The term ’drum machine’ can mean a multitude of things in 2023, encompassing everything from emulations of vintage beatboxes and new devices inspired by them, to full-on multichannel groove production ...

Big-time music producers don’t just stack chips; they stack sounds, most often drum sounds. Doing so helps them create huge beats with unique tones. Of course, there’s nothing about the practice that ...

With a few notable exceptions, the fine art of tabletop tapping has been a purely non-digital experience for most people. Now, iDevice users can turn their rhythmic creations into real-time drum ...

Our latest free sample pack is a collection of glitched-out and experimental drum loops: 345 of them, to be exact, across nine different tempos. The beats are on the whole, dense and twitchy (triplets ...

Apple’s Logic Pro is a versatile application that enables musicians and producers to create, record and master audio. People use Logic in many different ways, depending on the type of project they are ...

Combining real analog circuits with digital synthesis and sampling makes the TR-1000 powerful but overwhelming.

Austin-based sample specialists SympleSound have created a set of free drum samples in honour of Prince. Paying tribute to The Purple One, SympleSound has created PurpleDrums, a custom set of samples ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Everyone has seen someone play an air guitar that makes no sound. Now two researchers from Dublin have developed a program that allows a drummer beating sticks in the air to produce ...

NAMM 2026: The Stylophone takes another evolutionary leap forward with Stylophone Voice, a pocket-sized sampler equipped with ...

I’m going to ask you a question about today’s hits. More specifically, today’s drum hits: when it comes to the popular music of our era, how many songs feature real, acoustic drums—of the kind played ...