Roland Taps Out A New Rhythm With Its TR-1000 Drum Machine With Analog And Digital Samples

The TR-1000 drum machine builds on the legacy of Roland's TR-808 and TR-909 models as the first Roland drum machine in over ...
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40 years on, classic drum machines get a successor in the Roland TR-1000

The Roland TR-1000 Rhythm Creator is a direct successor to the famed TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines, each anchoring entire genres of 20th-century pop music and EDM. It's analog, it's aesthetic, and ...

Roland’s TR-1000 is its first analog drum machine in over 40 years

It’s a premium instrument that harkens back to the 808 and 909.
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How Phil Collins Took the 808 Drum Machine Mainstream – With a Ballad

The Roland TR-808 drum machine had come and gone from the wider popular consciousness. In fact, less than 12,000 units were sold during a brief three-year production run beginning in 1980. "I just ...
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Eric's Heroes: Catching up with Jonathan Carollo, the viral washing machine beat maker

SEATTLE — Almost 12 years ago, KOMO News photojournalist Doug Pigsley and I went to visit a 10-year-old kid named Jonathan Carollo. The thing about Jonathan was that he could bang out a really cool ...
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Bizarre drum machine beats to a different rhythm to raise CHD awareness

At first glance, building a drum machine that uses the heartbeats of children with congenital heart disease might be considered very poor taste. But audiovisual artist Love Hultén and Teenage ...
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Rhythm Machine – October 1, 2025

Rhythm Machine with hosts Ryan and Oliver(o-live-e-ay) aka Excuse My French. Wednesdays 2am-5am, playing all things on the electronic dance music spectrum.