Arduino MEGA was used for the drum machine and Arduino UNO for the synth module with a MIDI input. Both are enclosed in a “groovebox”.
Two outputs (one for the drum machine and one for the …

Selwyn House School is an all-boys school in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. For computer class, one of their teachers brought in a 30 year old Roland TR-808 drum machine for the students to play with.
Here’s …

Dave Smith instruments (Dave smith is the guy whop created the legendary Prophet 5 analogue synth) just released at NAMM 2011 the details of his new analogue drum machine, the Tempest.

A collaboration with Roger Linn, …

OK, I was just so infatuated with the washing machine drums video, that it would be criminal not to remix those drums into a song.
So we’re going to have a remix contest! Ableton has …

“Shoes in the dryer” is one of the best ways to describe a beat that is going off-kilter, or the sound of a DJ who just can’t seem to get two songs beatmatched. That …

The Drumssette is a programmable drum machine built by musician and circuit bender Mike Walters.

A very creative DIY use of an old four track recorder, it was built using the innards of a Tascam MF-P01. …

LEGO tinkerer Peter Cocteau has created a complete DIY drum machine out of a LEGO Mindstorms NXT brick and 2 motors. Dubbed the NXT-606, it’s a monophonic sample playback device, with 24 percussion …

I love drum machines – from the boooom of the tr808 to the snappy kick of the tr909, to all the weird an wonderful sounds from early analogue boxes. Well, here’s a completely different …

The Wurlitzer Sideman was the first electronic drum machine ever produced (if you don’t count tape loops), sold as a Wurlitzer organ accessory beginning in 1959. It’s got some fantastically great sounds and the …

Functionally, the Drum Buddy is a 4 oscillator, light activated, mechanically rotating light-activated drum machine and the invention of renowned New Orleans musician, Quintron. Musically, it’s a heavy duty synthesizer/drum machine that makes …