drum machine
noun
: an electronic device that simulates the sound of drums
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web With a Roland Drumatix drum machine bought for $40, Hanna recorded the album entirely by herself in her bedroom, taking a more personal focus than the wide-angle activism of her previous work. 
Annie Fell, SPIN, 1 Sep. 2022 There were a lot of musical ideas that Mike and Tony put together with a drum machine. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 In addition to more traditional stuff, there's synth-y stuff and 808 drum machine stuff. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 4 June 2022 The ready-for-the-floor art-pop adventure sees the D.C.-born band and its collaborators paint liberally with jangly guitar, traveling bass lines, drum machine patter, and synths that shimmer one moment and wallop the next. Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 June 2022 The Crap is at once chaotic and defanged, with rudimentary drum machine grooves doing a poor job of taking the place of Headon. Al Shipley, SPIN, 14 May 2022 Antonoff fooled around with some simple keyboard voicings on a warm-sounding vintage synth, then programmed a spare, mid-tempo track on a drum machine. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 It can be plugged into keyboard, drum machine or digital audio workstation (DAW), and there’s even a headphone jack so DJs can listen and play without turning the rest of the house into a club. Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2022 On it, Stepney layers his own performances on piano and vibraphone over an early drum machine, for a bare-bones insight into his talents. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2022 See More
Annie Fell, SPIN, 1 Sep. 2022 There were a lot of musical ideas that Mike and Tony put together with a drum machine. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 In addition to more traditional stuff, there's synth-y stuff and 808 drum machine stuff. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 4 June 2022 The ready-for-the-floor art-pop adventure sees the D.C.-born band and its collaborators paint liberally with jangly guitar, traveling bass lines, drum machine patter, and synths that shimmer one moment and wallop the next. Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 June 2022 The Crap is at once chaotic and defanged, with rudimentary drum machine grooves doing a poor job of taking the place of Headon. Al Shipley, SPIN, 14 May 2022 Antonoff fooled around with some simple keyboard voicings on a warm-sounding vintage synth, then programmed a spare, mid-tempo track on a drum machine. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 It can be plugged into keyboard, drum machine or digital audio workstation (DAW), and there’s even a headphone jack so DJs can listen and play without turning the rest of the house into a club. Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2022 On it, Stepney layers his own performances on piano and vibraphone over an early drum machine, for a bare-bones insight into his talents. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1976, in the meaning defined above