"rototom" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From roto- + tom.",
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          "ref": "2005, Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, St. Martin's Publishing, page 409:",
          "text": "The guy said, 'The rototom's talking! Hear the rototom?' Swear to god, he said the rototom was telling the story. 'Can't put no verse there, the rototom telling the story'.",
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          "ref": "1987, John Strawn, The Proceedings of the AES 5th International Conference: Music and Digital Technology, Audio Engineering Society, pages 23-24",
          "text": "[A] rototom, has the majority of its energy in the lower frequencies."
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        "A drum that has no shell and is able to change pitch by rotating its drumhead around a threaded metal ring."
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