The Holmes Archive of Electronic Music
Music:Music History
Episode 55
Drum Machines: A Recorded History, Part 2: Digital Drum Machines
Playlist
Linn Drum
Oberheim DMX
Movement MCS Drum Computer
Roland
E-mu
Alesis
Closing, Linn LinnDrum
Background Sounds
Opening: Opening and closing sequences voiced by Anne Benkovitz.
Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes.
For additional notes, please see my blog Noise and Notations.
There are dozens of drum machines that dot the history of electronic music. For an encyclopedic list of almost every drum machines ever made, and there were dozens of variations and models up until around 1985, check-out the excellent books by Alex Graham, a UK-based drum machine collector and specialist.
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