Models
4 models
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Roland TR-808
Analog drum machine
Drum machine · Japan
The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer is a programmable analog drum machine that Roland produced from 1980 to 1983. Its sounds are generated by analog circuitry rather than samples, giving it a distinctive booming kick, snappy snare, and sizzling cymbals and hi-hats. Commercially unsuccessful at launch, it became one of the most influential instruments in popular music, defining the low end of hip-hop, electro, and dance records and remaining a sought-after sound decades later.
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Roland TR-909
Drum machine
Drum machine · Japan
The Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer, introduced in 1983, is a drum machine that combined analog-synthesized drum voices with sampled cymbals and hi-hats. It added MIDI and a refined step sequencer, and its punchy kick, snappy snare, and bright hats became foundational to house and techno.
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Roland TR-606
Drum machine
Drum machine · Japan
The Roland TR-606 Drumatik is a compact analog drum machine introduced in 1981 as a rhythmic companion to the TB-303 Bass Line. It generates its drum and cymbal sounds with analog circuitry and offers step programming, and its thin, punchy voices became a staple of electro, techno, and experimental electronic music.
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Elektron Machinedrum
Synthesis engines, not samples
Drum machine · Sweden
The Machinedrum builds each voice from a chosen synthesis machine — analogue modelling, FM, wavetable, or short samples — and drives them with Elektron's parameter-lock sequencer, so a pattern can change any parameter on any step.