tm486 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Hi, After getting Victor Wooten's Groove Workshop DVD for christmas, I have decided that I would like a drum machine. Unfortunately I can't find a decent clip of it, but what he uses the drum machine for is to allow one of the students to come up with a simple bassline to a 4 bar drum sample. He then gets the drum machine to play 3 bars and remain silent for the 4th. Then he goes one step further and gets it to play 2 bars on, 2 off. Then 1 on, 3 off. Finally it's just playing one beat and is silent for the rest of the 4 bars. I'm looking for a drum machine that will allow me to easily do this. My timing isn't bad, but this appears to be a good method of improving timing and helping it to become second nature. It would also be useful to practice Anthony Wellington's "yardstick" lesson. Does anyone know what drum machine Victor Wooten uses in this DVD or know of a drum machine that will do what I want? It may be something that all of them do, but despite googling and looking at the features of many different drum machines, it is not made clear that they can do this. Thanks in advance, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 He'll have just programmed the drum machine to do that. They'll all do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm486 Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 They'll all do it? Fantastic, I thought they might as it seems like a very simple thing to do, but i just wanted to make sure before i go spending money i don't really have, lol. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) You basically program a single bar with the drum pattern, then create a song with the programmed beat repeated 3 times followed by an empty pattern. Having never seen the dvd I can't say what drum machine he used. This is the best shot of what he uses, Just next to his right hand. I can't identify it at the moment. [attachment=97409:Screen Shot 2012-01-15 at 19.07.11.png][attachment=97410:Screen Shot 2012-01-15 at 19.09.24.png] Edited January 15, 2012 by bartelby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d4tux Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) Just stumbled across this thread after I watched the DVD and was wondering what the drum machine was... I think it is the Boss JS-5 JamStation: I don't think Boss makes this any more... but if you haven't parted with your cash yet, you can probably get a good deal on the "For Sale" forums or eBay. Edited February 10, 2012 by d4tux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.