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Product Information Document Electronic Drum Sets RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-8 Classic Analog Drum Machine with 16 Drum Sounds, 64 Step Sequencer, Wave Designer and Dual-Mode Filter Oberheim DMX Launched in 1981, the Oberheim DMX also used sampled sounds of real drums, individual tuning controls for each drum voice and a swing function to add a little groove. The controls gave the DMX the ability to emulate a real drummer via timing variations, rolls and flams to create a more human "feel". The DMX has 11 samples, which can be used to create 24 individual drum sounds and allows up to 8 voices simultaneously. It has 8 separate outputs for individual channel processing and holds up to 100 sequences and 50 songs. The DMX's hard-hitting and convincing drum sound made it attractive to artists and producers in the burgeoning hip-hop culture, and it is featured on many of the scenes early innovative records. New Order used the DMX to great effect on their 1983 single, "Blue Monday" with its repeating bass drum pattern. E-mu SP-1200 Released in 1987, the E-mu SP-1200 was quickly accepted into the hip hop world due to its limited bandwidth sampling rate, classic 4-pole filter and 12-bit sampling resolution. This all contributed to the unit's gravelly sounds, which have been feature on many hit recordings. The SP-1200's ability to build the main structure of a song within a single piece of gear (a first for the industry) cut hip-hop artists loose from the studio to perform live alongside the machine. Famous users include the Beastie Boys, The Prodigy and Daft Punk. AKAI MPC60 The celebrated Akai MPC was designed by Roger Linn and produced by Akai from 1988 onwards. The MPC allowed artists to use new clever ways to manipulate small samples to create a completely new track. These snippets were often lifted from other records and thus started a new style of "Sound-Collage". The original MPC60 only allowed sample lengths of up to 13 seconds. Sampling memory was expensive at the time, which steered people to sampling records at higher speeds in order to gain more time. The side effect was playback at a lower resolution, which contributed to the grittiness of the sound. Famous users include Kanye West, Dr. Dre and Mark Ronson. 4 of 10

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Product Information Document
Classic Analog Drum Machine with
16 Drum Sounds, 64 Step Sequencer,
Wave Designer and Dual-Mode Filter
Electronic Drum Sets
RHYTHM DESIGNER
RD-8
Oberheim DMX
Launched in 1981, the Oberheim DMX also used sampled sounds of real drums, individual tuning
controls for each drum voice and a swing function to add a little groove. The controls gave the DMX
the ability to emulate a real drummer via timing variations, rolls and flams to create a more human
“feel”. The DMX has 11 samples, which can be used to create 24 individual drum sounds and allows up
to 8 voices simultaneously. It has 8 separate outputs for individual channel processing and holds up to
100 sequences and 50 songs.
The DMX’s hard-hitting and convincing drum sound made it attractive to artists and producers in
the burgeoning hip-hop culture, and it is featured on many of the scenes early innovative records.
New Order used the DMX to great effect on their 1983 single, “Blue Monday” with its repeating bass
drum pattern.
E-mu SP-1200
Released in 1987, the E-mu SP-1200 was quickly accepted into the hip hop world due to its limited
bandwidth sampling rate, classic 4-pole filter and 12-bit sampling resolution. This all contributed to the
unit’s gravelly sounds, which have been feature on many hit recordings. The SP-1200’s ability to build
the main structure of a song within a single piece of gear (a first for the industry) cut hip-hop artists
loose from the studio to perform live alongside the machine. Famous users include the Beastie Boys,
The Prodigy and Daft Punk.
AKAI MPC60
The celebrated Akai MPC was designed by Roger Linn and produced by Akai from 1988 onwards.
The MPC allowed artists to use new clever ways to manipulate small samples to create a completely
new track. These snippets were often lifted from other records and thus started a new style of
“Sound-Collage”. The original MPC60 only allowed sample lengths of up to 13 seconds. Sampling
memory was expensive at the time, which steered people to sampling records at higher speeds in
order to gain more time. The side effect was playback at a lower resolution, which contributed to the
grittiness of the sound. Famous users include Kanye West, Dr. Dre and Mark Ronson.