Boss DR-550
For drums, the early Studio used the drum sounds from the Yamaha portable keyboard. But they were very low quality. At first it didn't matter, but as the songs became more complicated and recordings were cleaner, it was soon realized that a real drum machine was needed.
Some time around July 1990 the Studio bought its first drum machine, this Boss DR-550. The first song recorded with it was the Mune Mud song "Peach Tree" on July 21, 1990 (the song appeared on the 1991 Mune Mud debut album, the 1994 Mune Mud re-release, and the 2008 album Precurosry 33). After that the Yamaha drum sounds were not used.
As the drum machine's memory filled up, the Studio would back up the drum machine data to a cassette tape. Those data tapes still exist and could be used to load up the original drum sounds and patterns used in those early songs.
Many songs were recorded with this drum machine. But as they say, all good things must come to an end. And it wasn't long before something better than the DR-550 came along.
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