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The Most Amazing Future-Retro Drum Machine

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The Most Amazing Future-Retro Drum Machine

Alex Bluhme, an industrial designer based in London, has developed a new kind of drum machine interface called the XOXX Composer. This innovative prototype was created out of Bluhme’s interest in understanding how people begin to make music.

The XOXX Composer features eight rotating discs with adjustable magnets that can trigger samples, creating a similar effect to that of a mechanical music box drum. In other words, the XOXX Composer takes the drum machine interface to a new level by using a unique mechanism to activate the samples.

Magnets can be placed freely anywhere along each disc’s perimeters; discs are quantized to four bars, each divided into four steps; as the discs rotate, the magnets interact with electrical switches to play samples. Eight volume faders and an effects knob round out the system.

Hi, my name is Erick Ycaza. I have a BA in Advertising & Graphic Design. This blog is to provide you with daily music news and share my personal style.

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