On: Microtiming in Metallica's “Master of Puppets” (2014)

[dfxm12]

it was easy to make a drum-program play a beat perfectly. But it wouldn't sound good.

Does the 808 fall into this category? It's been used in a lot of songs that sound good.

[colanderman → dfxm12]

Though the 808's timing grid is rigid, its timing is notably jittery to the degree that users of more modern and precise drum machines go out of their way to recreate said jitteriness: https://www.elektronauts.com/t/simulating-the-808-909-mpc-gr...