Checkout this free browser based TR808 emulation
No money to spend on a real TR808 or a serious emulation?
Maybe this free and fun toy is something for you!
Check out this browser based TR808 by German frontend developer, Vincent Riemer: the io808
It's great to spend a few lost hours on, it doesn't cost a penny, you can export your patterns and it doesn't sound all too bad either!
Previously, there have been other html based emulations that were pushed online by passionate afficionadoes, such as Teemu Kallio's HTML909, but that somehow dissappeared from the net.
Some less fancy html-based drum computers (you can hardly call them emulations really), but equally fun to play with include:
- HTML5 drum kit by javascript programmer Brian Arnold
- HTML drum machine by Stephen Eisenhauer
- Acid Machine by a UK-based web development team called Errozero
If you'd know any others, drop me a message and I'll add them here!
No way you can compare this to a D16 Group Nepheton or a vintage TR808, but if you are into drum machines, and you have some spare time to spend, you are definitely going to like this 🤩
Thank you Vincent & Co, lovely 🫶