E-mu Drumulator is a sample-based drum machine by E-mu Systems. Introduced in 1983 at a price of $995 USD, the Drumulator was the first programmable drum machine with built-in samples for under $1,000,[1] resulting in sales of over 10,000 units over two years.[2] The Drumulator was the predecessor of the E-mu SP-12.

The Drumulator utilizes 8-bit samples for 12 sounds, including SSM analog filters. It was widely used in early 1980s in synth-pop and Italo disco productions. In 1984, Digidrums released special EPROMs for the Drumulator, which included the Rock Drums set used on Tears for Fears' hit "Shout" and on "Beastie Groove" for Beastie Boys by Rick Rubin.

Notable users

Year Artist Album Songs
1983 Cocteau TwinsHead over Heels"My Love Paramour"
Cocteau TwinsSunburst and Snowblind
Depeche ModeConstruction Time Again"Everything Counts", "Love, in Itself"
Keith LeBlanc"Malcolm X: No Sell Out"
Valerie Dore"The Night", "Get Closer"
1984 CamelStationary Traveller"Vopo's"
Fun Fun"Color My Love"
Howard JonesHuman's Lib
Kenny LogginsFootloose"Footloose"
RockwellSomebody's Watching Me"Somebody's Watching Me"
Carol Jiani"Touch and Go Lover"
1984 Cocteau TwinsTreasure[3]
1985 Bad Boys Blue"Hot Girls, Bad Boys"
Game TheoryReal Nighttime"She'll Be a Verb"
Lou ReedOST White Nights"My Love is Chemical"
Tears for FearsSongs from the Big Chair"Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Front 242No Comment
1986 Nu Shooz"I Can't Wait"
1987 Big BlackSongs About Fucking
Depeche ModeMusic for the Masses"Never Let Me Down Again"
1991 Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque "Is This Music?"
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

  1. ↑ Vail, Mark (1993). Vintage Synthesizers. San Francisco, California, USA: Miller Freeman Book. p. 24. ISBN 0-87930-275-5.
  2. ↑ Keeble, Rob. "30 Years Of Emu". Sound On Sound. SOS Publications Group. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Guthrie, Robin. "Equipment Notes". Robin Guthrie (official website).
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