The Roland TR-808 debuted in the '80s and pop music was, effectively, changed forever. Dance music and hip-hop adopted its low-end bass technology immediately and its jagged effect now flood the Top ...

It’s almost impossible to imagine the modern musical landscape without the distinctive sounds of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. When the Japanese electronics company Roland started releasing the 808 ...

You might not know it, but you've heard a TR-808. Released in 1980 by Japan's Roland Corporation, the rudimentary drum machine supplied the bombastic beats of early hip-hop, the futuristic sounds of ...

It's always good to see companies delivering updates and new features to devices long after they've launched. And Roland's TR-8S and TR-6S were already pretty capable to begin with. But with the ...