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BEAT GEMS - the new book on drum machines...

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"Soon to launch on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

BEAT GEMS is a premium hardcover book from Bjooks that explores this remarkable history through rare and iconic machines, vivid photography, artist stories, technical insight, and the people who turned boxes of circuits into culture. The book explores more than six decades of electronic music history through the drum machines that changed the way music is made, recorded, and performed.

An inspiring and visually rich book for anyone interested in music technology, design, rhythm, and recording culture, this comprehensive work follows the evolution of drum machines from early experiments and preset rhythm companions to programmable icons, studio powerhouses, genre-defining classics, and the hardware revival of recent decades. The project structure already maps that story across eight major stages – from invention and standardization to creative misuse, programmability, studio control, genre definition, and rebirth.

The book presents comprehensive research, writing, editing, photography, and visual development by author Oli Freke and editor Kim Bjørn.

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Dirtywave M8 Tracker // Atmospheric First Sketch

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"Only good things to say about the M8 Tracker.
I briefly owned the mk1 version (which I still prefer from a purely aesthetic standpoint: it was so cyberpunk!), and I had many plans for it, including a convoluted recording featuring the Wingie 2 outside, but I had to sell it because, as usual, money!
Now we're back with the mk2, which, aesthetic preferences aside, is better in any way: usb-c, battery, structural integrity, comfort in the hands, and I am starting again from zero.
The reverb now sounds way better, I have a tiny bit more experience with trackers, and I've digested hours of tutorials (but I am still scared of using Tables, lol)
It might seem a very basic jam, and it probably is for seasoned users, but I want to treat this channel as a diary for my journey with the various instruments I try, so here is my first sketch!
Recorded with the LOVELY 'Render' feature, which should be almost mandatory on all the digital grooveboxes around (OPXY, I am looking at you...)
Hope you'll like it!"