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That is not uncommon in the history of music technology.

For example, the Roland TB-303 "was originally marketed to guitarists for bass accompaniment while practicing alone" [Wikipedia]. But what we got from it — in the end — was acid house.

The vocoder was originally developed with telecommunications applications in mind, not Kraftwerk.




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