![]() But there was a problem: late ‘70s analog technology wasn’t very good at creating realistic drum sounds. ![]() Working under Tadao Kikumoto … Hiro Nakamura was asked to develop the analog voice circuits for the unnamed product, which was intended to help pro-musicians create demos. ![]() To celebrate the arrival of the official 808 day I’m going to delve into the history of the 808 itself, present you with some fantastic hand-picked examples of classic 808 tracks and to round things off I will tell you where to get hold of some 808 freebies too in the form of brilliant plugins and sample packs! A brief history of the Roland TR-808:īuilding on the success of the Roland CompuRhythm CR-78, Ikutaro Kakehashi, the founder of Roland, tasked his engineers with creating a drum synthesizer which could emulate real percussion and with which users could adjust various sound parameters. Yes it’s hard to believe but the venerable TR-808 is now 42 years old – and it’s still going strong! ![]() 8th August is the official birthday of Roland’s iconic TR-808 drum machine. ![]()
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