Rarely do inventors with the foresight to span generations and decades get their due within their lifetimes. This is the case with so many virtuosos of various trades: Cymande, Brian Eno, Drexciya, Syd Barrett, Dr. Simon Warner, and especially Bob Moog.
The Roland TR-808 was a gateway for music production invention, as he helped create the MIDI interface standard for electronic music as well as creating an accessible means for music producers in the '80s to forego standard synthesized drum presets available at the time and program their own drum beats.
