drum machine

noun

: an electronic device that simulates the sound of drums

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Perhaps that’s why Tango in the Night is the rare late ’80s blockbuster with a real human touch in its arrangements, at a time when other classic rock drummers and bassists were being sidelined in the studio by drum machines and synthesizers. —

Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025 Kim Gordon, The Collective A 71-year-old noise-rocker reciting spoken word over drum machines might scan as avant-garde impenetrability. —

Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024 Cox was on hand at the event to play one of his signature Hybrid Live sets, for with he both DJs and employs hardware including drum machines and synthesizers. —

Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024 Kim Gordon, The Collective The list of ingredients appears to spell chaos: shimmering guitars, grungy drum machines, a 70-year-old white woman. —

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