 8
- Type: analog
- Number of simultaneous votes: 8

voice controls
- Accent: Level
- Big cash: Level
- Light box: Level
- Tom Low, Tom High: Level
- Cymbale, Clap: Level
- Open Hat, Closed Hat : Level

Connectivity
- Power input: CC input connector
- Power switch: Pushing button on /off < />- USB (MIDI): USB 2.0, type B
- MIDI in, OUT /THRU: 2 x DIN with 5 pin
- Start /stop: 1 x 1/4 "TS
- Mixing outlet
1 x 1/4 "ts, asymmetrical, impedance 1 k?

- voice output
6 x 1/8" ts, asymmetrical, impedance 100? /> Sync input /output
- 2 x 1/8 "TRS (Pointe for the clock and ring for the starting message) more: 2.5 V
- Trigger: LT and HT 2 x +15 V, 1pps/24ppq/48ppq Pulse length 50%, 2ppq narrow pulse length.
- Telephones: 1 x 1/8 "TRS, Stereo, Impedance 15 ?

USB
- USB: USB 2.0 compliant class, type B
- Supported operating systems: Windows 7 or Higher Mac OS X 10.6.8 or higher

Model /storage
- Capacity: 2 x 16 patterns
- Steps: 16 Pas
- Power supply Electric: External electric adapter 9 V DC, 670 mA
- Electric consumption: 2 W max
- Indicator: power LED
- Operating temperature: 5 ° C- 40 ° C ( 41 ° F - 104 ° F)

Physics
- Dimensions (H x W x D): 56 x 305 x 165 mm (2.2 x 12 x 6.5 ")
- Weight: 0.9 kg (2.0 lbs)
- Shipping weight: 1.6 kg (3.5 lbs)