This is how to add velocity sensitive midi to the Roland TR-77 drum machine using Tubbutec Unipulse.
Installation is very strait forward, you just need to solder some wires and drill holes for the Midi socket and learn button. To get a sound over midi, the machine needs to be started and no pattern selected.
Config file here: TR-77 config file
Alternative config file by Jacob Korn (thanks): TR-77 config file alternative version
This manual is just a brief description of how to install the uniPulse, for further information please check out the uniPulse page.
Trigger points
Trigger points are shown for all 13 instruments including Maracas:
trigger inputs 1-7
trigger inputs 8-12
Maracas CV input (Resistor is 75K)
This is where to get the supply voltage for the uniPulse:
Unipulse supply connections
And this is how the installed uniPulse board looks like:
Hey guys!
got a Roland TR-77 and a couple of other drummies and was wondering if there is a place to share the presets?!
jacob
Hi Jacob,
so far the presets are linked in the installation manuals of the various machines. If you have config files for other machines it would of course be great if you shared them, at best together with a short description and pictures of the trigger points. You can send this directly to Tubbutec or register here and write a post yourself. See https://tubbutec.de/uniPulse-contribution/
Thanks a lot 🙂
Amazing! Is there a way to connect this so it can control the clock on the tr-77 so you can sync the patterns to other gear?
Hi Thomas,
unfortunately in case of the TR-77 we did not find a an easy solution to sync it to midi clock. But there certainly is some way to do it..
Re: sync – any chance this makes sense, in the context of installing the Unipulse in a TR-77?
From http://www.burnkit2600.com/tr-77/ : ‘Simply connect the din sync line to the TR-77 resistor R4… It should sync best at 4 or 8 ppqn.’
I see mention of clock outputs, midi dividers and DIN sync on the main Unipulse page, and (without being an electronics whiz myself – I will have a friend helping me with this) that makes me think that syncing a TR-77 is as simple as connecting one of the clock outputs to R4, and setting up the right division in the config – could that be the case, or do I misunderstand?
Thank you!
It is possible that this works, yes. It is however important to secure the uniPulse pins against high voltage by putting a resistor in series. 10k should do. The high voltage from the TR-77 might otherwise destroy the uniPulse.
I’ve read the tr-77 is quite similar to the auto-vari. Would these instructions help me which the installion of the unipulse into my auto vari (since there isn’t instructions)
Probably not. We can however provide you with an educated guess on how to do the installation based on the schematics. Best you write us a mail. Which drum machine is it exactly? Auto-vari 64?