Drum Machine Archive

  • Wearing your beats on your wrist drum machine

    Wearing your beats on your wrist drum machine

    I suspect this would have been the watch that Herbie Hancock wore when he made his famous "Rockit" video. Back in the early 1980's, Seiko was trying to put everything from TV's to radio's into watches, and along with those ill advised choices, they also made the drum machine watch. Ugly and over priced, the watch never caught on with the public.

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  • Numark announces NSFX for NS7 to use with ITCH by DJs. They also run out of capital letters.

    Numark announces NSFX for NS7 to use with ITCH by DJs. They also run out of capital letters.

    DJs have been using double turntable setups ever since 1947 with Sir Jimmy Savile. Modern setups, however, forgo the vinyl and even CDs. One such computer-performance system is the Numark NS7 Controller for Serato’s ITCH software. The NS7 gives DJs the feel of a traditional turntable rig, while functioning as a controller for ITCH. A single [...]

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