Features Pro Audio Amen-breaks and 808s: a look at the most influential drum machines ever made by Happy From the cardinal Linn LM-1 to the classic Roland TR-808, we take a look at the most influential drum machines of all time. by Oliver Newland and Anthony Sfirse With MIDI, VST…
Features Pro Audio The myths, secrets and stories about why the Roland TR-808 sounds the way it does by Enmore Audio We went sifting through the dark corners of the web to extract the myths, secrets and stories about why the holy Roland TR-808 sounds the way it does. Yes, welcome…
Exclusives Pro Audio The 80s Part I: experimentation, cutting edge tech and breaking into the mainstream by Max Mahood If the 1970s was the decade that began the revolution of electronic music, the 1980s was the decade that improved it. The 80s also added new cultural and technological features…
News Pro Audio Check out a full list of the gear daft punk used to record homework by Happy Despite quickly shooting to world fame in the late ’90s after releasing their iconic debut album Homework, Daft Punk have spent their careers shrouded in mystery. Of course, their identities have…
News Pro Audio Here are all the classic synth and drum machine clones Behringer revealed at Superbooth 2018 by Happy Berlin’s Superbooth trade show has played host to a swag of new product announcements. Not to be outdone, Behringer has shown off an array of prototypes for classic synth and…
News Drool over this Adidas sneaker design which functions as a Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer by Happy There’s no doubt the Roland TR-808 drum machine is among the most influential electronic instruments ever created. A staple of recorded music from Marvin Gaye to Kanye West, even if…
News Roland founder and drum machine trailblazer Ikutaro Kakehashi passes away at age 87 by Happy Since it was founded in the 1970s, Roland has become a household name in the world of music production. Ikutaro Kakehashi was the father of the corporation, and the engineer responsible…
News This virtual tour of Roland’s private museum will get you all hot and bothered by Happy Roland is a gear porn favourite. They’ve been around so long that their synthesizer and drum machine catalogue has grown to epic proportions and seeing some of those golden oldies…
News Don’t have any spare cash to splash out on a new drum kit? Check out the new HTML-909 online drum machine by Emily Mathison In the age of the technology, of course there’s going to be some pretty killer revelations online. One of the newest to come out of the tech world is the…