History of an Iconic Drum Machine - DMX

[@bdodger548]

Please release a DMX clone. I would buy that in a heartbeat.

[@littlesquidward8117]

Oh my god yes

[@markmanter6508]

They are now. Behringer BMX. There’s a few videos about it and some articles were released on Behringer’s official website I believe.

[@ET2carbon]

It's coming

[@Imaninternetuser]

It's here​, The GForce DMX v1.1 now with multi-outs!

[@ET2carbon]

@@Imaninternetuser !??! Really?!?!!?

[@MrCartershow]

Behringer is gonna cloning the 80s

[@seanwhitty3218]

it's a shame the hairdressers are going to reopen soon, we were well on our way back there!!

[@6581punk]

Not really. Once you move into digital then patents are enforceable. Analogue circuits don't have the same level of protection. You could only really protect the look and feel of an analogue synth, not the circuits. The Arp/Moog filter case on the Odyssey never went to court, they just respected each other and agreed to stop using the Moog design.

[@AndrewTSq]

hope so. Can see the Behringer Max II sampler :-)

[@submarinemedia8316]

Real shit😭

[@cnfuzz]

You can try to clone the machines that made the 80s , and even if you succeeded , but you can not clone the inspiration and ideas that made the music

[@TH3_FURY]

One drum machine with commutable eproms : Linn Drum, DMX, TR 505, TR 626, HR16. RX..One machine to rule them all ! Great job Patrick for your covers, you seems to be a multi- instrumentiste ! And very intructive and pleasant little documentary !

[@HammyHavoc]

I want Behringer's answer to the Machinedrum ala DeepMind.

[@Hamfantasy56]

Good idea: a unique Behringer instrument for those all sample based vintage digitale drum machines

[@ohheyitskevinc]

HKA design actually do a rom expansion kit for the 707 and 727. Adds 808, 909, LinnDrum, LM-1, DMX as well as 707 and 727 for those that don’t have both. Just pick up an old 707 or 727 and away you go. Or get a TR-8S and load old kits in which would be as close as you’d get to an all in one drum machine. Looks like those roms are out of stock but more in Jan.

[@adamharris7775]

The Oberheim DMX was heard in the songs "Physical" (1981) and "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" (1985).

[@jppineau]

In 1982, I had a full keyboards band driven by the DMX. No sequencer, it was pre-MIDI era. We had even an entire light show synced to its clock output, with a 8K (!!!) ram computer and our own lighting program, cassette memory interface and so on. We were a curiosity at the time.

[@cnfuzz]

Well there was the obie system parallel interface , there was roland dcb , there was ppg system bus all before midi

[@jppineau]

@@cnfuzz Oberheim had their own system with the DSX sequencer as well. All together, that was very pricey though.

[@InflatablePlane]

Did you guys record anything? I’d love to hear the sound you guys made.

[@jppineau]

@@InflatablePlane In fact, as I have not that much to do currently (!), I am about to make a digital transfer of some souvenirs kept on cassettes tapes, all recorded live on a cheap recorder :P I may share some excerpts with you privately, as I will with my former partners of that time. Don't expect great sound, though. Those are 36-38 years old recordings made from the mixing board and vocal compression was not a current thing in the clubs scenes. But you'd get an idea. Also, these are covers, not original stuff.

[@InflatablePlane]

jppineau that sounds dope as hell

[@corican]

DMX sounds so good. Here's hoping for a remake.

[@thomaskolb8785]

Not sure what you are suggesting with these videos, if anything apart expressing your love for vintage electronic music equipment, but I love them. Keep them coming please!

[@mpmi7588]

It's just to gather how much interest from views to see I they should remake the machine. If they did, the wait will be just as long as the LM they were supposed to make

[@Rolanoid]

Great video. When I was 14 I had the time and energy but not enough money to buy the latest synths and drum machines. Now I have more money the time and energy is lacking! Funny old world.

