0 an electronic machine that produces the sound of drums
The song begins with a sound that clearly has no known acoustic analogue, followed by a drum machine and sampled crowd noises.
In the earlier recording, this initial percussive sound is performed using a drum machine, followed by the introduction of electronic keyboard, glockenspiel, shakers and use of glissandi.
One possible explanation for this situation lies in technology: the most common durations are those that can be entered with the sixteen buttons of a drum machine.
It also features a vocoder, both conventional and step sequencers and a built-in drum machine.
The band was just the two of them on stage with two guitars, one drum machine and aggressive melodic vocals.
They began performing (once again) with a drum machine.
The band appears to use a drum machine for the music's drumming.
They could be triggered from almost anything including an old synth with a gate output or, indeed, the trigger outputs of a drum machine.