Fast Company

A Beat Box Collector Chronicles The Rise and Fall of Drum Machines

Boston DJ/producer/drum machine connoisseur Joe Mansfield owns nearly 150 beat boxes but he still hasn’t landed his Holy Grail collectible: The ComputeRhythm. Joe Mansfield “You could store your beats ...
Pitchfork

Roland and Serato Launch the DJ-808 Combination Drum Machine / DJ Controller

Electronic music instrument maker Roland has branded today, September 9, as #909day. To celebrate, the company behind pioneering synths and drum machines such as the TR-808 and, most appropriately, ...
Business Wire

Native Instruments Black Friday Deals 2021: Best Early Drum Machines, DJ Controllers & More Deals Highlighted by Spending Lab

The best early Native Instruments deals for Black Friday, including all the best standalone groovebox & samplers, DJ app & more deals BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black Friday researchers at Spending Lab ...
AppleInsider

Apple updates GarageBand for iOS with Live Loops, inspired by DJ hardware controllers & drum machines

Apple on Wednesday launched GarageBand 2.1 for iOS, introducing a new feature called Live Loops which aims to make it easy for anyone to create music like a live DJ, and also adding hardware-specific ...
MusicRadar

“The first Roland drum machine in over 40 years with true analogue voices”: The TR-1000 combines analogue 808 and 909 recreations with the best parts of the TR-8S and more

Last week, Roland posted a teaser to its website headlined by the words ‘tomorrow returns’ accompanied by what sounded like a processed TR-808 drum beat. Now the company has unveiled the inspiration ...