The RMIF ES-2-5 is an experimental drum machine that was made in Riga, Latvia, in the last days of the Soviet Union (1991). It was an attempt at re-creating the Roland TR-808, but was hampered by the lack of microchip technology available. RMIF abandoned the project after only a testing run of 30 units where made. One rare surviving example found its way to my studio in a sorry state. I had it restored to better then new condition, as I feel it is a piece of instrument history. And it sounds so very very heavy and melancholic. PATRONS get sounds of the ES-2-5: http://patreon.com/hainbach MY SIGNATURE SOFTWARE: THE HAINPACK IS HERE: https://www.audiothing.net/bundle/hainpack/ GRANULAR SYNTH: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/fluss-granular-playground/id6443472888 FASHION: http://teespring.com/de/stores/hainbach CONNECT: http://reddit.com/r/hainbach BUY THE GEAR I USE (EU): https://redir.love/thocf/n2lm9oo2ym BUY THE GEAR I USE (US): https://bit.ly/3nsnE9Q (affiliate links, I get a few % if you buy through them) BUY THE GEAR I USE (UK) https://www.gear4music.com/blog/what-gear-does-hainbach-use/ Image sources: http://www.synthmania.com/sr-16.htm http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/boss-dr-rhythm-dr550/344 http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/yamaha-ry30/836 http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/roland-r8m/5789 https://rmif.lv/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Latvia.svg TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 Unboxing 01:08 First Track: With Maestro 02:30 Second Track: Solo ES-2-5 03:27 A Closer Look 05:31 Third Track: FX 06:22 The Sequencer 07:41 History Time 09:16 The Competition At The Time 09:50 Relevance Today