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The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, commonly known as the 808, is a drum machine manufactured by Roland Corporation between 1980 and 1983. It was one of the first drum machines to allow users to program rhythms instead of using preset patterns.
808 is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Alexander Dunn, written by Dunn and Luke Bainbridge, and produced by Alex Noyer, Dunn, Craig Kallman and Arthur Baker.It is narrated by Zane Lowe and documents the history and culture of the Roland TR-808, a drum machine that had a significant effect on hip hop and pop music.
Roland's TR-08 and TR-09 Rhythm Composers were digital recreations of the original TR-808 and 909, while Behringer released an analogue clone of the 808 as the Behringer RD-8 Rhythm Designer. [41] Korg released an analog drum machine, the Volca Beats, in 2013. [42]
Roland’s vintage TR-808 drum machine or TB-303 bass synthesizers helped define electronica in the ‘80s, but nowadays they’re nearly impossible to find. Luckily, you can jam with both ...
Roland has manufactured numerous instruments that have had lasting impacts on music, such as the Juno-106 synthesizer, [4] TB-303 bass synthesizer, [5] and TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines. [6] It was also instrumental in the development of MIDI, a standardized means of synchronizing electronic instruments manufactured by different companies.
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808: The Music is the soundtrack and remix album that accompanies the 2015 documentary film, 808, which documents the history and popular culture of the Roland TR-808.It was released on November 25, 2016, by Big Beat Records and Atlantic Records.
The TR-909 succeeded the previous Roland drum machine, the TR-808. [1] It was designed by Tadao Kikumoto, who also designed the Roland TB-303 synthesizer. [2] The chief Roland engineer, Makoto Muroi, credited the software design to Atsushi Hoshiai and the analog and pulse-code modulation voice circuits to "Mr Ou".