E-mu Drumulator
E-mu Drumulator is a sample-based drum machine by E-mu Systems. Introduced in 1983 at a price of US$995, the Drumulator was the first programmable drum machine with built-in samples for under $1,000, resulting in sales of over 10,000 units over two years. The Drumulator was the predecessor of the E-mu SP-12.
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E-mu Drumulator is a sample-based drum machine by E-mu Systems. Introduced in 1983 at a price of US$995, the Drumulator was the first programmable drum machine with built-in samples for under $1,000, resulting in sales of over 10,000 units over two years. The Drumulator was the predecessor of the E-mu SP-12.
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The Drumulator utilizes 8-bit samples for 12 sounds, including SSM analog filters. It was widely used in early 1980s in synth-pop and Italo disco productions. In 1984, Digidrums released special EPROMs for the Drumulator, which included the Rock Drums set used on Tears for Fears' hit "Shout" and on "Beastie Groove" for Beastie Boys by Rick Rubin.
• Year — Artist — Album — Songs • 1983 — Cocteau Twins — Head over Heels — "My Love Paramour" • Cocteau Twins — Sunburst and Snowblind • Depeche Mode — Construction Time Again — "Everything Counts", "Love, in Itself" • Keith LeBlanc — "Malcolm X: No Sell Out" • Valerie Dore — "The Night", "Get Closer" • 1984 — Camel — Stationary Traveller — "Vopo's" • Fun Fun — "Color My Love" • Howard Jones — Human's Lib • Kenny Loggins — Footloose — "Footloose" • Rockwell — Somebody's Watching Me — "Somebody's Watching Me" • Carol Jiani — "Touch and Go Lover" • 1984 — Cocteau Twins — Treasure • 1985 — Bad Boys Blue — "Hot Girls, Bad Boys" • Game Theory — Real Nighttime — "She'll Be a Verb" • Lou Reed — OST White Nights — "My Love is Chemical" • Tears for Fears — Songs from the Big Chair — "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" • Front 242 — No Comment • 1986 — Nu Shooz — "I Can't Wait" • Big Black — Atomizer • Ilaiyaraaja — Punnagai Mannan • 1987 — Big Black — Songs About Fucking • Depeche Mode — Music for the Masses — "Never Let Me Down Again" • 1991 — Teenage Fanclub — Bandwagonesque — "Is This Music?" • 2001 — Liars — They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top — "Mr Your On Fire Mr", "Tumbling Walls Buried Me in the Debris", "We Live NE of Compton" • Ultravox
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