The Massive Sound Of An Experimental Soviet Drum Machine From Latvia

The RMIF ES-2-5 is an experimental drum machine that was made in Riga, Latvia, in the last days of the Soviet Union (1991). It was an attempt at re-creating the Roland TR-808, but was hampered by the lack of microchip technology available. RMIF abandoned the project after only a testing run of 30 units where made. One rare surviving example found its way to my studio in a sorry state. I had it restored to better then new condition, as I feel it is a piece of instrument history. And it sounds so very very heavy and melancholic. PATRONS get sounds of the ES-2-5: MY SIGNATURE SOFTWARE: THE HAINPACK IS HERE: GRANULAR SYNTH: FASHION: CONNECT: BUY THE GEAR I USE (EU): BUY THE GEAR I USE (US): (affiliate links, I get a few % if you buy through them) BUY THE GEAR I USE (UK) Image sources: : TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 Unboxing 01:08 First Track: With Maestro 02:30 Second Track: Solo ES-2-5 03:27 A Closer Look 05:31 Third Track: FX 06:22 The Sequencer 07:41 History Time 09:16 The Competition At The Time 09:50 Relevance Today