I may be mistaken, but as a synth head, the stories I heard placed the origins of Techno, House, and the birth of Electronic Dance Musicin the decline the post

I may be mistaken, but as a synth head, the stories I heard placed the origins of Techno, House, and the birth of Electronic Dance Musicin the decline the post Motown / Rock / Disco era. Early drum machines and rhythm machines, including the Roland TB-303 and TR-808 were not well regarded in the studio for music that was performed via traditional instruments. Many studios, producers, and musicians purchased these state of the art devices for several hundreds of dollars (equivalent to thousands, today), then sold them very cheaply to pawn shops and secondhand stores in cities, because few musicians liked they way they sounded. It was then the youths who picked these up cheaply that started using them on their own right, and embracing their untraditional sound. I'm sure the musical education was a big factor, but I wanted to point out this other part of the story - it relates well to TFA. Most of us in the first world would scoff at using a 10" netbook with 1 GB of RAM, even if it were free. Similarly many musicians scoffed at using drum machine, even if were free compared to a costly studio drummer.