Combining real analog circuits with digital synthesis and sampling makes the TR-1000 powerful but overwhelming.

Even the most inexpensive drum machines still tend to be not-so-trivial purchases, but you may have an easier time rationalizing this one. Rhythmo has started a crowdfunding campaign for the Beatbox, ...

With microcontrollers growing ever more powerful each new generation, things that were mere pipedreams before are now readily possible. The Shapeshifter drum machine is a perfect example. Shapeshifter ...

When I first heard about the BeatBox, I was skeptical. A build-it-yourself drum machine made from cardboard? Wouldn't that disintegrate within half an hour? Finger-tapping isn't as violent as, say, ...

The Roland TR-808 is the go-to drum machine for hip-hop. Artists like Afrika Bambaataa, the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Kanye West, Outkast and others have used this machine to create some of your ...

The stories of Roland and the drum machine are inextricably linked. Roland Corporation is known for many things: the iconic Juno and Jupiter lines, the influential SH-101 and SP-404, and a deep ...

Replay: The legendary Linn LM-1 drum machine came out in 1980 and only 525 were ever made. What makes this long discontinued drum machine so unique that top producers and engineers are still using it ...

This dead simple drum machine that runs in your browser is so much fun. The HTML5 Drum Machine borrows its aesthetics from classic beat boxes like the TR-808 Rhythm Composer. It’s got five different ...

Artists “The studio bill was £148.50. So with the £1.50 in change we all bought fish and chips”: Def Leppard's low-budget EP Tech NAMM 2026: rolling news from the world's biggest music-making gear ...

Recent studies have been very kind to drummers. We've learned blast beats can be scholarly and that drummers are natural intellectuals. Today, there's a study that shows drummers aren't easily ...

About 10 years ago, a disgruntled pianist in Los Angeles named John Wood began a popular bumper sticker campaign with the slogan, "Drum Machines Have No Soul." Not everyone was convinced, including ...

The beautiful thing about artificial intelligence is that due to its relatively back-end nature its applications seem to be virtually endless. Today is music’s lucky day, as sound is the latest area ...