Drum Machines

Novation’s Circuit Rhythm offers portable immediacy and a surprising amount of depth.

Sugar Bytes bring their powerful drum machine to iPad.

The Ritmobox is a no‑nonsense drum machine with a solid analogue sound.

Roland’s unsung TR‑606 is the inspiration for their newest drum machines.

If you like your drum machines old school, analogue and ruggedly individualistic, you're going to love the ADS‑7 Mk2.

Behringer's RD‑8 is a cut-price recreation of Roland's classic drum machine. We put it to the test...

IK follow up their popular UNO Synth with a drum machine cast from the same mould...

The good folks at Laboratorio Elettronico Popolare are back with two new instruments to confound and delight.

Equipped with audio recording and playback plus a four-channel mixer, the KR‑55 Pro is more than just a rhythm machine.

How do you improve upon what is already one of the best iOS drum machine apps? Well, Olympia Noise Co are giving it a go with the release of Patterning 2.

Meet the DrumBrute’s leaner, meaner little brother.

Elektron have treated three of their flagship instruments to a major redesign. We see what’s new...

Roland’s latest Aira instrument is set to become a classic in its own right.

The 808 needs no introduction, but can its diminutive descendent deliver the same punch?

Teenage Engineering take the Pocket Operator game to the next level.

Could the MPCX make you rethink your whole approach to studio and live music production?

Elektron’s new sampling drum machine is much more than just a cut-price Octatrack.

Can Polyend’s MIDI-powered mechanical drummer replace the real thing?

Korg’s Volca Kick offers a whole lot more than its name suggests...

Are Roland’s recreations the last word on these classic instruments?

Wave Alchemy’s Revolution breathes new life into a pantheon of classic drum machines.