The authors dive into the mechanic circuitry and deep beats and bass of the Roland TR-808 drum machine, but say little about its significance for the musical, sonic, and textural sciences that are imagined alongside the unit. They write, “A bass drum note is produced when the μPD650C-085 CPU applies a common trigger and (logic high) instrument data to the trigger logic.” 3 They pay close attention to the circuit behavior of the 808. 2 They find remnants of Ace Tone’s 1964 R1 Rhythm Ace. The authors take the machine apart, break it up, and think about inabilities, noting that misinformation and misconceptions about the sound, the beats, the bass of the original 808s has led to the inability to emulate it.
Smith III, write that the drum machine was “considered somewhat of a flop-despite significant voice design innovations, disappointing sales and a lukewarm critical reception seemed clear indicators that digitally-sampled drum machines were the future.” 1 Centralizing an analysis of the circuits, sub-circuits, and software of the Roland TR-808, the authors suggest that, since its discontinuation there has been an inability to digitally replicate the analog sounds of the Roland TR-808. In an article about the Roland TR-808, discontinued by Roland in 1984, Kurt James Werner, Jonathan S. This essay was originally published in PROPTER NOS.
By Katherine McKittrick and Alexander G. Weheliye
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