drum machines
Synthetic rhythm generators
Drum machines are electronic devices that produce percussion sounds, used to create rhythmic patterns for music production.
They emerged in the 1980s as synthesizers and samplers replaced acoustic drums in pop, hip-hop, and electronic music.
The term can describe hardware units with pads and controls or software that performs the same function: The track was built entirely on drum machines and synths.
Rhythmic spoken-word music
- technoElectronic dance genre
- houseResidential building
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
- acidLow-pH chemical compound
trance · EDM · lo-fi · minimal · Detroit · industrial · electro · synthpop
Orders signals chronologically
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- loopCurve closing on itself
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- DAWAudio production software
quantize · layering · arrangement · bassline · automation · step · grid · tempo
Rate of musical performance
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- quantizationConversion to discrete values
polyrhythm · shuffle · timing · fill · backbeat · downbeat · upbeat · measure
hip-hop
Rhythmic spoken-word music
- technoElectronic dance genre
- houseResidential building
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
acid · trance · EDM · lo-fi · minimal · Detroit · industrial · electro · synthpop · new wave
sequencer
Orders signals chronologically
DAW · quantize · layering · arrangement · bassline · automation · step · grid · tempo · sync
tempo
Rate of musical performance
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
quantization · polyrhythm · shuffle · timing · fill · backbeat · downbeat · upbeat · measure · time signature
kick
Foot-delivered strike
rimshot · cowbell · tom-tom · cymbal · crash · handclap · shaker · clave · woodblock · tambourine
pads
Cushioned protective layers
- Trip-HopMassive Attack, Portishead, downtempo, Sly, Mandalay
- music productioncomposing, autotune, synthesizer, producing, arranging
- audio technologydigital audio, audio engineering, sound design, audio mixing, signal processing
- Synthwavesynth, synthesizer, synthesizers, arpeggio, arpeggios
- GothJoy Division, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, The Damned, Robert Smith
- Industrial MusicNine Inch Nails, Rammstein, Cabaret Voltaire, Covenant
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