Drum and Drum Machines Archive

  • A little DIY elbow grease and I built an electronic drum pad using a 35mm Piezoelectric element, some fibreglass window screen and a cheap snare drum. The build documents are...

    Self-built Electronic Snare Drum Pad

    Posted on July 27, 2010 | No Comments
    A little DIY elbow grease and I built an electronic drum pad using a 35mm Piezoelectric element, some fibreglass window screen and a cheap snare drum. The build documents are...

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  • This was used on the project MDS (Main drum sounds) When I hook this thing into my current MIDI loop it crashes. I think the old boy feels insecure.

    Boss DR-550 MkI Dr. Rhythm

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
    This was used on the project MDS (Main drum sounds) When I hook this thing into my current MIDI loop it crashes. I think the old boy feels insecure.

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  • This machine was used on the album Remote Control (Most main drum sounds) All my drum machines kind of sit off to the side these days as samplers and sample...

    Korg DDD-5 Drum Machine

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
    This machine was used on the album Remote Control (Most main drum sounds) All my drum machines kind of sit off to the side these days as samplers and sample...

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  • This is a funky little thing. A handful of pre-programed beats, and few pads, and that’s about it. Some of the older Tic Tok Men music used this drum machine....

    Yamaha MR10 Drum Machine

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
    This is a funky little thing. A handful of pre-programed beats, and few pads, and that’s about it. Some of the older Tic Tok Men music used this drum machine....

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  • I use the TD-5 for programming “real” drum tracks. It’s one thing to tap out the track on a keyboard but playing the drum tracks with sticks gives the track...

    Roland TD-5 Digital Trap Kit

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
    I use the TD-5 for programming “real” drum tracks. It’s one thing to tap out the track on a keyboard but playing the drum tracks with sticks gives the track...

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