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This is the most adorable drum machine in, possibly, the entire world. The whole thing is about the size of a VHS tape, and it comes in a little silver case -- I just want to hug it!
It only has six sounds (Kick Drum, Snare Drum, Clap, Open Hat, Closed Hat, and Cymbal), and it's analog -- meaning the sounds are generated by circuits rather than sampled from actual drums. It sounds like this:
dink dink PSHT! dink dink PSHT!
Sonic robots by Moritz Simon Geist (DE) is a project dedicated to robotic music instruments and music hacking. MR-808 interactive is a robot installation featuring the oversized robotic drum machine “MR-808” - programmed live by the audience!
credit: Jürgen Lösel
I bought this used from a guy on a message board. I haven't really looked at it yet; it's not very sexy.
It has a built-in speaker, which is neat.
Attempting improvised creativity: Resequencing a chopped-up sample from a Louis Armstrong tune on an MPC (drum machine.)
slightly different angle of the same rack - This rack is found at Yadastar studio in Cologne, Germany, where i spent 10 days working alongside some amazing artists. Read about it at redbullmusicacademy.com/Blog-Comments.157.0.html?&no_...[tt_news]=7&tx_ttnews[year]=2007&tx_ttnews[month]=08&tx_ttnews[day]=07&cHash=0daccbf64e