[@okaravan]

There is russian proverb: "без работы жить не на что, а с работой - некогда", that approximately means: when you don't have a job, you don't have money to live on, but when you have a job, you don't have time to actually live your life.

[@Micah421]

I hope you guys know how much we appreciate you coming up with these amazing stuff!! Just PLEASE keep the large form factor of all these classics!!! Linn, 78, DMX ..... PLEASE

[@marcosdelfino9695]

damn that's a big desk u got there

[@ET2carbon]

I'm hoping they integrate modern tech like they did with DeepMind/Juno. The app, the wifi, Bluetooth, MPE ETC

[@adamharris7775]

The Oberheim DMX was heard in "Flashdance… What a Feeling" (1983).

[@beesting6135]

Irene Cara RIP

[@nullfusion]

Behringer, you truly are the kick that every Electronic Music Human needs!

[@laurencevanhelsuwe3052]

I could watch videos like this all day long. More please !

[@jsolethedj]

I LOVE the DMX Sound!!! Dope rendition of Sucker MC’s along with everything else you recreated!

[@allstar930]

You guys do such an amazing job with both your reissue gear and with these videos!

[@discodave6153]

What an awesome video. Some of my very favourite tracks right there, lovingly recreated. DMX is my favourite drum machine ever, I’d buy this in a heartbeat.

[@anotherwolff3650]

i upgraded my DMX with MIDI an a pitchknob for every voice. (i bring the tuning knobs from the back of the machine to the top and i use the 555 chip pins as a trigger (with external patch cables) This is one of my favorite vintage machines,.... i can play all night long with it..... i love it so much and i will never ever sell it.

[@zibbybone]

The DX has the pitch knobs in the rear. The DMX pitch knobs are on the sound cards that are on the INSIDE of the machine.

[@Kkidzz]

I would love to do this with my CR78.... individual pitchable voices... dreaming

[@Kkidzz]

All over Scritti’s - Cupid & Psyche ‘85

[@anotherwolff3650]

@@zibbybone yes you are right...... i did it not by myself.... my dearest friend did it for me. he is a old and nice men who has a lot of experience with old electronics. he moded it for me so i can use MIDI and tune the sounds with knobs on top of the case. an every sound can trigger an external device: i prefer eurorack modules. Dont ask me technical details....i am not so deep in it...... ;)

[@RollrightKnights]

The greatest clap sound of them all 👏

[@synthartist69]

Well, one thing I can say, I have bought a lot of the Behringer synths... Wasp, Model D, Pro 1, MS1, Odyssey and I am very impressed with the sound and quality, coming from a serious vintage analog synth owner. I also have the RD8 and waiting on the RD9. The true test will be the UBXa. If they pull that off then I have no doubt that the other polysynths that follow will be superb. Hoping they deliver a Linn Drum and if they do I have full confidence that they will get it right. Currently waiting on my back ordered Poly D and CAT.

[@jumpingman8160]

My true test will be the cs80.

[@jodde73]

alexwestconsulting Neutron is 100% Behringer and great.

[@heavyharris5580]

What a fantastic video, very well done. I would like more videos like this, and longer too.

[@golf-freq]

My goal is to buy every synth and drum machine Behringer makes. Can’t wait till they release their version of DMX!

[@yebrauenmorales2237]

thanks for the effort guys, this content is amazing and we need moore

[@MBEG89]

Man that sound is classic. Behringer is nailing that 80s sound. Might get one.

[@storehausholdingllc406]

This is the most amazing Behringer commercial ever!

[@liothomasart]

MORE MORE MORE series like this please please! so inspiring!

[@buddyraw9778]

Machine so good, the late rap Icon DMX had to name himself after it. Rest in peace Earl Simmons. Great vid bro.

[@AnalogNoiseLab]

Damn bru, that was a mighty fine well produced video. You got 'em skillz! Enjoyed it very much. Need a DMX to complete my Obie "System"

[@Zinfidel1]

This was a really entertaining video! Would love more videos like this for various pieces of gear.

