The same machine will sound different six months from now. But second. If you’ve ever heard an 808 first-hand, it doesn’t sound at all like an 808. F’rinstance, it has a crappy anemic bass drum.

How it started: a simple repair job on a Roland drum machine. How it ended: a scratch-built FM drum synth module that’s completely analog, and completely cool. [Moritz Klein]’s journey … ...