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From: elf@utcsri.UUCP (Eugene Fiume)
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Subject: Re: Drum Machines - A Flame
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Date: Tue, 21-May-85 12:10:57 EDT
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> > Rich Rosen:
> > 
> > 2) They are fantastic tools for composers working on their own.  Though the
> > 	machine I have is a piece of crap (the old Dr. Rhythm), I accompany
> > 	that sound when I record with various sundry other percussion that I
> > 	play directly (acoustic and electronic).
> > 
> Agreed. The drum machine in this context is similar to the metronomes used
> by classical composers and practicing virtuosos.
> 
> 
> Marcel Simon

Interesting that metronomes should be mentioned.  In one of my favourite
albums, "Neu! 1975" by Neu, you can hear a metronome clicking away through
most of the album.  Very effective in that context, but I don't think it'll
become the new (neu?) thing in drumming technique.

Eugene Fiume.