Joining an rapidly growing number of iPhone music apps is the IR-909, a software version of the classic Roland TR-909 drum machine:
IR-909 is a drum machine for the iPhone inspired by the Roland TR-909. IR-909 features a 16-step sequencer, 4 patterns and 8 different drum sounds. To change the value of any property in IR-909, […]

Wire to the Ear’s Oliver Chesler (The Horrorist) takes a look at D16’s Drumazon (software Roland TR-909) and Devastor (distortion unit):
I’ve owned a real Roland TR-909 for many years. In fact I bought mine from Chaka Kahn! I can honestly say Drumazon is a better replacement. It’s a joy to use and you get all […]

This may actually go back farther than the “steampunk” headline suggests. Is there such a thing as “cavepunk”?
If you can’t get your hands on an 808 or 909, that’s no excuse. This bizarre DIY project uses matches to create a primitive drum machine.

Nice demo of using the Future Retro Revolution as an audio processor.
With an analog resonant filter, envelope, overdrive, and DSP effects, the Revolution makes a powerful effects processor. The Elektron is slaved to the Revolution’s MIDI.
via BigCityMusic

The video demonstrates what a 1950’s vacuum tube drum machine sounds like.
The Wurlitzer SideMan was arguably the world’s first drum machine. (It depends on whether you count the Chamberlin Rhythmate, which was introduced some years earlier, but featured tape loops instead of electronically generated drum sounds.)
It still sounds pretty cool, don’t you think?

You’ve probably seen GameBoys used to create 8-Bit music, but have you seen a GameBoy Drum Machine?
kBANG ver 01 uses the new GameBrain cartridge, using SMD technology with 1 megabyte Flash and 16 out 8 in ports.

Promised with the ext release: speed control, save patch and mute channel - this was done in a week […]

iZotope has released iDrum 1.6, a Windows XP/Vista compatible version of its iDrum virtual drum machine software. The update is free for registered iDrum customers.
iDrum turns a Mac or PC into a virtual drum machine. iDrum can utilize users’ customized samples or those from professionally produced libraries. Beats in iDrum can be created from its […]

A car accident has taken the life of Daniel Hansson, one of the founders of Elektron, creator of the Machinedrum and Monomachine synthesizer. Hansson died August 19th.
In a statement at the site, the Elektron team says that “Daniel’s strict determination, innovation and unsurpassed eye for detail resulted in instruments that have already reached cult status […]

Alesis has introduced a cool new drum pad controller/drum machine, the Performance Pad. It’s a drum machine, an electronic percussion instrument and you can use it as a MIDI input device.
Performance Pad features eight velocity-sensitive drum pads and a built-in electronic drum machine with professional sounds and features.
Features:

8 natural feeling, velocity-sensitive drum pads with Dynamic […]

Alesis announced today that they are now shipping the Trigger I/O, USB/MIDI, pad trigger interface.
The Trigger I/O uses electronic triggers placed on traditional acoustic percussion sources (such as drum heads or cymbals) or electronic drum pad triggers, and converts them into MIDI note messages. With MIDI and USB 1.1 Plug and Play connectivity and ten […]

AudioRealism has announced a new virtual drum machine, AudioRealism Drum Machine (ADM), that promises to capture the best of the sounds of drum machines of the early 80’s.
Features

Three realtime switchable drum machine models
Internal 32 step sequencer with global accent per step, four prescale selections per pattern, flam and shuffle, 128 patterns per instance
Pattern transformation […]

 

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PowerFX has introduced VDM-1, a collection of vintage drum machines for Reason. The VDM-1 ReFill has over 50 Reason Redrum and NN-XT presets containing over 675 samples with Combinator graphics that emulate the original machine’s look. The ReFill also includes “Multi-out” presets for Rewire master hosts like Pro Tools, Cubase and others and includes “All […]

SoundJump has announced the immediate availability of their first product, the VDM-1 Vintage Drum Machines Refill for Propellerhead Reason.
This collection of 12 of the most famous drum machines ever created is for the drum machine “purist” who requires the most authentic recreations for their collection and or production studio client’s needs. It is offered exclusively […]

Every year at NAMM, some of the sexiest gear and software that is shown is stuff that isn’t available. Typically, about time for the summer NAMM show, companies announce that they are finally shipping the product.
In addition to the products that actually ship, though, there are items announced that you never hear about again. We’re […]

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Submersible Music previewed the new 2.5 version of DrumCore software at the NAMM Winter Show Show in Anaheim, CA (January 18-21st).
DrumCore 2.5 adds new features that increase DrumCore’s capabilities as a MIDI instrument and make workflow easier when writing songs.
New Features:

MIDI Standalone Mode - Now DrumCore can act as a standalone […]