An old school "groovebox" I wasn't aware of until now

Keys, drums, sequencing…this one has it all!

An “American Fotoplayer”

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The drums are mono though…

Edit: I heard it was fixed in “American Fotoplayer II”

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Even seems to have song mode!

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this is the business

This is just one of the many, many vintage and modern music boxes / player pianos I discovered in Japan this spring:

It would not surprise me at all to find that music boxes and player pianos lead directly to the development of rhythm boxes and then drum machines and then groove boxes.

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Obligatory:

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