Arduino drum machine

Hi,
I’ve built another minipops using some different samples and patterns.
For drums I’ve used an 808 kick, hi-hat and snare, plus tom and cymbal from a casiotone but kept jan’s original cowbell, clave and maracas.
I’ve attempted some ‘breakbeat’ type patterns - there are 12, selected by push buttons (2 banks of six).

Getting samples to sound half decent within the limits of the arduino sketch took more time than building the hardware! I’m still not sure if it’s OK. Has anyone else created their own sounds?
Anyway, here’s a video that hopefully gives an idea of how it sounds:

EDIT: not sure how to get youtube videos to appear within the post - do I need to attain a certain discourse ‘trust level’?

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