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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the electronic music landscape was revolutionized by a piece of software that looked like a physical device but ran entirely on a desktop computer. Propellerhead Software’s ReBirth RB-338 was a landmark application—a Software Studio that emulated the iconic Roland TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines alongside the TB-303 bass synthesizer.