[@simon_jakobsson]

This is so awesome! Anyone else noticing that "Prince Vince" there is THE Vincent Gallo? I love the DMX, first drum machine I sampled to my groovebox.

[@PaulJBurns]

Spotted. Buffalo 66 fan.

[@al201103]

Wow! Good spot!!!

[@dpalaoro]

Yep, plus that "c'mon" at 6:03 I think was sampled

[@DavidImrie]

I'm awaiting the Behringer DeLorean clone

[@nofretzDW]

Or maybe they could just make a show where the hero dresses up in metal. They could call it “The Man DeLorean”. I think it would be well-received.

[@sax6570]

they will include flux capacitor mod for sure

[@donlakakwaaijazz5220]

i still use it and plus the the DX Stretch ,i own both,bought them with my OBXA in the 80s

[@vincewizz8534]

Great! How is the stretch DX compared to the DMX?

[@fjfrancois]

Wow Behringer what a awesome and instructive well done Video ❤️ thank you 😊

[@TroutmanRoger]

Finally someone who are talking about one the most talented producer all around the world : Kashif ! Great video guys !

[@everglass]

Please be working on the Linn and DMX clone.... please Behringer!

[@ASH-ou4cg]

Nice! I didn't know what to expect, was really liking the nice distraction this video brought. Thanks so much for this!

[@2000stephenellis]

That DMX is in mint condition ! .. but then i knew already that the Behringer synth museum restore all the gear that passes through their hands even if that means a total cosmetic overhaul .. love it !!

[@Kung_Fu_Jesus]

Great little video and the recreations were superb, well done.

[@JJukstratfan]

Also used by The Sisters of Mercy on First and Last and Always, and also on Floodland. The Sisters were later sampled by a lot of dance and hip hop acts.

[@t55a2]

As 'Doktor Avalanche' , no less

[@JJukstratfan]

@@t55a2 Yes! Doktor Avalanche has been through many guises. But during this period was the the Oberheim DMX.

[@SoundsofDecay]

The Floodland drum kit was a combo of DMX and RX5 I think

[@oldschoolebm666]

Floodland had mostly the yamaha RX5. It had a more agrresive sound. Very underrated. Love mine

[@Roydonovan38]

look forward to seeing the linn drum !!! 😍🤤🤤

[@LetThereBeLoveLight]

DMX named himself after this DMX drum machine ❤

[@audiomez]

I trusted the son of my insurance agent to use my Greenville NC studio and he began gradually selling small quantities of gear without my knowledge and I was able to track down a few pieces but my DX midi, DX with custom burned chips and DMX vanished without a trace. What was ironic is he left the sound libraries behind and as the cops watched him struggle with his last box of paperwork on the way out the bottom fell out of the box and all three manuals fell out.

[@al201103]

Wow...a little musical trip through my early teens. I knew of the DMX from Hip Hop but had no idea it had been used on so many other tracks. Wicked video, keep 'em coming!

[@cnfuzz]

Blue monday bassdrum riff was taken from giorgio moroder ' our love' 1979 , the very first british record hit to use the dmx was 1982 ' s buffalo gals produced by trevor horn , also soft cell used it extensively on the art of falling apart

[@triumphadelic]

thanks for that...very interesting .. i was reading old interview with stephen morris discussing new order's old equipment and how they would keep 'accidental' programming mistakes and how many songs have been made that way and regarding the staccato blue monday bass drum he said it was an 'accident' , but its clear that its same as the donna summer track ...

[@carlosserrano3985]

I also remember reading that the Police Every Breath You Take bass drum came from an Oberheim DMX or DX.

[@cnfuzz]

@@carlosserrano3985 yes copeland used the dmx , i have a radio interview where he programmes it and commented "if i would drum like this machine i would wear my foot out" lol

[@crnkmnky]

@@triumphadelic a programming error created the drum pattern in "Love is a Battlefield" as well… I don't recall if it was an Oberheim or Linn machine though.

