The drum-machine SR-16 released by Alesis was launched in the early 90's, and had a tremendous success. It includes 233 sounds of realistic "dry" signal live drums, and pre-sampled ones processed with digital reverbs. The unique "Dynamic Articulation"...
This year Nord announced the imminent release of a new percussion synthesizer called Nord Drum 3 (which will be released along with Nord Drum 3P). The red box comprised a few new features: the effects of reverb and delay, as well as a set of sound banks....
Roland Groovebox D2 was released in 2001. It is a compact orange-colored device with 2 small displays, focused on performance, and developed with innovative technology D-Field. The touch sensitive "XY" D-Field is easily programmed to create patterns,...
Roland MC-303 was released in 1996, and is the first groovebox in the series. It embraces a combination of synth timbres, drum machine samples and a built-in sequencer. Its synth part is represented with a rompler which stores a wide range of sounds...
Roland MC-202 was introduced in the 1983. Its development was inspired with the legendary monophonic synthesizer SH-101 (design, interface) and no less famous bass synthesizer TB-303 (sequencer). The abbreviation "MC" stands for MicroComposer, at that...
Roland TR-66 was released in 1973 as one of the earliest models of rhythm machines. It was the predecessor of the more famous CR (CompuRhythm) line which appeared on the shelves 5 years later. Rhythm arranger with a minimalist interface comprises 18...
In 1984 Oberheim tried to assemble a modular system in a relatively small housing with the ability to quickly and easily integrate with other devices. The result was Xpander which combines the flexibility of a modular system with the ease of controlling...
Matrix 12 is a programmable analog polyphonic synthesizer with the functionality of the modular system. It represents two Xpander modules combined into one housing with a five-octave dynamic keyboard. The control panel is identical to Xpander one, with a...
The expansion module, designed to function together with the "older brothers". It doesn’t have its own keyboard, VCF, VCA, on board - only one VCO and LFO. According to the manufacturer's idea, this module should be integrated with, for example, ARP Axxe...
The four-channel controller NS7III made by Numark company was released in 2015. A small "flashback": NS7 was the first digital controller of the series to have 2 decks, a mixer, motorized platters made in the Technics style, and a minimal set of...
