Roland TR-808

The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines ("TR" serving as an acronym for "Transistor Rhythm"). Introduced by the Roland Corporation in late 1980, it was originally manufactured for use as a tool for studio musicians to create demos. Like earlier Roland drum machines, it does not sound very much like a real drum kit. Indeed, because the TR-808 came out a few months after the Linn LM-1 (the first drum machine to use digital samples), professionals generally considered its sound inferior to sampling drum machines; a 1982 Keyboard Magazine review of the Linn Drum indirectly referred to the TR-808 as sounding like "marching anteaters". However, the TR-808 cost $1,000 upon its release, which was considerably more affordable than the $5,000 LM-1


this tool is a classic, i need one of these if i could find one, being that i produce all kinds of music including techno/house-club/electronic shit.
i probably wouldnt even use it, jus to have sitting in my room...
nah i take that back, i'd make sum hot shit with this thing.

MUSIC!
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