Here’s a quick demo, via Switched On, of the new Delptronics LDB-1 “Little Drummer Boy” analog drum machine.
In this demonstration Mickey Delp of Delptronics walks us through some of the features of his new analog drum machine design the LDB-1 aka Little Drummer Boy. Also featured is Moog’s Chorus/Flanger/Delay the Cluster Flux adding some nice modulated warps and phasing qualities.
You can find out more about the Delptronics Little Drummer Boy drum machine at the Delptronics site, along with SwitchedOnAustin.
Sounds good, but the output sounds a bit noisy?
Seems like the best thing about it is its utter simplicity – lack of menus that plague so many more sophisticated rhythm machines. I guess $240 is market for an analogue machine?
I wonder if it’s hackable… Lack of any sound shaping options seems a bit restrictive. It’s very affordable though, especially as a kit.
No offense, but I don’t really see the point in a hardware drum machine that completely lacks any kind of synthesis / sound adjustment parameters – where’s the difference to using a sampler with analog drum sound samples?
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