Does anyone know of a clever way to mute the external input (aside from the EXT IN knob) from the TR-8S front panel? I’d love to be able to performance mute a companion synth. This could obviously be handled by placing something like a Bastl Bestie in between the TR-8S and the synth, but it would be great if that wasn’t necessary. Searching the reference manual for “mute” produces precious few results. There’s also a gain function in the EXT IN kit controls, but I’m not sure how I’d use this to achieve a performance mute.
You could use midi cc12 to control the external input level externally by another sequencer, midi controller or DAW
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Thanks! If I have to get another device involved, it will likely be the Bestie, and then I’ll get some saturation for free, and I won’t have a delta between the EXT IN knob and the internal state.
I have a TR-8S. When I want to import a folder I get an Import Error.
- formatted the SD in the TR-8S
- SD is 32Gb (tried multiple 32Gb SDs)
- Original WAV files are on macOS and are copied to the SD with the SD in the Mac. Tried also copying in storage mode but that makes no difference.
- Tried 2 WAV-files named 1.wav and 2.wav and placed in 1 folder with the name ‘test’ without sub folders in the folder SAMPLE (as mentioned by the Roland-manual)
- 16 bit, 44,1 kHz, stereo, 1 second long
- Importing individual files works OK
- Performed a factory reset and tried again, no luck
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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This question is solved. Copying the files to the SD from a Windows machine and the folder importing works, from a Mac it doesn’t.
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That may be a formatting error.
I use an sd card with the Mc 101. Same architecture.
I had to reformat on the Mac specifically to get it to work.
And then specifically reformat on the 101.
Then it worked on everything. But I had to do it in that order or the same thing happened to me where filers wouldn’t show up
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Tried, not working.
Just got a new TR8s, had one before so now roughly how is works. Started jamming and this one is doing some weird stuff….
Not sure if it’s faulty.
The fader is not reducing the volume to 0 on any of the instruments. So I’ll take the fader down on the kick is shows as 0 on the display, but I can still hear it. The volume reduces but not to 0. Do not recall this before…
Am I doing something wrong or is the unit a dud… every slider is the same… any help would be appreciated
I had the same but only with one fader, the value never went to 0 even the fader was down, sent it to service. I would try update to latest firmware, but if its new, just send it back and get new one.
Never experienced this
If all faders act the same, I don’t think it is a hardware problem. I would try a complete factory reset and also disconnect everything except power supply and some headphones.
Question about using TR8S assignable outs. Found this about TR8…
"The TR-8’s effects are not routed to individual channels. Instead, they are routed to the Full Mix on channels 1-2. It might seem counter-productive to have Dry drums AND FX on the Full Mix. However, by doing a bit of level balancing, we can limit the amount of dry signal we hear while raising the volume of the FX.
When you use the TR-8 without individual channels, turning the Reverb and Delay effects up all the way might sound unbalanced and uncomfortably loud. However, if we turn Delay and Reverb up all the way while using individual channels, we can turn the Full Mix channel into an FX send.
Set the Reverb and Delay levels to 100%, and adjust the overall volume of your Full Mix channel by using the master Volume knob. Dry drums are still heard, however it is drastically reduced in volume, allowing the Full Mix to be a usable FX send."
Would this method work the same way with TR8s? I am hoping to have my kick, snare, top end, master fx recorded seperately to mix in my DAW.
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Just so Im clear… you want assignable outs and fx?
Im not seeing how there is an FX channel anywhere with assignable outs… I looked quickly in the manual.
Maybe you could record in dry via assignable outs, then switch it back to master channel… then just record the ext outs with the FX on full wet for the tracks you want to effect wit FX… then mix it in with a bus send?
yeah I was hoping to multitrack record all outputs where the dry insts are spread through assignable outs 1-6 yet have the 100% wet master fx from the mix out L/R. but it seems the TR8S assignable outs completely bypasses the master fx 
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You can always record the dry instruments and the full mix though USB. Setting USB to Individual mode will output each instrument in its own track in addition to the main mix.
Another option if you have enough outputs in your interface could be to use an extra pair of outs in your interface to route the audio you are recording back into the TR8S Ext In, which will pass through the master fx chain and go back through the main mix outs.
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I thought about this too, but I think they are asking for a fully wet independent signal, and the reroute might not provide that… Im am not sure… just thinking and trying to help
Maybe that is the solution with just having a 100% send to the main mix.
Am I crazy, or do i remember overbridge doing this for the syntakt? having the fx block seperate?
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Well, if all other sounds are routed to the assignable outs, the main mix will be empty.
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Just spent some time trying to find why folder imports from macos does not work (see above). I could not find the cause. Things I tried:
Format in device
Format on mac as exfat
Format on mac as FAT (dos)
Make folder all caps
Make files all caps
keep files to 8.3
Remove any extra attibutes from file and dir
Still nothing - individual files import but not a whole folder
Frustrating as a user of the gear but also an interesting question in general - what is macos doing that the device does not like? Multiple people confirm if you copy the files from a Window computer it works fine.
Macos just being a dickos 
Not sure if there is a solution for this. I have a windows laptop, no issues at sending sample files across.
Mailed with Roland. They acknowledge that the filder import problem is with some Macs. They see no consistency which Macs work and which don’t. He could not give me an answer if it can be solved by a firmware update and if so when.