Miniature, inexpensive and incredibly addictive: the Pocket Operator series has electronic music producers and fans furiously making music on the go with dexterous thumbs. The Swedish collaboration between audio tech nerds Teenage Engineering and fashion brand Cheap Monday has just been expanded, adding three new members to the Gameboy-like Pocket Operator family. While the debut three products (Rhythm, Sub and Factory) covered the bases in …
Without a multi-million dollar budget, high-tech research lab or an engineering degree, Roger Linn created the LM-1 Drum Computer in 1979, the first programmable drum machine that used digital samples of acoustic drums. Unlike other drum machines of the day—like the classic Roland TR-808—the LM-1 was the closest one could get to having an authentic drummer when you didn’t have a kit (or the skills) …
Electronic music fans rejoice. Record producer and digital music pioneer Joe Mansfield puts his museum-like collection of drum machines on display in this 200-page coffee table tome, created in collaboration with photographer Gary Land. More than just a collection, Mansfield has used every machine on display and the book tells the story of both his prolific career and the evolution of electronic music through his …
