Is it the one after 909? The long-awaited update for D16 Group’s Drumazon 2 will release this 909 Day, September 9, with effects, busses and more.
UK duo, Leftfield, broke through with their debut full-length LP in 1995, we discuss their production style and some key gear choices.
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Following the release of their Analog Polysynth Collection, Roland have released the Drum Machine Collection featuring 5 classic rhythm boxes
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Extralife Instruments has thrown an emulation of the Roland TR-909 online for us all to play with. It's called the ER-99 and it's a load of fun.
Today is 909 Day! Celebrate in style by adding the D16 Group Drumazon 909 drum machine plug-in to your arsenal for just €29. Only today!
The sounds of Roland's classic drum machines are masterfully preserved for this and the future generations. Here are our top software choices!
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Erica Synths has announced the updated Bass Drum 2 Eurorack module. It delivers the same, fat 909-style kicks as the predecessor, but with a new gate mode.
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At last, the full official details have arrived on the long-awaited RD-9 along with confirmation of the highly anticipated price of $349.
Behringer would like to know whether you think an RD-9 based Eurorack drum sequencer would be a thing you might want? Update: community sourced improvements added.
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The Steda Electronics project to clone the Roland TR-909 is complete and kits are now available for preorder. The SR-909 is a dead ringer for the classic drum machine and sounds spot-on.
Here's a sweet deal for 909 Day! The D16 Group Drumazon TR-909 software emulation is on sale at 70% off. But hurry up – this deal expires tomorrow!
While Behringer fans bemoan the delayed release of the RD-9 some enterprising geezer from Stockport has the original prototype for sale - or so he says.
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Paul Barker of Din Sync has released a demo of their working TR-909 replica called the RE-909 Rhythm Composer. It's all PCB, components and buttons but sounds fantastic.
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We get the first look at a TR-909 clone from Steda Electronics they are calling the SR-909 which is looking and sounding awesome in a recent run of videos.
Uli Behringer takes to the internet to tell us that the RD-909 is not coming as soon as we'd like but if we're patient then we're going to love the price.
The combination of Knobcon and 909 Day was too much of a temptation for Behringer and so they had to reveal the prototype of their RD-909 Rhythm Designer.
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Not as much going on this 808 Day as we'd hoped but we do get a good sound demo of the forthcoming RD-808 with some hints at pricing and release date. Will we see an RD-909 on 909 Day?
We can't let a week go by without another Behringer synthesizer rumour. This time they were spotted playing with a Roland Jupiter 8 and a TR-909 - what could it possibly mean?
Roland Virtual Sonics have announced that the Roland Cloud online Legendary Series of virtual instruments will be joined by the first official software emulations of the TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines.
For a couple of hours Behringer's website played host to 6 new classic synthesizer clones and 5 vintage drum machines before they were pulled. No images, but were they teasing us or is someone about to get ...
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Roland get snooty about their intellectual property 21 years after the release of the Propellerhead classic 303, 808 and 909 emulation. And so Rebirth RB-338 is no more.
According to a post on Facebook, Behringer are planning a new analogue drum machine and are inviting you, the potential customer, to tell them what you think it should have...