Sure, it's easy enough to sequence drums by hand - but you're often looking at similar variations of the same rhythmic patterns. How many times have you wanted quarter note kicks, half-note snares, 16th-note high hats and syncopated percussion? In a new tutorial, Point Blank instructor Danny J Lewis assembles the Robot Drum Rack - a way to program common rhythmic sequences for different drum parts using knobs:

You can download the Robot Drums Rack in exchange for tweeting about it - more info at Point Blank.