The sequencer on the 808, a row of 16 color-coded buttons, offered artists a way to store beats they programmed. Courtesy of Roland Even if you don't know the Roland TR-808 drum machine by name, ...

We’ve done a handful of wire-free headphone reviews and the ones I’ve tested seemed to suffer from one issue. Connectivity between the two earbuds was not always consistent. The 808 EarCanz TRU are ...

Rhythm machine released in 1980 by Japanese instrument maker · Roland "TR-808, Commonly known as "Yaya'S unique tone is supported all over the world, and even now the evaluation as a "famous machine" ...

Last Friday, a Stradivarius violin that had been stolen in 1980 was returned to family members of the deceased virtuoso Roman Totenberg. It had been made by Antonio Stradivari in 1734, purchased by ...

Roland revived the iconic sounds of the TR-808 with last year's AIRA TR-8, and now its leveraging those tones for mobile gaming. With TR-REC, the audio company uses sounds from both the TR-808 and ...

It’s disarmingly easy to become an amateur DJ in 2017, when an iPhone and a $1.99 app will quickly have you on your way to learning the basics of mixing songs together, or a thumb drive filled with ...

808 Audio’s Hex TLS delivers thumping sound from an attractive aluminum enclosure, but it’s monophonic, doesn’t work as a speakerphone, and it can’t charge other devices. The number 808 carries great ...

The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer is credited with more musical innovations than you can wave a plug socket at – even after its rocky start. After flopping commercially upon release in 1980, because ...

The English are a curious lot and among their many curiosities is a tendency to overthink and overanalyze various musical trends. Like the fabled trainspotters who camp out in railway stations ...

When you’re working out, doing yard work, or otherwise exerting yourself and getting sweaty, it almost always helps to have music playing. Whether it’s to distract you from hearing yourself huffing ...

These days, few new electronic instruments have an identifiable "sound". We buy them on the understanding that they'll have thousands of preset configurations that will let us emulate sounds we've ...