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Boss DR-55 Dr. Rhythm

A programmable drum machine the size of a paperback

The DR-55 had four analogue voices and a sixteen-step grid programmed one instrument at a time, ran on a nine-volt battery, and cost almost nothing. For many players in 1980 it was the first machine they could actually program.

Category

  • Drum Machines

    Programmable rhythm machines, drum synthesizers, and related beat-making instruments.

Made by

  • Boss

    Boss is a brand of guitar and bass effects pedals, multi-effects processors, tuners, and loopers, operated as a division of Japan's Roland Corporation. Boss is best known for its rugged, color-coded compact pedal format, which launched in 1977 and has grown to more than 140 compact pedal models. Long-running staples include the DS-1 Distortion, SD-1 Super Overdrive, and BD-2 Blues Driver, alongside digital delay, reverb, chorus, and the GT-series multi-effects line.

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