MUSEUM of Soviet Synths!

Great website with tons of amazing Soviet synths plus they have a great section with beat boxes & drum machines....amazing stuff!! check it out by clicking HERE!

FUNKBOX 1.0 mac ap!

This looks totally brilliant....read on for more from the makers of this sweet little item!....

Seattle based Synthetic Bits has released FunkBox Drum Machine 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. The app not only brings the functionality of the vintage drum machines, but also their quirks and rust, emulating six different vintage beatboxes and brings the sound, feel, and features to your iPhone. A variety of preset beat patterns, tempo adjustments on the fly, classic drum box sounds, a live mixer, and for those who want to really get in there a classic x0x style drum programming grid.

The idea for FunkBox came while Art was working on recording a retro-styled electronica album (Submodern’s 2009 release "Slowburn") where he used an assortment of old vintage drum machines from the 70’s and 80’s. Rather than mousing around with the latest drum plugins, or triggering samples from within a modern digital audio sequencer, he sat down and recorded all the beats for the album using those original dusty, finicky, and funky decades-old beat boxes, giving him a new appreciation for their quirky interfaces, classic sounds, and limited but inspiring feature sets. Synthetic Bits’ goal in making the FunkBox app was to create something similarly fun, funky, and easy to use.

FunkBox brings everything you need to make your own dirty, funky beats on your iPhone, anywhere you go. A variety of preset beat patterns, tempo adjustments on the fly, classic drum box sounds, a live mixer, and for those who want to really get in there a classic x0x style drum programming grid. Beat heads everywhere can use the Funkbox to drop dirty beats sampled from Synthetic Bits personal collection of coveted vintage drum machines: the Roland TR-808, Roland TR-909, Roland TR-606, Roland CR-78, Maestro Rhythm King MRK-2 (the drum machine that Sly Stone nicknamed "the Funkbox"), and Korg ER-1. Yep, all the classic beatboxes that were used on all your favorite old school electro, techno, hip hop and synthpop tracks, and that are still being heavily used and namedropped to this day by artists like Beck ("Bangin’ like an 808…"), Outkast ("I know y’all wanted that 808…"), the Beastie Boys ("…nothing sounds quite like an 808!"), and others.

Device Requirements:
iPhone and iPod touch 3.1.2 or later

Pricing and Availability:
FunkBox Drum Machine 1.0 is $1.99 USD and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Music category.

LINK:
CLICK HERE TO BUY THE APP FROM ITUNES!

STYLOPHONE BeatBox!

Ok I'm sure we all love our stylophones!?....they really do rock don't they?...but hey that wonderfull Stylophone company has come up with anutha winner...its got retro stylophone styling and you play beats on it..its the Stylophone BeatBox! wots not to like go on get one from HERE and here's the wonderfull BRETT DOMINO to show you how to use this little piece of modern history!

DRUMBOX Art! TENBOY my litte drum box! ep out now!

Its by tenboy its called 'My Little Drum Box!', its a four track ep of cool simple acoustic songs backed by dum machine and it also includes a sweet instrumental remix by Machine Boy of the lead track....nice! go and get it from itunes HERE!

OLD drum machine...beatbox!

More info about this rarity would be nice! original post by www.youtube.com/user/shindymote

PROSTHETIC beatbox!

Ok! maybe this is getting totally stoopid....but kinda interestin all the same, original post HERE!

MC XANDER White Stripes remix!

MC Xander Beatbox/Vocalist Extraordinare performs near Camden Town on the streets of London. Using a portable battery powered Crate amp, a mic, and his amazing vocal skillz, MC Xander lays down the beat while providing the melodies and the lyrics all at the same time.

KORG 55B Analog Rhythm Drum Synth...for sale!

Korg Rhythm 55B - 100% analog rhythm drum/synth machine. This comes with everything that originally came with it save for the box including the original instruction manual and dual foot switch. It was adult owned and has had very little use as I am the original owner. This is the same model used by electronic pioneer Jean-Michael Jarre, Depeche Mode, and others. This is one of the best sounding analog rhythm machines. The sounds are very similar to those on the Roland TR-808 and CR series machines, but in my opinion the snare is one of the cleanest sounding snares that has yet to be matched. Classic synth sounds include bass drum, snare drum, cymbal, hi-hat, tomtom, conga, rim click, cowbell, and claves, with separate volume control for each. All 96 patterns work smoothly, What's really great about this machine is the swing function which can be controlled with a knob for the jazz rhythms.

go take a bid on this piece of history HERE!

WURLITZER Swingin' Rhythm Analog!

Vintage Wurlitzer Swingin' Rhythm Analog Drum Machine.

NATIVE Instruments New Groove Box!

Being Native Instruments this is of course much more than just another groove box. Josh Fielstra tells all about NI's new integrated controller, the Maschine, for more info go HERE!

EKO Music Box 12 Vintage...for sale!

