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Hip-hop production

  • SynthesizerIn 1938, the Hammond Organ Company unveiled the Novachord. This massive instrument relied on 72 voltage-controlled amplifiers and 146 vacuum tubes to…
  • Sampler (musical instrument)In 1969, Peter Zinovieff and his team at the Putney Studio in London began experimenting with two mini-computers known as Digital Equipment PDP-8.
  • Roland TR-808In 1978, Roland released the CompuRhythm CR-78, the first drum machine with which users could write, save and replay their own patterns.
  • Disc jockeyThe phrase disc jockey first appeared in print within the pages of Variety magazine during 1941. Radio gossip columnist Walter Winchell coined the term back…
  • Sampling (music)In the 1940s, French composer Pierre Schaeffer developed musique concrète. He recorded sounds from human bodies, locomotives, and kitchen utensils onto tape.