Kawai R-100


The Kawai R-100 is drum machine released in 1987. The R-100 is the bigger brother of the R-50 and having velocity sensitive pads unlike the R-50. It has 24 on board samples that are 12-bit PCM format with a sample rate of 32kHz and eight individual outputs as well as stereo and mono outputs for routing to an external mixing desk.

Notable users

3 bass drums, 2 tom toms, 2 ride cymbals, 2 crash cymbals, 3 snares, 2 hi hats, claps, tambourine, china cymbal, agogo, cowbell, conga, claves, shaker, and timbale.

Memory cartridge slot

The separately available RC-16 cartridge stored all data currently from the R-100's internal memory.
The RC-16 cartridge stores backup copies of all information currently in the R-100's internal memory.

Sequencer

Can hold up to 3500 notes.