The sequencer on the 808, a row of 16 color-coded buttons, offered artists a way to store beats they programmed. Courtesy of Roland Even if you don't know the Roland TR-808 drum machine by name, ...

He was a founder of Roland, the music electronics company, and the inventor of the ubiquitous Roland TR-808 drum machine. The 808 has cemented its place in music history and pops up on a wide variety ...

Five rock songs that were made better by drum machines, with iconic entries by New Order, Phil Collins, Yes, Billy Idol, and ...

Matt Brennan's Kick It: A Social History Of The Drum Kit is a complex, meticulously researched piece of work that spans several centuries. In the course of over three hundred pages, Brennan explores ...

Replay: The legendary Linn LM-1 drum machine came out in 1980 and only 525 were ever made. What makes this long discontinued drum machine so unique that top producers and engineers are still using it ...

THIS MASSACHUSETTS BASED BRAND HAS BEEN A SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE. AND WITH ITS LATEST INNOVATION, ZILDJIAN IS RIDING INTO THE FUTURE. SO WE HAVE A LONG LEGACY IN ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS, PARTICULARLY ...

Before you start your drumming journey, let’s take a tour of the instrument it’s all ...

When producer, engineer and music technologist David Frangioni sat down to compile his newest book, Crash: The World's Greatest Drum Kits From Appice to Peart to Van Halen, he knew he needed to ...