[@darrenringer9811]

@@cnfuzz Lol no question that he could though. Also I think he's selling himself short.

[@Netm8kr]

Dopeness, I luv and remember when all those jams dropped. Definitely changed the way music was made afterwards. I like how they avoided any confrontation with copyrights by making recomps for the most popular tracks presented here. 👍🏾✌🏾

[@jumpingman8160]

My wallet keeps hitting the screen, but nothing is happening!!!!

[@SoDope29]

Finally got to mess around with a DMX had a lot of fun

[@synthartist69]

Maybe they are doing a DMX and Linn Drum in one machine. That poly D sounds incredible. Mine has been on back order since December. Patrick is the master of 80s synthpop music recordings.

[@andregodfrey559]

If Behringer is doing clones of 80's drum gear the Linn and DMX should of been first on the list

[@synthartist69]

@@andregodfrey559 I agree, instead of the RD8 and RD9. Nothing against those, I have the RD8, but not all of us are acid musicians and would like a Linn Drum. It seems like there are a lot of RD808 sounding drum machines everywhere you turn as it is.

[@carlosserrano3985]

@@synthartist69 Agree, to much 808 and 909, the Linndrum is the way to go!

[@VJFranzK]

Yeah! They are similar, Why not unify them?

[@andregodfrey559]

@@synthartist69 thank God,I thought I was the only person that felt that way

[@marquiselektrek7487]

Man the Behringer's Poly D synth bass patch on the Evelyn Champagne King, Kashif produced track, "Love Come Down," was so Phat! Gonna' have to pick one up! Thanks Behringer 😎

[@OneDarkMartian]

I so want a DMX and Linndrum clone ❤❤❤ the BMX???? That would be perfect!

[@minihahn2011]

One Dark Martian haha: BMX 👍😂

[@grooveboxstory]

BMX & Binndrum

[@franciscoaguilar9323]

I loved this video, a really well done video with a lot of information from 80s music. And also sounds very good.

[@RaveTracks]

Outstanding piece! Behringer knowing their roots 😍

[@pizzagogo6151]

That was great really well done. The blue Monday and holiday were so well done I hope you do a KZbin of the complete song deconstruction of them. Thanks.

[@issiewizzie]

well done ..a well balanced history lesson ..that I dont normally see online.

[@josephwright5921]

This probably would have been the world’s THIRD digital drum machine, since the Wendel was first, as heard on Hey, Nineteen, by Steely Dan. It was developed in 1978 and used on the Gaucho record in 1979.

[@behringer]

Thanks Joseph, interesting factoid there, but was it a commercially available drum machine? We did say that it was the "2nd commercial digital drum machine to hit the market".

[@josephwright5921]

Yes, of course. I was referring to the title on the video, but whatever. I love my DeepMind 12, Neutron and RD 8

[@adamjcohn]

BEHRINGER Also as a matter of fact, I am pretty sure Hardcastle mass Nineteen on a TR-808.

[@cnfuzz]

Oh there were sampling drum constructions even before linn , tangerine dream used rythm tracks based on samples stored in magnetic core memory , binary sound stored in magnets and triggered by cv , of course the sample was very short , also there was the mitsubishi built sampling drum of ymo , think it was allready 12 bit in 1980 , but none were commercial products

[@adamharris7775]

The Oberheim DMX was heard in Operator (1984).

[@KevinArdala01]

I was hyped for the LinnDrum, but the DMX is top of the list for me, this would be great...please clone it. 👍

[@rommix0]

It can be cloned in software. Aly James Lab VPROM vst plugin can do this really well. It's for Linn LM-1, but can accept EPROM files for DMX and even E-mu Drumulator.

[@malcolmcarrington875]

Behringer BMX!! Let's go!!!!!!!

[@ageshero]

Best drum machine ever in my opinion- 808 can get bent.

[@JohnDRobinsonelectronicdrums]

great video there! as you touched upon 80's hiphop, the group DMX came to my mind..

