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Roland TR-808 40th birthday celebrated with FREE plugin & doccie It’s the Roland TR-808 drum machine’s 40th birthday this year. The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was originally manufactured between 1980 and 1983. The legendary drum machine was a leading factor in the creation and development of house and techno music. Today the TR-808 has been reincarnated in the form […]
Roland TR-808 PUMA shoes – tapping into EDM culture Here’s a kick with a difference, the Roland TR-808 PUMA shoes. Puma, in collaboration with Roland, are creating a pair of running shoes as part of the reboot of their RS (Running System) shoe line from the 80’s. As well as approaching Roland, Puma also went […]
Roland introduces a TR-808 VST and TR-909 Finally, there will be an official TR-808 VST and TR-909 VST from Roland music corporation. Despite so many reincarnations and software clones over the years to legacy gear, the 808 and 909 VSTs will only now be an official thing from Roland, available to Roland Cloud subscribers. The […]
Adidas Roland TR-808 Shoes – make beats with your feet, look good too The Adidas Roland TR-808 Shoes not only look good, they sound pretty rad too! Yes you did read correctly! The Adidas Roland TR-808 Shoes actually play sounds. Roland and Adidas are two iconic brands so this custom concept/prototype for Mi Adidas by Neely & […]
iO-808 is a browser based TR-808 that works iO-808 is probably the most accurate browser replica of the Roland TR-808 that has been designed so far and was launched to commemorate ‘808 day’ on 8 August. It’s certainly not the first though. A year ago the HTML 5 Drum Machine Emulator gave us some fleeting […]
Video: Daedelus compares Roland TR-808 with Aira TR-8 Watch this video from electronic producer, Daedelus as he laments the virtues of using outboard gear. Daedelus is a producer from California who has released no less than 15 albums since 2001 making him one exceptionally prolific producer. He toured South Africa in September playing the CHURN […]
808 Documentary trailer ft. Diplo, Fat Boy Slim, Pharrell & co The 808 Documentary, for release in 2015, promises to answer all the questions and get behind the deeper, untold story about the Roland TR-808 drum machine that was instrumental in creating dance music. We all know and love this sound. For many it is […]
