RHYTHM FROM MARS

A Rare Rhythm Box Sampled Through an SP-1200 "It's big and from the 70s" is the most information you can find about the Rhythm 700, also known as the TR 700. It's a rare, 3ft tall analog rhythm box that doubles quite nicely as a piece of vintage studio furniture. Created in 1972, (the same year the company was founded), the rhythm represents one of [TRADEMARK REMOVED]'s very first products. The company's founder, Ikutaro Kakehashi, had originally built rhythm boxes as organ accompaniments in the 1960s with his company Ace Electronic Industries, (Ace Tone). The sound was unbeatable - early 70s analog drums, with airy hi hats, a punchy snare and the snappy analog percussion you might find on an old Suicide or Brian Eno record. It's older and a bit grittier (there is some noise) than its late 70s siblings the CR-68 and CR-78.  Recording the Original Rhythm 700 We played the patterns, turning up and down faders and recording all of the isolated hits cleanly through an API preamp and SSL g