[@adamharris7775]

The Oberheim DMX was really heard in the 1985 Kidsongs versions of the songs "Shortnin Bread", "This Old Man", "Skip to my Lou" and "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".

[@piercemcintyre1327]

A very nice performance in here using the guitar and the poly D :)

[@joesayle2213]

Wow great vid I am sold.

[@DJWOLFLIVE]

A great view back down memory lane!

[@carlosserrano3985]

Don't forget the SIMMONS SDSV, still the king of analog electronic drums, take note!

[@mathumphreys]

Another great video. Don't be afraid to make them a little longer.

[@shankr]

Getting the vibe of videos produced by the likes of Reverb, Vox etc. Enjoyable content!

[@SoundsofDecay]

Props for mentioning Kashif, those early productions are fire

[@behringer]

Couldn't agree more, 'I'm in love' was just light years ahead of it's time, that intro!

[@neurocrash808]

This is properly good content.

[@Rompler_Rocco]

Wouldn't be weird to wake up from a coma and the first thing you see is a Behringer Museum video about the Volca Mix?

[@Michael_Smith-Red_No.5]

How long would the coma have to be?

[@djphineart]

Having been in a coma (3 months) there is much more weirdness to deal with than what changed while you were ‘away’.

[@saysthebird]

great video and song interpretations, thanks Patrick!

[@JoshRichmanDesign]

Hey Behringer, ship the Poly Ds already! It’s been on preorder for months!

[@Ori0n1975]

I know. What's up with that? I want to get one now and it's not in stock anywhere.

[@davidrobertson4301]

I believe the first drum machine used on Blue Monday was the Mattel. You can see it on an video. A very entertaining magazine of the day was called electronic music maker had several articles talking about being used. After it became the biggest selling independent label 12 inch of all time and they started getting some royalties they got more and better equipment

[@iqi616]

I still have some copies of E&MM lurking in a box somewhere. Those were exciting times.

[@mu_zines]

@@iqi616 Indeed! You can find them here at www.muzines.co.uk/mags/emm

[@davidrobertson4301]

@@iqi616 indeed I would read cover to cover

[@carlosserrano3985]

Synsonics drums from Mattel,, I used to have one, still sound interesting, I also remember that Human League use one of those in Sound of the Crowd.

[@davidrobertson4301]

@@mu_zines wow thanks for that spend a bit of time remembering the good old days

[@tomblaze2]

Dang - I Hope these drum machine videos evolve into actual drum machines from Behringer I can add to my studio - Keep me waiting on a 909-606-Linn-and now DMX Drum Machines

[@touficzaarour5022]

Amazing video, thanka man

[@thegroove2000]

A true classic.

[@telophasemusic]

I love how ubiquitous the DMX is with New Order's "Blue Monday" I'm also pretty sure it was used on 5-8-6 from their second album

[@TheseImmortalCoils]

Love the faulty line break in the Elton John song title on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart (3:36). I wonder what Pink Houses by Van Halen and Jump by Ray Parker Jr. sounded like.

[@ValSoloPop]

Fantastic clip Behringer

[@JL-zj2kj]

Sweet 80's sounds here! 🕶⚡️🎹🥁🎚🎛🎸🕹📼🤖

[@pecceria85]

Pure Gold! Thank you guys!

[@nathanwatson01]

why is this video exactly 7:07 minutes long?

[@nickolasyounker]

wish it was 7:27

[@behringer]

The drum machine gods made it so....

[@sea-saw2654]

BEHRINGER Hmmm..🤔

[@MCBrainpower]

Nathan Watson haha I wish it was LM-1 long 🧐🤔

[@DjTumbao]

@@behringer lol ..Nice video

[@VTOLKits]

Memories, that was so great!

[@theycallmefilip]

Great short documentary. Shows your great appreciation for synth history.

