The proliferation of digital modeling of analog synths has lowered the barrier for cash-strapped, would-be musicians hoping to become the next big synth group like S U R V I V E (the band responsible ...

A new company called Musical Beings has officially unveiled the Tembo, which might be the cutest drum machine ever made. Just ...

NAMM 2014: Elektron's new drum Analog Rytm machine is out of its perspex box and on show in Anaheim. Taking the view (possibly) that everybody spells 'rhythm' wrong anyway so there's no point in even ...

After first teasing it way back on January 2021, Korg has released the much-anticipated Drumlogue, a hybrid drum machine with a digital multi-engine and expandability via the logue SDK used in its ...

This analog drum machine project synthesizes a kick and snare drum that are clocked to a beat. It pulls together a few analog circuits to do the timing and synthesis. The beat timing is a product of a ...

What now nearly obsolete electronic instrument do songs by Michael Jackson, Prince, Run DMC and Blondie have in common? Each tune uses a drum machine to help drive the beat. The analog boxes were a ...

The TR-808 is the Fender Stratocaster of electronic music. The programmable drum machine was heavily used by pioneers like Afrika Bambaataa, the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, and Derrick May, and its ...

I've seen a lot of cool hardware for making music over the last couple of years, but none of it is quite as focused on the pure joy of playing an instrument like the Tembo.

Our hacker [Moritz Klein] shows us how to make a minimalist analog drum machine. If you want the gory details check out the video embedded below and there is a first class write-up available as a 78 ...