E-mu Drumulator
E-mu Drumulator was the sample-based drum-machine by E-mu Systems. It was introduced in 1983 at a price of US$995. The Drumulator was E-mu's attempt at creating a rhythm machine like the Linn LM-1 that was better and cheaper. It was used a lot in early 1980s in synthpop and Italo-disco productions. In 1984, Digidrums released special EPROMs for Drumulator, which included the Rock Drums set that was used on Tears for Fears' hit "Shout" and "Beastie Groove" for Beastie Boys by Rick Rubin.
Notable users
| Year | Artist | Album | Songs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Cocteau Twins | Head over Heels | "My Love Paramour" |
| Cocteau Twins | Sunburst and Snowblind | ||
| Depeche Mode | Construction Time Again | "Everything Counts", "Love, in Itself" | |
| Keith LeBlanc | "Malcolm X: No Sell Out" | ||
| Valerie Dore | "The Night", "Get Closer" | ||
| 1984 | Fun Fun | "Color My Love" | |
| Howard Jones | Human's Lib | ||
| Kenny Loggins | Footloose | "Footloose" | |
| Rockwell | Somebody's Watching Me | "Somebody's Watching Me" | |
| Carol Jiani | "Touch and Go Lover" | ||
| Cocteau Twins | Treasure[1] | ||
| 1985 | Bad Boys Blue | "Hot Girls, Bad Boys" | |
| Game Theory | Real Nighttime | "She'll Be a Verb" | |
| Lou Reed | OST White Nights | "My Love is Chemical" | |
| Tears for Fears | Songs from the Big Chair | "Shout" | |
| Front 242 | No Comment | ||
| 1986 | |||
| Nu Shooz | "I Can't Wait" | ||
| 1987 | Big Black | Songs About Fucking | |
| Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses | "Never Let Me Down Again" | |
| 2001 | Liars | They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top | "Mr Your On Fire Mr", "Tumbling Walls Buried Me in the Debris", "We Live NE of Compton" |
| Ultravox |
References
- ^ Guthrie, Robin. "Equipment Notes". Robin Guthrie (official website).