Roland's vintage TR-808 drum machine or TB-303 bass synthesizers helped define electronica in the '80s, but nowadays they're nearly impossible to find. Luckily, you can create beats with both ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's the TR-808 drum machine's 40th anniversary this year, and Roland is marking 808 Day (8/08, of course) with a flood of goodies to ...

Roland has teamed up with designer Yuri Suzuki to launch an online studio project that allows users to play with its TR-808 drum machine and TB-303 bass synthesiser. The 808303.studio allows users to ...

Check out what a Roland TR 808 looks like...from the inside. Everyone longs to look inside a Roland 808 drum machine. Well, maybe not everyone. Actually, maybe it's just me. But stay with me on this: ...

The sequencer on the 808, a row of 16 color-coded buttons, offered artists a way to store beats they programmed. Courtesy of Roland Even if you don't know the Roland TR-808 drum machine by name, ...