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Gadgets 

Tuesday Timesuck: PLay with a Roland TR-808 and a TB-303 bass synth right in your browser

October 13, 2020October 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Roland, TB-303, TR-808

If you’re looking for a way to kill time today, composer Yuri Suzuki has created a website in concert with

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, February 1, 2020

February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billie Eilish, BMW, Deborah Dugan, emoji, Grammys, NFL, Prince, Snoop Dogg, Super Bowl, Taylor Swift, TR-808, VHS

Aliens exist. Tom DeLonge will be proven right. Moving to music news for February 1, 2020… This is important: A

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Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, August 10, 2017

August 10, 2017August 9, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Android, Apple, Bill Murray, Bracepot, Chester Bennington, David Crosby, Detroit, Groundhog Day, iOS, Killers, Lemmy, Liam Gallagher, Motorhead, Roland, Techno, Todd Haynes, TR-808, Velvet Underground, Weeknd

Here’s the best part about potential North Korean missile attacks on the US: They’d have to fly over Canadian territory

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Gadgets 

These Adidas Come with a Built-in TR-808 Drum Machine

May 4, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments adidas, TR-808

It used to be that sneakers just needed to keep your feet comfortable. Now, though, they’re expected to make some

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Movies Music History 

A Documentary on a Drum Machine? If We’re Talking About the 808, Absolutely.

November 15, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Roland, TR-808

There are few musical appliances that changed the course of music history like the Roland TR-808 drum machine. It’s now

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Music News 

Happy 35th Birthday, Roland TR-808

August 17, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drum Machine, Roland, TR-808

It’s rare that a piece of music-related technology can seismically alter the future of composing. But that’s exactly what happened

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Gadgets 

Because It’s Tuesday, You’ll Want to Kill Time Playing with a Browser-Friendly TR-808

March 24, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drum Machine, HTML 5, Roland, TR-808

The Roland TR-808 was (is?) hands-down the most important drum machine ever made. And instead of scrolling through your Facebook

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Music History 

A Doc on the Mighty Roland 808

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 808, Documentary, Roland, TR-808

You may have never, ever seen an 808 in person, but I know for a fact that you’ve heard one

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Music News 

Your Thursday Timesuck Involves a Rubik’s Cube Cross with a Roland 808

May 22, 2014May 22, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Roland, Rubik's Cube, TR-808

Pigeons and Planes points to the 808 Cube, which is a virtual cross-breeding of the familiar Rubik’s cube and the

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