drum machine

Drum machines produce sounds either by using synthesis or by playing back prerecorded samples. Some drum machines replicate a traditional drum set, while others produce synthetic-sounding percussion. You can tap out simple rhythms directly from the device or use its sequencer to program complex beats.

ˈdrəm. 1. : a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with a thin layer of material (as animal skin or plastic) stretched over one or both ends that is beaten with a stick or with the hands. 2. : the sound of a drum.

Membranophone Membranophone. Most objects commonly known as drums are membranophones. Membranophones produce sound when the membrane or head is struck with a hand, mallet, stick, beater, or improvised tool.

Drum Machine Classics: 10 808 Tracks You May Not Know

• “Let the Beat Build” by Lil Wayne.
• “Posse on Broadway” by Sir Mix-A-Lot.
• “Everlasting Bass” by Rodney O & Joe Cooley.
• “It's Tricky” by RUN DMC.
• “Rock The Bells” by LL Cool J.
• “Emergency Room” by Rihanna.
• “Say My Name” by Destiny's Child.
• “Lost Control” by Missy Elliot.

While commercial drum machines have been available in various forms since the 1950s, they only became viable for professional use during the late 1970s when Roland released the world's first programmable rhythm box, the CompuRhythm CR-78.

The TR-808 is almost certainly the most iconic drum machine of all time but was originally seen as a failure. It was much cheaper than the LM-1 but used analog technology rather than digital samples.

The word drum is also a verb, meaning "to play a drum," and can also mean "a cylinder-shaped container." Definitions of drum. a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end. synonyms: membranophone, tympan.

In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a percussion mallet, to produce sound.

a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.

The drumset (also called drums, drumkit, set, or kit) is an American invention that was developed with the creation of blues and jazz music only in the last 100 years or so. It is made out of a collection of percussion instruments, and is therefore itself a percussion instrument.

The best drum machines available in 2023 are:

• Erica Synths Perkons HD-01.
• Roland TR-8S.
• Soma Labs Pulsar-23.
• Behringer RD-8 MKII Rhythm Designer.
• Korg Volca Drum.
• Elektron Model:Samples.
• Moog DFAM.
• Akai Pro Force.

Though drum machines began their rise to fame in the 1980s with the burgeoning hip-hop scene, their history can be traced back as far as the 1930s. At that time, a machine known as the Rhythmicon was produced. The Rhythmicon was the world's first drum machine.