Posted on Tue 08 August 2017 in entries • Tagged with drum machine, roland, tr-08
New Roland Boutique Recreation of the TR-808, the World’s Most Famous Drum Machine.
Roland has just announced the new TR-08 Rhythm Composer, as the latest addition to the popular Roland Boutique instrument lineup. The TR-08 is a compact recreation of Roland’s classic TR-808 (hence why they chose today …
Posted on Thu 22 January 2015 in entries • Tagged with alai, drum machine, namm 2015, synth, timbre wolf, tom cat
AKAI TIMBRE WOLF ANALOG SYNTHESIZER AND TOM CAT ANALOG DRUM MACHINE!
Akai have today announced the introduction of their new Timbre Wolf analog synthesizer and Tom Cat analog drum machine.!
Timbre Wolf is an authentic analog 4-voice polyphonic synthesiser. Configurable as 4 monosynths, a 4-voice unison or a …
Posted on Tue 21 January 2014 in Drums • Tagged with drum machine, roland, roland aira, tr-909
Last week we were teased with a video that Roland released, which hinted that they would be introducing a new model of their classic TR-808 drum machine. Today, they've ramped up the suspense by releasing a similar TR-909 video.
Although we haven't been sent any official information from Roland, the …
Posted on Wed 10 April 2013 in General News • Tagged with analogue drum machine, analogue synth, drum machine, Korg, korg volca, korg volca bass, korg volca beats, korg volca keys, musikmesse, musikmesse 2013, volca
This has got to be one of our favourite announcements of Musikmesse 2013 so far - introducing the new Volca range from Korg. This series consists of the Volca Keys (an analogue lead machine), the Volca Bass (an analogue bass machine) and the Volca Beats (an analogue drum machine). These little …
Posted on Fri 25 January 2013 in Computer Music • Tagged with arturia, drum machine, namm, namm 2013, sparkle
Arturia have announced that they will be releasing the SparkLE; a new hybrid instrument that is based on Arturia's current Spark drum machine. The SparkLE combines elements of traditional drum machines with sample-based beat boxes and physical modelling. It works with samples and also synthesis, providing great tweakability and versatility …
Posted on Wed 16 May 2012 in DJ Gear • Tagged with arturia, digital dj, drum machine, Native Instruments, spark, Traktor
Here is a short video showing how you can sync Arturia's Spark hybrid drum machine with Native Instruments' industry-leading Traktor DJ software. The video is topped off with a nice little performance demonstration! Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CHRK0EBv7w
For more information on the Arturia Spark …
Posted on Thu 08 March 2012 in Computer Music • Tagged with arturia, drum machine, matt neal, spark
Check out this video, created for us by the very talented Matt Neal. After spending a few weeks getting to grips with the Spark, Matt tells us what he thinks of its design, build and functions. Plus, to finish the video he demonstrates how it can be used by creating …
Posted on Wed 07 March 2012 in entries • Tagged with analogue, dave smith instruments, drum machine, tempest
You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony’s productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.
DAVE SMITH TEMPEST - INTRODUCTION
I must say, I do have a soft spot for a drum machine, but I have never found one that will do everything that I want. There …