Best machine for acoustic drum sounds

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I'm looking at used drum machines to record against acoustic guitar and vocals. I'd like it to have an nice array of "acoustic" sounds (e.g. congas, timbales, bongos, etc) as well the standard "kit". I'm shopping Ebay and my budget is $200.

Suggestions/experiences are much appreciated. Thanks.
 
if your looking for loops

drums on demand is great - i play acoustic and couldn't find decent drums until DOD
 
eadgbe said:
I'm looking at used drum machines to record against acoustic guitar and vocals. I'd like it to have an nice array of "acoustic" sounds (e.g. congas, timbales, bongos, etc) as well the standard "kit". I'm shopping Ebay and my budget is $200.

Suggestions/experiences are much appreciated. Thanks.
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heya... one real nice drum machine for realistic sounds is the Roland R-70... lots of very realistic acoustic drums and latin percussion. I had an R8 for a while but the R70 has nicer pads and an easier interface IMO. They both have the human feel patches too which adds realism to your sequences. The R70 also has some effects like reverb and I think chorus but I can't comment on them since I don't use them. All in all I think it's quite a nice drum machine that is somewhat under rated.

I got mine for 175 but they usually go for a bit more but you can prolly find one in your budget if you keep shopping. I also have 2 R8M modules which supposedly can be sequenced by the R70 but I haven't tried that yet... the cool thing about them is they have a bunch of very nice sound cards available for them and you can use up to three at a time. They do cause you to catch collector's fever though because once you buy one or two of them YOU WANT THEM ALL. ha ha ha. :rolleyes:

HTH, Kiira
 
Hell, that reminded me of the Emu Procussion and Carnival, both good boxes.Procussion will give you the more standard sound sets and the Carnival is all Latin flavours, along with some more traditional sounds,....nice.

I still feel a decent sampler is the way forward, as that opens up a world of different sound pallettes.
 
In my experience, $200 is a lot better spent on samples, provided you have a way to play them. If you use your computer at all in recording, look into a sampler plugin and a good collection of samples. No drum machine you can buy for that kind of money is going to compare to this for realistic acoustic drums.
If you look around the web enough, you can find sample sets of most drum machines out there. At least, you used to be able to.
 
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Hi,
I had been programmin recording with different drum machines and they had been sounding to rigid with the other instruments.. not enough feel.. so I wanted to find a way to loosen them up.. you can adjust the quantize.. and then it can help it to feel more live.., but I got the Electribe ES-1 and that way you can actually get real drum samples.. of kick, snare.... etc... you can get samples from online....and then just save them onto a smartmedia card.. in sequential order 1-99... then when you program.. you just assign which sound you want for each button... and then you got a real drum kit right there.. you can then adjust the sound with different effects .. i use the compressor.. and it helps the sound... you can pan each sound.. and adjust the levels of each.. it's really cool.. and it sounds like real drums.. it's as close as i've gotten... without having a real drummer.. I like to program myself.. instead of getting loops... which could be another option for you... but.. this is the way I went and I'm happy. :)
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