Sonic_Groove Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 What drum machine can you recommend for home studio/song writing & possibly small live work? I've got a DR-3 and although the sound are good it is driving me nuts -- You can't switch off the programmed bass unless you save a preset then edit it. A separate volume control for the accompaniment would make this a better machine for me. Is the DR-808 (or whatever new version is called) as annoying? So any cool drum machine with a good cosmopolitan range of patterns/presets up to £500 but cheaper the better. Brendan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I'm not up to date on contemporary drum machines, but if you're happy with second hand, I suggest a Boss DR 660. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Alesis SR18 probably the best drum machine ever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Although I use a Roland R-8 for sequencing it's midi'd to an Alesis SR-16 for the sounds. You can pick SR-16 for around £50 off ebay or get a SR-18 for about £100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 the dr880 i had was superb, couple of hand amp models and effects too. sold mine for next to nowt on here, thery're under £500 new... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I'm not keen on my sr16, the programming steps are very clumsy and although you can set up Lots of drumkits, you can't associate them with specific patterns so you need to manually select the right kit each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 [quote name='Geek99' post='1307898' date='Jul 18 2011, 02:48 PM']I'm not keen on my sr16, the programming steps are very clumsy and although you can set up Lots of drumkits, you can't associate them with specific patterns so you need to manually select the right kit each time.[/quote] That's why I program my R-8 and use the SR-16 as a sound module. Not sure what you mean by having to select the kit each time. The preset patterns have fixed drum kits but the user patterns can have any drumkit at all. from the SR-16 Manual: "1. Press the PRESET/USER button to choose the desired bank of Drum Sets. 2. Enter the desired Drum Set number (from 00 to 49) with the number or INC/DEC buttons. With the number buttons, enter a leading zero if necessary. 3. User Patterns will remember the selected Drum Set assignments (Preset Patterns have fixed Drum Set assignments; if you exit from the Preset Pattern, the SR-16 will forget any assignment you made)." But I do agree that programing the SR-16 is pretty tedious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire5 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 They're not drum machines......THIS is a drum machine! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycju4Nl1nMY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycju4Nl1nMY[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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