drum machines

Polish chemist Jan Czochralski, joysticks and patch points spawned this drum machine

Start with a chemical process that grows crystals and silicon for semiconductors, build a multi-layered 6-7 voice drum machine around...

Vermona DRM, the company’s DDR-era analog drum machine, as seen on Hainbach

In must-watch "TV" this week, it's the 1987 Vermona DRM, a Roland-style East German analog drum machine. It's from when...

Sample machines in Elektron Digitakt 1.50: Repitch, Werp, Slice, Oneshot

Elektron has a major update for Digitakt in 1.50 -- now with Machines, as Octatrack, Model:Cycles, and Syntakt. Those bring...

Roland SH-4d polysynth: 11 models in one knob-y box with tons of extras, drums – and motion

Roland has built one packed instrument to celebrate 50 years of the company's synths. The SH-4d sports eleven synth oscillator...

This drum machine turns children’s heartbeats into music, raising visibility of kids’ heart defects

Teenage Engineering and designer Love Hultén worked together on the design for the CHD-4, a drum machine based on electrocardiograms....