Forty years ago, mathematician Mark Kac asked the theoretical question, "Can one hear the shape of a drum?" If drums of different shapes always produce their own unique sound spectrum, then it should ...
New virtual drum instrument captures some of the world's rarest drums and a legendary producer's signature sound. This ...
On a brisk fall day in Zuccotti Park, the one demand was to stop the drumming. That meant trouble among the faithful who had gathered to shake up the established order, create a little chaos and, with ...
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, ...
I didn't know how much I didn't know about drums. There are drums that talk, that can imitate speech. There are drums grouped in families for the purpose of talking to each other. Tapping a drum with ...