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Posted by: chrisNova777
« on: August 02, 2019, 12:52:46 PM »

power supply mod
https://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/tutorials/R8power/R8power.html
Posted by: chrisNova777
« on: May 12, 2019, 05:43:30 PM »

best price memory card
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Roland-M-256D-Memory-Card-Ram-32k-Bytes-New-Battery-Installed-Used-Free-Shipping/143236693196?hash=item2159927ccc:g:Ta8AAOSw04Zcyy2n

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clone memory cards
https://sagamusix.de/other/roland_memory_cards/
0  × M-256 replacement card, 16 × 256 KBit, 79€ each
0  × M-512 replacement card, 8 × 512 KBit, 79€ each
Tested and fully compatible:
Roland D-5, D-50, D-550, D-10, D-110, D-70,
JD-800, JD-990, JV-880, JV-1000, JV-1080, JV-2080,
R-880 (GC-8), R-8M,
GR-50, PM-16, TR-626, Akai MX-1000, VX600
kind of expensive 79 euros yikes
Posted by: chrisNova777
« on: March 29, 2018, 03:50:57 PM »

http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/roland-r8-rhythm-composer/4490
Posted by: chrisNova777
« on: July 16, 2017, 08:04:38 AM »

Posted by: chrisNova777
« on: December 11, 2015, 06:41:22 PM »

http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/roland-r8/1373
http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/r8.php
http://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/roland-r-8-initializing-r-8-restoring-factory-settings/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_R-8
http://www.synthmania.com/r-8.htm
https://encyclotronic.com/drum-machines/roland/r-8-r89/

the successor, mkII was produced in 1992 with more samples than the original
http://fr.audiofanzine.com/bar/roland/R-8-MKII/

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Expansion cards:
+ Roland SN-R8-01 - Contemporary Percussion
+ Roland SN-R8-02 - Jazz Brush
+ Roland SN-R8-03 - Sound Effects
+ Roland SN-R8-04 - Electronic (Resembles a TR-808)
+ Roland SN-R8-05 - Jazz
+ Roland SN-R8-06 - Ethnic Percussion
+ Roland SN-R8-07 - Mallet
+ Roland SN-R8-08 - Dry
+ Roland SN-R8-09 - Power Drums U.S.A.
+ Roland SN-R8-10 - Dance (Resembles a TR-909)
+ Roland SN-R8-11 - Metallic Percussion