Welcome to Drum Machine Music dot com.
Your Source For All Things Drum Machine!
This site features a wealth of information on drum machines: music that is created with drum machines, electronic artists, different types of hardware and software drum machines, free beats and samples, articles, and a forum where you can discuss and find more information about drum machines.
There is also a Books page that lists a variety of musical books covering drum machines, software, recording, editing, and music creation. An Albums page was added to provide information on interesting and unique electronic artists musical releases.
The Music section explains the different genres of drum machine music including: ambient, breakbeat/breaks, downtempo, drum and bass, digital hardcore, electronic grindcore, electro, intelligent dance music (IDM), hardcore, house, industrial, jungle, techno, and trance. The Artists page lists different bands who use drum machines sucessfully along with their albums. Learn about different types of hardware and software drum machines from the past and present. Find information on Alesis, Boss, Korg, Roland, Simmons, and Zoom brands.
Looking for samples to use in your music creation? The Samples page offers free beats and samples! Drum (kick, snare, cymbal, tom) samples, drum kits, stabs, bass, sound fx, synth, keyboard, vocal, and random samples available.
Check out the forum to read and post topics about drum machines and the music created by them. Feel free to join!
Articles:
The History of Drum Machines - A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments.
Most modern drum machines are sequencers with a sample playback (rompler) or synthesizer component that specializes in the reproduction of drum timbres as well as...
How Electronic Drum Kits Work - When an electronic drum pad is struck, a voltage change is triggered in the embedded piezoelectric transducer (piezo) or force sensitive resistor (FSR). The resultant signals are transmitted to an electronic drum module via TS or TRS cables, and are translated into digital waveforms...