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i have been blessed with something to spare and i was thinking of purchasing a drum synth. i was drooling for elektron machinedrum but it's kinda expensive. also the tr-909 but that is hellaexpensive too. tell me all you have to say to about drum gadgets. except that i should use real drums; we already have those and i can't play them. |
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You can get a hardware drum machine that will emulate the most popular drum machine samples. I can't remember what you call them but you can normally get them on ebay for buy it now @ £150. |
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hm hi neetta. i don't know much about drummachines but i think that the 909 is nothing to drool about... i think that it's basically this one (overused) sound which (at least a reasonable impression of) you would find in many other machines too... |
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Hmm, I don't have much experience with h/w, but from what I've heard the classics (808,909 etc) aren't that good VFM- more collectors items- sure the sounds are nice and recognisable, but: a) Do you want your stuff to sound like everything else? b) Most new drum machines have sounds that emulate them anyway. |
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He he- two other people posted the same thing- I think that makes it fact ;) |
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yes thank you both, this is just what i was looking for, something that sounds like the expensive ones but costs less :) |
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if i were getting a drum machine it would have to have the option to import/record my own sounds... or maybe i just would go with a sampler - it could do other things than just drums. |
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when i had the zoom machine i just used it to make patterns and sequence, then i shaped the sound on my computer.. i have no idea what samplers cost but i bet it is ALOT. |
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so umm, nobody has anything to add except that rolands are over-rated?! sheesh :) |
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Yep, nice Akai samplers cost ££££s :) Fat Kaimo: You can get some sampling drum machines. Ae use one. Sample quality tends to be a lot lower than on a sampler (I imagine the price is a factor in this) as drums don't matter as much as say a flute/synth sound if their lower quality- it's not so noticable... |
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i thought so. i think i am going for the korg er-1. it seems versatile and all that and costs wayyyy less than the ones stated in my post 1 |
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get a software sampler and fill it up with your own samples. cheap (free? hehe) and will sound as good as what you put into it ;) |
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if i wanted a sofware sampler i would have stated 'software' on the topic. thank you. |
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depends what kinda sounds yr after. I think Jeff Mills uses a Yamaha R8 which can be picked up hella cheap.. but maybe you hate his sound so... |
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actually i like his sounds.. saw him live last summer and he rocked my boat to death or some other phrase that does not exist. |
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well there you have it then! check out the R8 (but get the mk2) |
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i made a google and it seems that the only r8 mk2 is actually ROLAND. i assume you mean that? |
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oops.. sorry about that. I'm not exactly compas mentis atm.. :) |
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Hee hee, cutting Neetta, cutting... |
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i had that one in storage since i was SURE there'd be someone telling me to get a software thingy :) |
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err...and what can do a hardware drum machine, that a soft one doesn't?... |
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i was also expecting that one. i just happen to like hardware drum machines. software and i don't go so well together. little gadgets are so nice and cute and whatnot. plus i am involved in a project where a hardware machine will come handy. my computer is crappy too, i can't probably even run decent softies. |
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Ha ha ha, the amount of times people told me to get hardware when I requested s/w help :) |
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She likes to be able to push the buttons and look at the little LEDs rather than clicky click with a mouse and stare at a monitor ;) |
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hell yeah! |
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"my computer is crappy too, i can't probably even run decent softies. " don't buy a drum machine then, buy a new comp :) and btw, mine is probably worst of your all :P |
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what do you have against drum machines man?! |
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Drum machines... If you dont mind lofi sounds a casio RZ-1 is cool too. PLUS! its a sampler too. I dont know how much they cost. Jomox airbase? They're quite expensive tho. The novation D-station is not as expensive as the 808/909, but it has those sounds, tweakable with knobs. Plus it has built in distortion. You could also take a look at a quasimidi rave-o-lution 309. Its a 303, 808 and 909 in a box. 350 euros for the basic version. The fully expanded does about 450-500 I believe (synthboard and extra outputs and something else I cant remember I think...) On a side-track... yamaha rm1x, mc303/505 seem to be nice things too. I dont know about the second hand market in Finland, but you could consider ebay... For example |
