Plugin comparison
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which hardware to buy.
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Contenders
The Behringer RD-765 is a hybrid drum machine with 176 sampled sounds, onboard sampling with 24-semitone tuning, a 64-step sequencer and an analogue filter, listed at $374.
The Roland TR-1000 is a flagship drum machine with a true analog engine, 16 TR-808 and TR-909 tones, ACB, FM and PCM sounds, and a 64 GB onboard sampler.
Technical matrix
| Signal | Behringer RD-765 | Roland TR-1000 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $374 | £2,299 |
| Dubspot Score | — | — |
| Formats | Hardware | Hardware |
| Developer | Behringer | Roland |
| Type | Hybrid drum machine with onboard sampling | Analog and digital drum machine (Rhythm Creator) |
| Built-in sounds | 176 drum sounds | — |
| Sampling | Record and assign your own samples, tunable across 24 semitones | — |
| Shaping | Wave Designer attack, dual-mode analogue filter (LP/HP), bitcrusher | — |
| Sequencer | 64 steps, real-time or step input, swing 25 to 75, per-voice probability | 16 steps per variation, 8 variations per pattern, 2,048 user patterns and kits |
| Automation | Real-time recording of filter-cutoff moves into patterns | — |
| Connectivity | MIDI, USB | — |
| Editor | Synthtribe v3.3.0 (Windows, macOS) | — |
| Price | $374 at Thomann | Around £2,299 |
| Analog engine | — | 16 tones based on TR-808 and TR-909 circuits, plus Analog FX |
| Modeling | — | 75 ACB tones, including 21 circuit-bent 8X and 9X models |
| Other engines | — | FM (50 TR-8S instruments added in v1.50), PCM with 340 tones, virtual analog |
| Sampler | — | 2,121 sample tones, onboard sampling at 16-bit/48 kHz, imports WAV, AIFF, MP3 |
| Storage | — | 64 GB onboard, around 46 GB free |
| Effects | — | Instrument FX (17), Master FX (14), Reverb (6), Delay (4), filter, amp, compressor |
| Current system | — | Version 1.50 (October 2026), free download |
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