Drum Machine Blind Test: Electronic Beats‘ YouTube channel regularly releases new episodes of its “Blind Test” series. In this series, well-known artists listen to records from various electronic genres and try to guess what they’re hearing. If you’re into this kind of music, it’s a fun way to spend twenty minutes. It usually sends me straight down a Discogs rabbit hole afterward. In this particular episode, which is a bit older now, the artists skip vinyl entirely and go straight for drum machines. Across ten rounds, we hear a mix of stone-cold classics and units that might earn that status eventually. Each round ends with a reveal. Honestly, you might guess better than the people in the video.
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The Drum Machine Blind Test
This time, we’re diving straight into the video with no hesitation or scrolling past it. You’ll get to guess right alongside KiNK, Mathew Jonson, Jamaica Suk, Lauren Flax, Frank Wiedemann, and Stimming as Bill Youngman fires up one drum machine after another.
Half the fun of a blind test with drum machines like this one is watching experienced producers second-guess themselves about gear they’ve probably heard a hundred times. It’s oddly satisfying to see someone with a wall of hardware in their studio hesitate between two classic 808-adjacent machines. Have fun guessing along!
Feeling Inspired to Grab a Groove Box?
You’ll have to forgive us. When a video showcases this much dream gear in just twenty minutes, we can’t help but include a few affiliate links. Watching artists light up over these machines puts you in a buying mood. Honestly, that happens to me almost every time I watch one of these videos. Judging by the reactions in the video, it hits the people involved just as hard.
However, we’re keeping this spoiler-free, so the shop links below may not include the exact drum machines featured in the video. It’s possible that none of them will show up. Some of these models may appear in a potential second part of the video, if there is one.
As you’ve probably guessed, many of the units shown are only available used these days, often at high prices. If you must have that exact machine, your main option is eBay and other used gear marketplaces. Modern reissues or clones of these classics are solid alternatives, too. We’ve rounded up a few of those in the links below.
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Elektron Syntakt
Customer rating: (111)
$888.00 / £799.00 / 929.00€ at
Elektron Analog Rytm MKII Black
Customer rating: (50)
$1,533.00 / £1,366.00 / 1,568.00€ at
Behringer RD-8 MKII
Customer rating: (63)
$229.00 / £199.00 / 239.00€ at
Arturia DrumBrute Impact
Customer rating: (147)
$244.00 / £222.00 / 255.00€ at
Behringer RD-9
Customer rating: (155)
$247.00 / £218.00 / 258.00€ at
Korg Volca Drum
Customer rating: (166)
$125.00 / £111.00 / 130.00€ at
Korg Volca Beats
Customer rating: (257)
$126.00 / £115.00 / 132.00€ at
Roland TR-08
Customer rating: (86)
$381.00 / £345.00 / 399.00€ at
Twisted Electrons BlastBeats
Customer rating: (8)
$575.00 / £522.00 / 599.00€ at
Behringer LM Drum
Customer rating: (55)
$333.00 / £295.00 / 349.00€ at
Behringer RD-78
Customer rating: (24)
$158.00 / £139.00 / 165.00€ at
Elektron Syntakt
$1,080 at
Elektron Analog Rytm MKII Black
$2,299 at
Behringer RD-8 MKII
$319 at
Arturia DrumBrute Impact
$299 at
Behringer RD-9
$339 at
Korg Volca Drum
$149.80 at
Korg Volca Beats
$149.99 at
Roland TR-08
$494.99 at
Behringer LM Drum
$459 at
Behringer RD-78
$174.99 at
More Information
Drum Machines at Thomann* / Sweetwater*
Grooveboxes at Thomann* / Sweetwater*
More Blind Tests on the Electronic Beats YouTube Channel
More about Drum Machines on GEARNEWS
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