Acidlab’s Miami is a 2000s analogue drum machine made for immediate, hands-on rhythm programming. Its compact panel puts the player close to the sequence, inviting a groove to be shaped while it runs.
The machine in the record
RVDS / “Mrs Yamahas Summer Tune”.
Richard von der Schulenburg names the Miami Acid Lab alongside a DX7, TR-808 and Evans Super Echo on “Mrs Yamahas Summer Tune”. The source does not separate the drum parts, but it places the modern analogue box inside a very particular, playful record-making setup.
Read Moods And Dances album review ↗More records in the archive
The machine keeps turning up.
DeFeKT / analogue studio and live setup
DeFeKT says the Acidlab Miami supplies all the drums in his analogue studio and live setup.
Read DeFeKT and the Acidlab Miami ↗An analogue drum machine for the hands
The 2009 Beat review introduced the Miami through its controls and a conversation with its designer, while DE:BUG assessed the same compact machine in use. The factory manual supports the picture: Miami was made for a musician who wanted to program and alter a part from the front panel.
A documented 2008–09 instrument
The manual’s declaration dates to June 2008 and Acidlab’s own downloads archive retains the period documents and reviews. Together, they locate the Miami in a specific moment of the analogue revival, where a dedicated drum machine could still offer a quick, tactile route into an electronic rhythm.
A continuing working role
Later recordings and artist material retain the Miami within a living electronic-music context. Its appeal is practical: a familiar drum-machine form with enough direct control to let a player move quickly from a basic pattern to a part with its own attitude.
In the market
- September 2009: EUR 800 — German review price. Miami Source ↗
- Issue 132; April 2009 attribution pending: EUR 800 — German review price. Miami Source ↗
On record
- Richard von der Schulenburg / RVDS — Mrs Yamahas Summer Tune — Moods and Dances 2021. Artist names Miami Acid Lab alongside DX7, TR808 and Evans Super Echo for the named track. Source ↗
In the studio and on stage
- DeFeKT — analogue studio and live setup. DeFeKT says the Acidlab Miami supplies all the drums in his analogue studio and live setup. Source ↗
Sources
The visual archive
Further visual evidence.
Sources for images shown earlier (2)
Additional visual sources (2)
Original publications and related image sources.
- Test: Acidlab Miami ↗
September 2009 · Alexander Weber / Beat, p. 80 · p. 80; complete page inspected - Drumcomputer: Acidlab Miami ↗
Issue 132 · Benjamin Weiss / DE:BUG, p. 74 · p. 74; complete page inspected