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Music sequencers

  • Drum machineIn 1930, Léon Theremin built the Rhythmicon at Henry Cowell's request. This instrument could play sixteen different rhythms based on the overtone series.
  • Music sequencerIn the 9th century, a Persian engineer named Banū Mūsā created an automatic flute-playing machine powered by steam. This device used exchangeable cylinders…