drum machine

noun

: an electronic device that simulates the sound of drums

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Göransson did some of this by turning to original instruments, from an original 1932 Dobro Cyclops slide guitar to the original drum machine beat that became the beginning of hip-hop. Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 18 Apr. 2025 Just as synthesizers, drum machines, and digital audio workstations redefined music production, AI is simply the next step in this evolution. Rowan Briggs, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025 Her voice sounds pure and soft over a tangle of synthesizers, gamelan, harp, and drum machine. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025 Set to a live techno soundtrack featuring analog synthesizers, acoustic instruments, and drum machines, the performance is further enhanced by a live projection by PhotoVogue photographer Lucrezia Testa Iannilli, which explores the merging of human and animal, future and ancestral. Photovogue, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drum machine

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of drum machine was in 1976

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“Drum machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drum%20machine. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

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