Music Tech Showcase 2021: Over the past four decades, the sound of the drum machine has put an indelible sonic signature on popular music. Yet this most certainly wasn’t always the case. In its ...

For many, drum machines are encapsulated by the big, booming sound of an 808 kick drum or the snappy whipcrack of a 909 snare. Resurrected by hip-hop and dance musicians, those classics reshaped our ...

I was sitting in a chair earlier, reading a book on how to make turbines, and there was a knock at the door. When I opened it, a customized Roland CR-8000 drum machine lurched up, held me at ...