It wasn’t until capable electronic devices became mainstream ... There’s also a drum machine built in which can record and loop beats with varying sounds and pitches, as well as a sample ...

You may not know the 808 drum machine, but you have definitely heard it: the original Roland TR-808 was the first programmable drum machine and has been a mainstay of electronic music ever since.

Did they miss a trick, not realising that this would become an electronic icon ... the TR-909 still sounds like a drum machine, instead of a machine playing drums. It seems too expensive for ...