TR-1000

SampleStack supported

Roland

Roland's flagship Rhythm Creator: a hybrid analog, ACB, FM, and PCM drum machine with a built-in sampler.

The Roland TR-1000 is the flagship of the TR line, a Rhythm Creator that combines analog, ACB, FM, and PCM drum voices with a full built-in sampler. It records at 16-bit, 48 kHz into 64 GB of internal memory, most of it free for your own material, alongside Roland's curated collection of around 2,500 sounds.

Samples come in over USB, from a flash drive or the TR-1000 app, and sit in up to 500 slots per project across the machine's 16 projects. It reads a wide range of formats, which makes it one of the more relaxed hardware targets to prepare for.

Format

Standalone

Sample Rate

48 kHz onboard; any rate on import

Bit Depth

16-bit onboard; any depth on import

Channels

Mono or Stereo

File Formats

WAV, AIFF, MP3, FLAC, M4A

Storage

64 GB internal (about 46 GB free)

Features

  • Analog, ACB, FM, PCM, and sample tones
  • Built-in sampler at 16-bit, 48 kHz
  • 16 projects, with 2,048 user kits and patterns
  • Up to 500 sample slots per project
  • USB-C for computer transfer; USB-A for a thumb drive
  • Multi-layer step sequencer

Notes

  • Samples import from a USB flash drive formatted on the TR-1000 itself
  • Files must sit in the root directory of the drive; the import browser does not read subfolders
  • Imports WAV, AIFF, MP3, FLAC, and M4A, with no published sample rate or bit depth requirement
  • Up to 500 sample slots per project, across 16 projects

Preparing samples for the TR-1000

The TR-1000 imports samples from a USB flash drive that you format on the machine itself, with the files sitting in the drive's root directory. The import browser only looks at the root, so a sample left in a subfolder will not appear, which is the easy mistake to make and a hard one to spot until you are at the machine.

Roland publishes no sample rate or bit depth requirement for imports, and the manual lists no format restrictions, so WAV, AIFF, MP3, FLAC, and M4A all load at any rate and depth. SampleStack deliberately asks for nothing on format and instead flags the things that actually stop a sample loading: files left in subfolders, and the 500 sample slots per project. Inventing limits would only reject good samples.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What sample formats does the Roland TR-1000 import?

WAV, AIFF, MP3, FLAC, and M4A, from a USB flash drive or the TR-1000 app. Roland publishes no sample rate or bit depth requirement, so files load at any rate and depth. Onboard sampling is 16-bit, 48 kHz.

Where do samples go on the TR-1000's USB drive?

In the root directory of a drive formatted on the TR-1000 itself. The import browser only reads the root, so files left in subfolders do not appear.

How does SampleStack help with the TR-1000?

SampleStack organizes samples into the drive's root, imposes no format limits to match the TR-1000, and tracks the 500 sample slots per project so a set is ready to import.

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