It's August 8, or 808 day, and Roland is celebrating by once again giving musicians and producers the opportunity to back their musical creations with robot-like rim shots, unrealistic snare and ...

Roland has this week announced that they will be relaunching their iconic drum machine the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer which was originally launched way back in 1980, in the form of the Roland TR-8.

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If we know anything about Roland, it's that the company loves to debut new gear on the corresponding date. Today is August 8th, or as the company calls it "808 Day," so naturally it's time for a new ...

Introduced in 1980 and designed to provide backing rhythms for musicians recording demos, the Roland TR-808 or simply 808 would become the world’s most popular drum machine. Unlike more expensive, ...

Roland lists all of the alterations in their TR-909 Service Notes. Secondly, being a largely analogue beast (where even the digital playback elements are linked to, and play through, analogue ...

The Roland TR-808 is one of the most distinct, influential and beloved instruments of the early Eighties, with the electronic rhythm composer used by everyone from Talking Heads and Afrika Bambaataa ...

Roland has unveiled a pair of drum machines that recreate sounds from classic models like the TR-606 and TR-909, updated with modern features like real-time recording. The first model is the $400 ...

The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, a programmable drum machine introduced in 1980. The machine has been used by musicians from Marvin Gaye to the Beastie Boys to Beyonce to Kanye West. ((Roland/Drum ...

It's the Fender Stratocaster of drum machines. More than three decades after the TR-808 forever changed the sound of popular music, its creators... It's disarmingly easy to become an amateur DJ in ...