Presented in 1980 by the Japanese manufacturer Roland TR-808 rhythm machine actually seemed to be, doomed to failure at the very beginning of its journey. It was the main competitor to the so much superior LM-1 Drum Computer on the market. Compared to...
The Rise of a Hip-Hop Legend: The E-mu SP-1200 Story In August 1987, E-mu Systems released a machine that would help define the sound of hip-hop's golden age - the SP-1200 sampling drum machine. Created by Dave Rossum, this unassuming piece of equipment...
’14 Analogsynthesizer is the analog synthesizer which is going to be released only in a limited series (222 units). It was announced in 2015 at NAMM, then the manufacturer promised to start the production in October, then in November 2016, November...
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...
LEM3 is a desktop polyphonic rhythm generator. The unit is based on the Buchla 252e module, which allows you to create complex rhythmic patterns in any measure. For graphic displaying, a round screen with eleven color rings displaying rhythmic sequences...