EKO Music Box 12 Vintage Drum Machine, Classic electronic keyboard drum loops - Waltz, Tango, March, Foxtrot, Swing, Slow Rock, Rock Pop, Soul, Samba, Bossa Nova, Cha Cha, Mambo....Good cosmetic condition, in working order. Fairly heavy so will be expensive to post, bid on this vintage piece of kit HERE!

ACETONE Rhythm Ace FR-3 vintage beat box...for sale!

This is a vintage Ace Tone Rhythm Ace model FR-3 in good cosmetic and good working condition. Comes with original foot switch that appears to have had very little use. Cool sounding drum machine/beat box....now if you really don't want this, you aint the DRUMACHINEHEAD I took you for....its big, its fat, its ugly, it plays simple beats that a machine a 100th of its size will play...wots not to love!!.....phew, deliceous! bid for it HERE!

HOW TO Use a Beat Box Rhythm Machine!

Understanding how a beat box drum machine works is easy with these tips, get expert advice on rhythm machines and beats in this free video...hehehe!!

VINTAGE Collection MPCsounds.com!

Ya heard of these cats MPCsounds.com? They're another one in the wave of new-school soundware developers who are focusing on Internet distribution of samples as much as possible, although CDs, MPC floppies and Zip disks are still available. Also, MPCsounds–as the name suggests–concentrates on making samples intended for the Akai MPC series of sampling drum machines (and a bit for the Korg Triton as well) and for the makers of hip-hop music in particular, their latest collection was just released: Vintage Machinez 2. It comes in three parts, available for dowlads at $29.95 each, and each one coming with well more than 600 samples. MPCsounds used a slew of classic drum machines to make the 2,100 total sounds of Vintage Machinez 2, including Boss Dr. Rhythm 55, Boss Dr. Rhythm 110, Casio PT-30, Casio PT-68, EMU SP-12, Fairlight II, Hammond Auto-Vari 64, Hammond Drumbox, Korg KPR-77, Korg Rhythm-55, Pearl SC-40, Univox Micro-Rhythmer 12 and Visco Space Drums, give a listen to the company's product demos to judge for yourself. The percussion parts are from Vintage Machinez 2, with other instruments coming from other MPCsounds libraries, go check em out HERE!

MINIPOPS series 3 5 7 35 120 & Junior!

totally brilliant demo of the Korg MiniPops series of vintage beat boxes, machines featured include 3,5,7,35,120 & Minipops Junior.....great demo!! and an awesome collection!!......enjoy!!

MR 10 Rare Vintage Analogue!

Yamaha mr10 vintage analog 1981 drum machine, this is very cute 5 pad analogue drum machine, this item for sale is very clean just normal wear and tear,100% working order but trigger pad for the bass drum is sometimes too sensitive and the snare drum also triggers the High tom (see the youtube video) trigger pads for bass drum /snare/High tom/ low tom /cymbal, seperate adjustable volume for Bass drum and cymbals,tuning for toms and cymbals,12 patterns with variations 4bar/ 8bar, this would be the perfect machine for circuit bending as it runs off batteries .check out this link to youtube demonstrating this item for sale HERE! Item for sale HERE!

GLITCH monster sk1!

This is a one-of-a-kind patchable glitch box. It is dozens of hours of soldering spagetti by the inventor www.kingcapitalpunishment.com You can find it on his website under one of a kind devices. It was once a Casio sk-1. Features I am NOT demonstrating here: Hendrix-style feedback loops using the microphone send and the drum machine glitch out. Oceanus shows some of that drum thing, so instead i thought I'd simply patch up and go. The click beat your hearing are the 8 mechanical relays that switch on the glitch patch. I am also not using the light source VCA. This machine is simply mad, Mad i tell you! You can do melodic flutes with poly-portemento, vibrato and built-in echo but I didn't do that either. Madness in a box. Lots of fun.

JOSEPH Schillinger the Rhythmicon!

Early drum machines were often referred to as "rhythm machines." In 1930–32, the spectacularly innovative and complex Rhythmicon was realized by Léon Theremin on the commission of composer-theorist Henry Cowell, who wanted an instrument with which to play compositions whose multiple rhythmic patterns, based on the overtone series, were far too difficult to perform on existing keyboard instruments. The invention could produce sixteen different rhythms, each associated with a particular pitch, either individually or in any combination, including in mass, if desired. Received with considerable interest when it was publicly introduced in 1932, the Rhythmicon was soon set aside by Cowell and was virtually forgotten for decades. The next generation of rhythm machines played only preprogrammed rhythms such as mambo, tango, or the like.

THE worlds number 1 beat box?

The Elektron Machine Drum is a totally awesome machine...but its so much more than a beat box, do yerself a favour and buy yersen one, check it out HERE!
here's a bit of youtube stuff to wet yer appetite....

THE Maestro Rhythm King MRK-2!

A great Demonstration of the sounds and preset rhythms of the Maestro Rhythm King MRK-2 drum machine, dubbed "the funk box" by Sly Stone and used on his classic album "There's a Riot Goin' On", lovely machine!