The release of the hybrid drum machine Elektron Analog RYTM took place in 2014. Its clue feature is the 8-voice analog core (with digital envelopes, LFO, noise generator), which is often absent in most drum machines today. It has 12 velocity sensitive...
In 2001 the Swedish company Elektron released Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1. The housing of the drum machine is made of ground aluminum and steel. Machinedrum SPS-1 includes 4 main types of percussion synthesizers: TRX is a reminiscence of drum machines...
Legendary designers of electronic instruments Dave Smith and Roger Linn teamed up to create a drum machine called Tempest – quite a loud name today. In the process, both enthusiasts of synth making had separate responsibilities: Linn was busy with a...
Roland TR-626 became one of the very first full-digital drum machines which are based on compressed PCM samples – it also the latest unit of the famous TR series. It is an updated digital version of the classic TR-606 and TR-505. The design is very...
If TR-808 was the "rhythm" godfather of hip-hop and electro music, then TR-909 meant the same for techno and house music. TR-909 was released 3 years after its predecessor, which offers an partially analog and kind of a hybrid sound generation. After a...