Long before drum machines played samples from an SD card or EPROM, drum sounds were analog – just filtered waveforms and noise. To the modern eye, these are very primitive machines, but for [Andrew], ...

I've been looking at this thing for a few years now, and just found a good deal online, which re-kindled my interest. Anyone know if/how this would work in OSX? Could I just import using Jaguar's MIDI ...

Using samples can bring a convincing level of realism to drum sounds when creating digital music, but the real deal would be even better. You could build yourself a code-controlled Stickboy robotic ...

Turning household objects into musical instruments isn’t exactly a novel idea — at one point or another, most of us have tried making an impromptu drum kit out of pots and pans and glasses of water.

This week in my random survey of activity on the mail-lists for Linux sound & music software I'll look at two very different software drum machines and a keystroke macro that enters LilyPond music ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The WM-1 is a two-plug device that offers MIDI I/O on standard 5-pin ports. Plug this into your ...

I want to mark the passing of a genius who changed the soundscape of popular music in the 1980’s. Ikutaro Kakehashi (1930-2017) died earlier this month at the age of 87. He founded the Roland ...

You might not need extra gear depending on your artistic inclinations. It includes two 50W speakers to pump out music all on its own, and a 3,000mAh battery will keep it running when you're nowhere ...