Aside from a few interesting outliers, most hardware drum machines come equipped with a step sequencer that will be loosely rooted in the design used by Roland’s classic 808 and 909. However, while ...

Combining real analog circuits with digital synthesis and sampling makes the TR-1000 powerful but overwhelming.

Music technology was an expensive business back in the late 60s. It was very much the preserve of the rich or culturally successful elite, at least until a degree of democratisation occurred, during ...