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TR-808
Analog drum machine

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Sound generation method: analog
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MIDI: no
Sound expansion capabilities: no
Sequencer yes, pattern/song
Arpeggiator N/A
   
   

 

 The quintessential Electronic/Rap/Hip-Hop drum machine.  British band "808-State" notoriously took their name from it.

It was interestingly used in a hit pop song, "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye, and it's in innumerable songs of the 1980s.