From MIDI keyboards and drum pads to all-in-one samplers and sequencers, we've found the best electronic instruments for bedroom beatmakers.

All Students Can Learn” was shown at the Skylight Cinema as part of the Bentonville Film Festival’s two-day Juneteenth ...

It’s always fun when aging rock hitmakers go public with their decades-old beefs. Case in point: Neil Giraldo, husband and creative partner of Pat Benatar, believes that he’s the source of the drum ...

It was the most important and inspired many modern drum machine models today. It could be programmed with 16 steps and was used by an array of different artists. Since then, there have been multiple ...

See who Foo Fighters' Josh Freese, Weezer's Patrick Wilson, Halestorm's Arejay Hale, and more list as their favorite drummers. The Consequence Drummer Survey: 65 Drummers Name Their Favorite ...

“On Basic, the drums are too loud and this and that but that's the way I wanted it,” he said in 1997. “If people don't appreciate the damn thing, I have no interest in banging my head ...

Modern machines have gotten far more sophisticated on this front. Many modern drum machines will register a full range of velocity when played ‘live’, either using their onboard pads or an external ...

The LM-1 was unique as it was the first drum machine to use real drum samples. Story has it that Roger Linn shoved a drummer into his large closet (to help with damping) and had him hit a kick, snare, ...

While programming in a basic 16-step drum pattern and playing it back is relatively simple, some of the more advanced functions aren’t always that intuitive. At least at first, I’d highly ...

At first glance, building a drum machine that uses the heartbeats of children with congenital heart disease might be considered very poor taste. But Love Hultén and Teenage Engineering have ...

Way back in January 2021, at the NAMM trade expo, Korg offered a brief sneak preview of a powerful new analog/digital drum machine, and then all went quiet. Now the "three-fold hybrid" Drumlogue ...