The main difference between a drummer and a drumcomputer, is the fact that a drumcomputer has got a memory. Humanity failed to do so, and thus, condemned us for an eternity listening to the hits of the 80s. However, drum machines aren't evil per se. Most of the time they like to hang around computers and nerd musicians without doing any harm. However, if they are fed after midnight, they can develop rhythm and consciousness, building infinite loops and therefore killing people of starvation by not letting them go.
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| - The main difference between a drummer and a drumcomputer, is the fact that a drumcomputer has got a memory. Humanity failed to do so, and thus, condemned us for an eternity listening to the hits of the 80s. However, drum machines aren't evil per se. Most of the time they like to hang around computers and nerd musicians without doing any harm. However, if they are fed after midnight, they can develop rhythm and consciousness, building infinite loops and therefore killing people of starvation by not letting them go.
- A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music. They are also a common necessity when session drummers are not available or desired. Most modern drum machines are sequencers with a sample playback (rompler) or synthesizer component that specializes in the reproduction of drum timbres. Though features vary from model to model, many modern drum machines can also produce unique sounds, and allow the user to compose unique drum beats.
- A synthesizer specially designed to produce drum sounds, and usually incorporating a sequencer capable of producing combinations of typical drum patterns (repeating sequences of usually 4 or 8 bars of drumming, programmed in the manner in which a drummer might play a certain style of music). Two vastly different schools of though regarding drum machines have developed over the years: analog machines which use all-analog circuitry to simulate drum and percussion sounds, and sample playback machines which are usually loaded with samples of real drum sounds. Some of the latter are romplers, which have little capability beyond reproducing canned sounds. Most modern drum machines are MIDI controlled. Certain drum sounds are mapped to note numbers, so that a note on message with the proper numbe
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| - The main difference between a drummer and a drumcomputer, is the fact that a drumcomputer has got a memory. Humanity failed to do so, and thus, condemned us for an eternity listening to the hits of the 80s. However, drum machines aren't evil per se. Most of the time they like to hang around computers and nerd musicians without doing any harm. However, if they are fed after midnight, they can develop rhythm and consciousness, building infinite loops and therefore killing people of starvation by not letting them go.
- A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music. They are also a common necessity when session drummers are not available or desired. Most modern drum machines are sequencers with a sample playback (rompler) or synthesizer component that specializes in the reproduction of drum timbres. Though features vary from model to model, many modern drum machines can also produce unique sounds, and allow the user to compose unique drum beats.
- A synthesizer specially designed to produce drum sounds, and usually incorporating a sequencer capable of producing combinations of typical drum patterns (repeating sequences of usually 4 or 8 bars of drumming, programmed in the manner in which a drummer might play a certain style of music). Two vastly different schools of though regarding drum machines have developed over the years: analog machines which use all-analog circuitry to simulate drum and percussion sounds, and sample playback machines which are usually loaded with samples of real drum sounds. Some of the latter are romplers, which have little capability beyond reproducing canned sounds. Most modern drum machines are MIDI controlled. Certain drum sounds are mapped to note numbers, so that a note on message with the proper number will play the drum sound. Unfortunately, there is no standard for how this should be done, and some machines are notorious for their seemingly random note assignments. Drum machines have their own subculture within the synth scene. In particular, the Roland TR-series of analog drum machines, originally manufacturered in the '80s, became popular with hip-hop artists who discovered that by modifying the machines and tweaking the calibration settings, they could produce the types of sounds popular in hip-hop, such as the earth-shaking, nearly subsonic kick drum popular within the genre.
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