Drum Machine
product on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
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2 statements about Drum Machine, every show
Iovine: Roger Linn built his drum machine during my recording sessions
“You know, I was fortunate because Roger Lynn used to be a guitar player, and he was playing on one of my sessions when he was creating this thing. He had the computer in there with him. He was creating a drum machine.”
Eck: Automating rhythm with drum machines enabled more complex human vocal phrasing
“So you've solved the metronomic, you know, beat problem. And then what you actually find is that artists who are really good at this, they play off of it and they're allowed like when they sing to do many more like rhythmical things than they could do before. …”