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Max Mathews Electronic Drum

Demonstration pieces composed for the Max Mathews Electronic Drum 1980s

Toccata (see video below)

Monophonic Variation of Toccata (see video below)

Rondo
Elephant Walk
Four-part Prelude
Three-part Fughetta
Lullaby
Waltz
Two-part Invention
Chorale
Blues
Cartune

Also, 12 untitled pieces created to demonstrate the Pierce musical scale

Max Mathews lab (1984) Bob Rocco plays Max's Electronic Drum
A very young Bob Rocco rehearsing his Toccata, the first piece composed for Max Mathews first generation intelligent controller. At the time the instrument didn't have a name, but eventually Max settled on "Electronic Drum."
Max's Electronic Drum worked with a Z80 64k microcomputer and Krumar synthesizer.
Max Mathews lab (1986) Bob Rocco demos the 2nd generation Electronic Drum

This 2nd gen Electronic Drum piece is Bob Rocco's monophonic variation of the original toccata. Max took this video to demonstrate his new conducting software program called RTLET on the AT&T PC 6300 (pictured). With only a single command, the computer plays the entire performance by itself through a DX7 synhesizer (pictured), without conducting it directly using the Electronic Drum.