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Re:The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised m... by acomjean on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @05:26PM (#9535022)
There was/is a software version of said drum machine. Back in mac os8 days, it made me realize how odd it is to try and turn nobs with a mouse. It made me think the interface is hard to use on a computer, unless you had the original hardware and knew how to use it already. It seemed like there should be a better way.

But it was fun.

now touch version on ipad. I haven't tried it but I'm not convinced the knobs work better on touch than they would have on the computer.

https://www.propellerheads.se/rebirth

Re:The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised m... by radley on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @05:37PM (#9535097)
Pros are using Tuna Knobs to add physical knobs to touch screens:

http://www.djtechtools.com/2015/05/07/artist-gear-setup-jame...

Re:The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised m... by acomjean on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @05:47PM (#9535167)
I had no idea those existed, That certainly would solve the problem.