RARE Vintage Analog Ace Tone FR6....for sale!

Wonderfull machine...here's a tiny bit of info from the seller!...Vintage Analog Ace Tone (Roland) FR 6 Drum Machine, The Manufacture Made in Japan, Working perfectlly,Has some cosmetic minor damages as scratches dings.

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ACE TONE Rhythm Ace...for sale!

Seller Info:
Ace Tone FR-1 Rhythm Ace Drum Machine
All in working order
Very warm and lush analogue drum sounds
Rhythms can be edited and altered
Rhythms can be layered simultaneously
A real piece of drum machine history!
Hard to find these for sale in the U.K
I need space so I am selling it now

Dimensions :
Hight 22cm
Length 54cm
Depth 19cm

It is quite large, and quite an antique so I am reluctant to post this item so
contact me if you cant collect in person .
P.S the leather handle is now showing signs of wear and will need replacing.
It has worn through to the metal reinforcing strap .
Here is some info sourced from the web :
The Ace Tone Rhythm Ace FR-1 has a secured place in drum machine history
as the first transistorised machine to appear on the market in 1967.
The Rhythm Ace was the brainchild of Ikutaro Kakehashi,
(founder of Ace Tone and later, Roland in 1972).
With this in mind, it is fairly safe to draw the conclusion that the FR-1
was effectively the first of the Roland TR (Transistorised Rhythm)
series of drum machines.

The FR-1 effectively revolutionised the industry because prior to this,
what few drum machines there were, ran on valves and before that,
via a mechanical disc system.
Transistors must have been the "new thing" back then because
the components are even listed in the specifications...
Transistors x 38 and diodes x 107!!!

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RHYTHM Ace Tone FR2L Analogue...classic...for sale!

Now this is totally historic and a sweet sounding machine!...

SELLER INFO:
This Is a 1970 Vintage Ace Tone Rhythm Ace Drum Machine . Ace Tone later became Roland. This Example is in exellent condition considering its 40 years old. It works perfectly sounds awesome!

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ACE TONE Rhythm Ace FR-1...for sale!

Excellent condition and working order (does have some bumps and bruises on cabinet). I plugged into and amp and all functions are in working order. Has 16 different sounds with a Tempo Control and Cancel buttons to remove Cymbal / Claves / Cow Bell or Basse Drum (or all four). 3.5 Watts / Made in Japan. Comes as pictured. Cabinet approximately 21" Long X 7" Wide. Includes plug and cord.

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ACE TONE Rhythm Ace with MIDI!

This is a short demo of an Ace Tone Rhythm Ace Drum Machine to which I added MIDI trigger capability.

It's being triggered by an Oberheim DX'a' (the 'a' was the last DX model made by Oberheim and featured stock MIDI), running a few simple patterns.

The Rhythm Ace has about 9-10 drum sounds, most of them are made using resonant transistor oscillator circuits - all the transistors are Germanium - with inductors. There are no IC's anywhere within the Rhythm Ace (well, now there is with the MIDI board). Ace Tone ultimately became Roland, and while the classic TR-808 typically uses a different type of drum oscillator circuit, it's interesting to me that the Rhythm Ace seems to have a Roland quality to the sound.

The MIDI board is made by Highly Liquid and is actually intended for use in the Atari 2600. I added some interface circuitry that inverts and creates brief decaying-exponential triggers from the pulses of the Highly Liquid board.

One limitation here is that the Ace Tone COULD respond dynamically to the triggers, as the sound varies depending upon the shape and size of the trigger pulse. I didn't optimize for that, and that's pretty much why you don't here any open hats or low congas. And you CAN get the bass to boom a la 808 by tweaking a trimpot in the Rhythm Ace, but I held it back a bit here.

I do apologize for the lack of bass here - it's due to the lousy mic on my video camera. Someday I'll get my act together and record these videos with a mixed line-in to the camera.

original post by http://www.youtube.com/user/rolandsh1000

ACETONE Rhythm Ace FR-3 vintage beat box...for sale!

This is a vintage Ace Tone Rhythm Ace model FR-3 in good cosmetic and good working condition. Comes with original foot switch that appears to have had very little use. Cool sounding drum machine/beat box....now if you really don't want this, you aint the DRUMACHINEHEAD I took you for....its big, its fat, its ugly, it plays simple beats that a machine a 100th of its size will play...wots not to love!!.....phew, deliceous! bid for it HERE!