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http://proaudiomusic.com/misc/effects/boss/DR-770%20Dr.%20R hythm%20drum%20machine.htm think this one is supposed to be good! squarepusher uses it so it cant be bad! check out the picture on the inlay of feed me weird things! |
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nossink,ok, nevermind, just don't hurt me!!.. from today i love all of the drum machines, sewing-machines and even printing-machines(to say nothing of ice-cream machines), i swear!.. a man machine from Silesia |
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I know it isnt a drum machine, but a (small) sampler with built in sequencer (like the korg ES-1 or Akai MPC2000(xl)) But the mpc is quite expensive, but complete |
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sewing machines are ESPECIALLY cool. i could not live without mine. or maybe i should buy a software sewing machine.. others: thank you for help, i will be checking and comparing! |
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Have you seen the software controlled embroidering machines? It's like doing big pixel art :D |
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yes i have :D we had one in my old school. i actually have one cross-stich artwork that was computer-modelled |
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*Ceri grunts and rubs designer stubble to re-assert masculinity after talking about sewing.* |
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hardware drummachines are unbelivable unflexible... I mean, what do you do when you?re bored with the three kicks?!?!? A cheap sampler is the way to go, an akai s2000 costs about 300 euro here in sweden, and a very old casio Fz-1 can be bought for half of that... (hiphopper req used one for entire his first album!) btw, don?t be afraid of software - that?s the best! *hides under his desk* |
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so, if you don't want software and no hardware sampler either (i guess?) i would go with a nice analog drummachine. 606, 808, maybe airbase (lacks knobs though, and some sounds are samples)? |
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I have a same kind of dillema. I love the possibility's of all the music software but I miss the knob twiddling. With the new workstations with a pc onboard I'm very hopefull. But that's the future (too expensive for the moment) |
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too little too late. stubble, yeah right. |
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i personally like the alesis HR16 and HR16b. also the boss dr550. you can get a boss dr202 for pretty cheap if you want 808 and 909 sounds with filter effects and what not. all three of those for under 300 dollars US (the alesis for 50-150 US). |
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get the alesis dm pro that is the best hardware drum sampler on the market.. it has over 800 sounds.. if you want to program beats you'll also need a sequencer... |
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Youre all missing the most obvious choices. The F3k and the Ju-M0n are the most economical machines in terms of price and features. |
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If any of you are interested in a Roland R-8....... I own one and I want to get rid of it. It's lying in my closet for years and it's just collecting dust. Saw some on Ebay for around $250... |
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Netta, I have a Korg Er-1 drum machine, which i think is a great machine, that i would be willing to sell to you for cheap! |
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ive got the korg es-1 sampling version :) has limitations but you can thrash it real good :] |
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buy the mpc 2000. its fairly expensive, but its akai so you know it will out live you and all your children. you can sample the drum sounds, so it has unlimited drums, also comes with a cd full of drums,etc. its got nice big 4x4 array of buttons. easy to use. really good. . or get the S5000 sampler. ive got one, and these things rock. costs about £2000, but cheaper 2nd hand. you can do almost ANYTHING on these. i sequence mine from an old cubase vst 24 on a crappy 400mhz celeron, so you dont need a snazzzy computer. |
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a cheap way is to buy very old drum machines, i use a Roland CR8000 and a Roland R5, then put them through various effect pedals which can also be picked up really cheap. very low cost but mighty fine sounds. |
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Look for a Roland R8, R70 or Boss Dr550/660 second hand. But I would like to suggest the Clavia Nord Modular. I've been using this for 3 years now and there's no turning back. If you dive in and learn this, the reward is massive. There's no way you can go back to anything with a hard-wired signal path after something like this. Clavia is releasing a new Modular this summer, called the G2. You can either just buy the engine, which is operated through the computer, or the keyboard version . www.clavia.se -P |
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i love the yamaha qy series ... |
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