This is a huge thing if a CF or SD card adapter can be found for the Roland SP-808 Sampler. There are reports of CF card drives that work in the Roland SP-808 but no confirmed reports of exactly which drives or adapters. In addition, I will be installing both CF and SD card adapters into the Roland SP-808EX for testing and hopefully they will work.
These are very cheap from Deal Extreme although the company is very slow to ship I must say. In addition I picked up the SD to IDE adapter as well because both the CF and SD apparently work. It’s apparently quite simple to swap the zip drive out and attach the CF to IDE adapter. These have been confirmed to work and once my order has arrived I’ll update this article with whether indeed it does. Buyer Beware!) which are based in China if correct. Read comments about Dealextreme experience! A place where these CF to IDE cards are purchased is from an online vendor called Deal Extreme ( An Absolute HORRIBLE company. This allows you to use 1GB flash cards and to operate the Roland VS-840EX in silent fashion. This week I was researching on some forums that the Roland VS-840EX could successfully be fitted with a Compact Flash Card to IDE converter in place of the zip drive. The VS-840 are also a dime a dozen here too which is great on the wallet. The SP-808 is a great groove box for backtracks and for the prices they are going in Japan now it’s crazy not to pick up a couple. I like to buy used gear and think outside the box a little bit. Of course one can expand on the SP-808 and create sampled grooves plus one can record tracks onto the VS-840EX no problem.īoth however are older machines so you have to expect limitations at times if you want to really use them for their intended purposes. In other words, I like to use them as back track machines that I can use to play along with using my keyboards or guitars.įor this the SP-808 and the VS-840EX work very well. Roland VS-840EX It’s important to note that my main uses for both machines is to simply trigger samples and apply effects. The SP-808 in particular sounds really good. All in all, these are two very capable machines and are both a joy to use even though they are older devices. I then use the BR WAV converter to import WAV files into the VS-840.īoth machines sound fantastic, especially the SP-808EX. I use the SP-808 WWAC converter program on my computer to import WAV files. Both the Roland SP-808EX and VS-840EX are excellent for triggering samples. The Roland VS-840 already was an EX version and I upgraded the two SP-808 samplers to the EX software version using OS midi files found online. I found a Roland VS-840EX in mint condition along with two Roland SP-808 samplers at rock bottom prices. Roland SP-808 Recently I picked up a few used Roland musical items that I rather like but use the zip drive format.
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