One of the most liberating things about using a sample pad or hybrid drum setup with triggers on your kit is the ability to blend any sound you want with your current acoustic setup. With this in mind ...

It is one of the recognisable musical instruments ever made, having featured on songs by everyone from Marvin Gaye to Duran Duran. It is even credited by many as spawning electronic dance music.

Long before drum machines played samples from an SD card or EPROM, drum sounds were analog – just filtered waveforms and noise. To the modern eye, these are very primitive machines, but for [Andrew], ...

In 2018 Roland introduced the TR-8S drum machine and instantly won the heart of my colleague Roberto Baldwin. Then, last year it resurrected its MC line of grooveboxes, and launched the portable, ...

Sample Logic and Soundiron have teamed up introduce MAP (Modern Animated Percussion), a drum machine built for the full Kontakt sample player It contains over 6,000 sounds and instrument presets. MAP ...

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

Why do producers keep choosing analog drum synths over digital alternatives, even when technology has advanced so dramat ...