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Celebrate 808 Day With This Retrotastic Roland TR-808 Drum Machine Ad

The future is now!… Read More Celebrate 808 Day With This Retrotastic Roland TR-808 Drum Machine Ad

August 8, 2016August 8, 20169 Comments

New 8raw8 Clones Roland TR808 Analog Drum Circuits

The 8raw8 Analog Drum Machine Expander is a new drum synth that’s a clone of the analog drum synth voices of the legendary Roland TR808. According to the developers, the 8raw8 is designed to be an affordable reproduction of the original 808, without any compromise on the sound. It is a MIDI drum synth module,… Read More New 8raw8 Clones Roland TR808 Analog Drum Circuits

July 26, 2016July 26, 201619 Comments

New Tempest Drum Machine OS Addresses Bugs & User Requests

Dave Smith Instruments and Roger Linn have released an OS update for the Tempest drum machine, responding to a recent user petition. The release is now available as a beta release via the DSI forum. “I wish to thank you all for your patience, with a special thanks to John the Savage for his time and… Read More New Tempest Drum Machine OS Addresses Bugs & User Requests

June 28, 2016June 28, 201637 Comments

TR-606 Kit Now Available For TR-8 Drum Machine

Roland announced today that their 7×7-TR8 Drum Machine Expansion has been updated to include the TR-606 kit:

June 17, 201641 Comments

AudioThing Turns 80’s Sound Master Memory Rhythm SR-88 Drum Machine Into A Plugin

AudioThing has introduced SR-88 – a sample-based plugin emulation of the Sound Master Memory Rhythm SR-88, a rare analog drum machine from the 80s. The instrument features 5 classic analog sounds: Kick, Snare, Hi Hat 1, Hi Hat 2, and Cymbal, which can be pitched, panned or mixed independently. Here’s the official video intro:

June 15, 20164 Comments

Elektron Discontinues ‘Crispy, Weird, and Gritty’ Machinedrum and Monomachine

Swedish music hardware company Elektron has announced the discontinuation of their digital drum machine/sampler Machinedrum and the digital synthesizer Monomachine.

June 15, 2016July 5, 201639 Comments

The LinnDrum’s Preset Patterns Are An 80’s Flashback

This video, via SynthMania, is a demo of the preset patterns for the LinnDrum – Roger Linn’s iconic drum machine.

June 9, 20168 Comments

Roland Bringing TR-606 Sounds To The TR-8 Drum Machine

In celebration of 6/06 Day, Roland today announced that they are bringing the sounds of the classic TR-606 Computer Controlled Drumatix drum machine to the Roland Aira TR-8. 

June 6, 201628 Comments

New Drum Plugin Based On Roland TR-606

Monade Sounds has introduced Pure606, a sample-based emulation of the Roland TR-606 drum machine. Pure606 is based on a 24-bit sample set, recorded straight from a TR-606. The sounds have also been sampled using various samplers (Akai MPC60, E-mu SP-1200), and recorded through vintage tube amps and tape recorders. The result is, in addition to the clean 606… Read More New Drum Plugin Based On Roland TR-606

June 5, 20169 Comments

Patterning Drum Machine For iPad Updated

Olympia Noise Co. has released an update to its Patterning iPad drum machine app, adding support for Audio Export, MIDI Mapping, Inter-App Audio Track Output, improved MIDI output and more. Here’s what’s new in Patterning v1.1:

June 2, 2016June 4, 201611 Comments

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