The last time most of us heard of Roger Linn, it was when he put his name to the revolutionary Linn LM1 drum machine that became such an integral part of the sound of 1980s pop music - it was used on ...

Esteemed electronic instrument designer Roger Linn has uploaded a new video onto Youtube that sees him demonstrate how the Akai MPC Live can be used as ‘the ultimate looper’. It’s quite a turn of ...

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It doesn't look like the guitars worn by rock gods of old. In fact, it doesn't look much like a traditional instrument at all. But to those who know what they're looking at, this strange collection of ...

We’ve been treated to hardware reboots of countless classic drum machines over the past few years, but one in particular has remained in the rhythmic history books: Roger Linn’s LM-1. Now, though, it ...

We were wandering around the crowded, noisy halls of this year's NAMM show when a particularly freaked-out drum pattern struck our eardrums. We followed the sound and encountered a gray-haired, ...

During his Grammy acceptance speech in 2011, Roger Linn admitted playing a central roll in the dehumanizing of modern music with the introduction of his LM1 drum machine in the 1980s. To try and make ...

Amongst his copious innovations, Prince's championing of the drum machine as more drum than machine redefined sample-based production across the board. The instrument, in his case the Linn Electronics ...

The remarkable story of Roger Linn, inventor of the drum machine. The son of an opera singer and a music professor, Linn's invention revolutionised popular music. He has inspired artists as diverse as ...