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.

It’s not just a device for looping stored audio, though. There’s also a drum machine built in which can record and loop beats with varying sounds and pitches, as well as a sample slicer and a ...

More about drum machines Arturia's limited-edition DrumBrute Impact 1984 gives its analogue drum machine an '80s facelift Behringer releases RD-78, a $199 Roland CR-78 clone that promises to "bring ...

Seated in his studio alongside Spitfire Audio co-founder Paul Thomson, the pair addressed topics as diverse as the art of sampling, how to get the best from a drum machine and the state of music ...