Wurlitzer Side Man

Someone messing about with a Side Man, which was mentioned earlier on. As you can this is clearly a great deal more advanced than the Rhythmicon shown in last post; it seems that this machine was intended much more as something which could replace a drummer or provide drum beats, as opposed to mere rhythmical noises. It was arguably the first commercially-available drum machine, or at least the first to generate electronic drum noises as opposed to just playing back tape loops.