Roland TR-808

In 1980 Roland release the TR-808 , one of the most important electronic instruments ever created. Its sound has influenced a lot of music styles and the list of artists that have used this machine is almost infinite.The Roland TR-808 it's an analogue drum machine with integrated sequencer, fully programmable and editable. You can see here a great demo created by retrosound72

Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer

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• The beauty...Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer from 1981
  This demo vid shows the drum instruments and the various functions of TR-808.
  You must have very good bass loudspeakers or a subwoofer to hear the deep frequences.
  
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Source :

• Youtube.com by retrosound72

More info about Roland TR-808:

• Roland Tr-808 Resource site
• Wikipedia.org
• Hollowsun.com

Roland TR-808 pictures :

• Flickr.com
• Picasaweb.google.com
  

Roland TR-808 on Ebay

• Ebay.com