HAMAMATSU—The production of the famed Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer ended just two years after its launch in 1980 primarily ...

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, ...

The history of one of the most iconic sounds in electronic music When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Roland TR-808 was released ...

Released in 1980, the Roland TR-808 was designed as an alternative to an acoustic drum kit for musicians to record with, but took on a new life in hip-hop, pop, R&B, techno, house and electro, as ...

It's disarmingly easy to become an amateur DJ in 2017, when an iPhone and a $1.99 app will quickly have you on your way to learning the basics of mixing songs together, or a thumb drive filled with ...

It’s almost impossible to imagine the modern musical landscape without the distinctive sounds of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. When the Japanese electronics company Roland started releasing the 808 ...

We’ve done a handful of wire-free headphone reviews and the ones I’ve tested seemed to suffer from one issue. Connectivity between the two earbuds was not always consistent. The 808 EarCanz TRU are ...

The English are a curious lot and among their many curiosities is a tendency to overthink and overanalyze various musical trends. Like the fabled trainspotters who camp out in railway stations ...

Roland revived the iconic sounds of the TR-808 with last year's AIRA TR-8, and now its leveraging those tones for mobile gaming. With TR-REC, the audio company uses sounds from both the TR-808 and ...

There is a particularly revealing moment at the very end of 808—the just-released documentary on Roland’s TR-808 Rhythm Composer, which has served as the backbone of hip-hop, R&B, electro, freestyle, ...

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