via this Reverb listing
"The Eko Ritmo 20 has, as the name suggests, a selection of 20 preset rhythms to choose from. Three of these are in 3/4 time while the rest are in 4/4. The machine also offers Intro and Fill-in breaks for each of the 20 rhythms.Nine sound generators are built in, these are: Bass Drum, Snare, Conga, Tom-Tom, Hi-Hat, Cymbal, Rimshot, Claves and Cowbell. To adjust the overall sound-balance a six channel mixer is provided. This is where the machine comes into its own, the percussion simulation is excellent!
The rhythms are selected by 12 black switches arranged in a 10 x 2 format, i.e. each of the 10 selects one of two rhythm banks dictated by the other two switches. All of the switches have built in red LED's to indicate the rhythm selected.
The rhythms encoded in memory are:
· Bank 1: Beguine, Samba, Jazz Rock, Rock 1, Rock 2, Rock 3, Disco 1, Disco 2, Funky, Pop Rock
· Bank 2: Waltz, Jazz Waltz, Tango, March, Swing 1, Swing 2, Shuffle, Ballad, Bossa Nova, Cha Cha.
Above the selection switches are the voice balance controls, these allow six channels to be mixed! Bass Drum, Snare, Conga/Tom-Tom, Hi-Hat, Cymbal and Rim Shot/Claves/Cowbell.
The sound quality of the voicing of this drum machine is very good, especially the Snare, Hi-Hat, Cymbal and Cowbell! The option to mix the sound balance is also very valuable and fading in different channels during a rhythm introduces some interesting possibilities.
Eko was the Italian brand that produced many legendary instruments. Based in Marche, Italy, in the same area where Elka, Elgam, Farfisa, Crumar, Jen, Siel, Solton, CRB, etc. were born."
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