[@spectrumcommand1188]

I quite enjoyed this how about history videos on all the past things you've cloned Behringer. I would definately watch them it's more informative than a modern day TV programme lol.

[@ceniza_honey]

Check out alex ball of you haven't already. Great synth docs here on KZbin

[@Ronno4691]

Hence why no-one under 31 watches TV anymore. Anything good is on KZbin.

[@spectrumcommand1188]

@@Ronno4691 well the only times i ever watch TV is for KZbin, Netflix, Hulu that's about it lol.

[@BobbyWashingtonvlog]

Love this video. Brings back memories...

[@knocturnaljimmy]

Great video! Love the theme and execution

[@josefk5659]

For those who don’t know, at 5:50 Prince Vince is Vincent Gallo

[@regortex3364]

Never would have known that.

[@XnazxulX]

Buffalo 66, Vincent Gallo?! Hahah nice.

[@josefk5659]

XnazxulX bingo

[@LousyFacelift]

The video is 7:07 mins long... another clue?

[@kentarmstrong2345]

Their last video was 0:33 seconds long. Freemasons!

[@NathanChisholm041]

/👁️\

[@adamv4344]

Fantastic

[@cresshead]

excellent video, thank you±

[@johnadams5489]

The DMX Drum Machine came out after the Lynn drum machine. IIRC the Lynn drum was $5000.00. The Oberheim DMX was priced at $3000.00. The major advantage of either machine was that the ROMs had digital recordings of REAL DRUMS. Unlike the other drum machines back in the dark ages, there was on board programmable memory so I could record drums for each song I played and save them. The draw back was they had a cassette backup that could be hit or miss. It was reliable, but it didn't always load the complete songs onto the machine. However, I sounded like a BAND when I played my songs. Keyboards, Moog Taurus bass pedals, and the DMX. Awesome.

[@alexanderbluhm8841]

Amazing video

[@adamharris7775]

In the song "I’m So Excited" (1982), the Oberheim DMX was heard.

[@obshaky]

This is the weirdest teaser for an upcoming product ever...

[@AdamsBrew78]

Makes sense. Most of the originals they cloned so far are more widely known and appreciated already. This is smart marketing to remind consumers of the relevance and cool factor of the DMX.

[@Steve81M]

I think it’s pretty fantastic for a product teaser and history lesson in an awesome piece of gear.

[@mechuniversal]

Those internals were really packed with circuitry on each part of the kit. Can they clone all that at a decent Behringer pricepoint?

[@AdamsBrew78]

@@mechuniversal I’m guessing it’ll sit around the $450-$500 mark, judging by the price of similarly dense B clones.

[@Steve81M]

@@mechuniversal I would imagine it could be done with much smaller components as technology has advanced a lot since then. They've done a great job at remaking some classic pieces of gear, so I'm sure they'll give this the right treatment as well. And I can't wait till they do!

[@martinlubitz3171]

Nice video, waiting for my Poly D....

[@ruffiankick]

Kashif!!! RIP!!! One of my favorite producers of the 80s

[@cnfuzz]

Thats the guy with the ad in 80s magazines " a studio without a synclavier , i dont record there" , i found that the ultimate in snobbery at the time and certainly with his background

[@Kung_Fu_Jesus]

Surely there’s real demand for a hybrid of both machines that can be sampled in to. Even having the SP12 samples in there would make this even more of a killer machine.

[@zoundsic]

Probably get a bit of the same treatment as the TR's, but if they did the samples that's going to kill their akai clone.

[@regend762]

no...isla instruments beat them to the punch. get an sp2400.

[@dco1019]

@@zoundsic theyre doing an mpc clone?

[@zoundsic]

@@dco1019 No idea, but nothings sacred and it gets requested a lot in B threads.

[@VJFranzK]

6:52 We're still interested in the DMX and Linn style clones!

[@pauseturedotcalm3282]

Sounds like my youth :-)

[@ShotecMusic]

Amazing video!

[@MUNRO13]

God the 80s were good. So much FUNK.