Drum Machines...you're favorites?

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I know of a few sites. I'll check my bookmarks later & post 'em here for you. You could buy a really phat sound CD of vintage drum machine sounds, too. I'll try to get that info up later today...

Or... you could sample it off of "Controversy." The snare hits clean enough to use for a sample.

<at least if you're a dirty-assed grungy cat like me...>


<no, really, it may work for you>


regards,


Diendolo
 
MY call

ITs Cheep ass but it works

KORG DDD-1 (origonal euro version)

controaling a sampler (AKAi s900)

its under $500 Korg DDD-1 has EXECELLENT feel

But the S900 does take that down a tad their are ways to shit rig around it though

I did get the DDD-1 controaling LM4 MK II THAT SOUNDED GOOD but it was eh.....Messy to say the least and NOT ROAD WORTHY!
 
I write and sequence with a Yamaha RX5 drum machine. I payed $1200 for it when it first came out, now you see them on Ebay for $80 :eek: It's got some good quality unique sounds, like the congas and the hi-hats. The best thing is that it has 12 individual outs, so it is easy to record the sounds on their own track.

Once the keyboards are laid down, I re-sequence most of the drum parts using a Korg 01/W synth and a Yamaha RM50 drum module. I like to process many of the sounds using a SansAmp PSA-1, Bass POD, stompbox guitar pedals, and especially an overdriven ART Tube MP OLP. I love what the Tube MP's can do for drum samples. :)
 
Flo' Dolo said:
I know of a few sites. I'll check my bookmarks later & post 'em here for you. I'll try to get that info up later today...
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That would be great!

Thanks!
Jason
 
http://www.drummachine.com

<I saw that they've changed their site design, didn't see the usal download links Check the forums there if you need>


http://www.analoguesamples.com


http://www.machines.hyperreal.org/samples.html


http://www.futurenet.com/samplenet


http://www.threechords.com/scripts/hammerhead/links.cgi?action=view_category&category=Samples

CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!>>>>>>> http://www.totaltrash.com/linn9000/


http://www.vintagesynth.org/index.html


...If these don't help, lemme know and I'll email you my sounds...


Good luck,

diendolo
 
tk421 studio said:
I have never owned a real "drum machine" I have had a Novation Drumstation, Alesis D4, MPC 2000, and all of the synths that had drum kits. I will have to go with the Drumstation or a Kurzweil sampler for favorites that I have used.
I would love to find a LINN drum! The sounds that Prince used to get were great! Are there any samples out on the web of that great LINN snare?
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tk421,

What's a good way to control your Kurzweil drums sounds as far as sequencer? I love the drums sounds in my PC2R, but there's no onboard sequencer. It'd be nice to have something independent from my computer so I could loop drums to play along to them at the band's rehearsal hall ... I'm not versed in sequencers as I usually let my fingers do the walking! :)

Any suggestions? Could be a cheep sequencer ...
 
I don't know the PC2R but my K2vxs does have a sequencer built in. I would suggest buying a cheap synth workstation. Don't buy a sequencer because you can always use the extra sounds from the workstation, but will end up throwing away the sequencer eventually.
I really like the Korg O1/Wfd workstation but it is a bit pricey. People seem to like Ensoniq (TS10, EPS 16, ASR 10, etc...) I have never used them. Just check around on E-bay and you are bound to find something.
If all else fails, buy an Alesis sequencer. I have heard they are good for drums/techno.
Kurzweil has the best "on-board" sequencer but it is expensive.
Mpc2000 is good for drums but they are expensive too. I need to get rid of mine.
Anyone interested? :)


The answer you are looking for would be the Alesis but I would spend an extra hundred bucks and get some more sounds. The Kawai K5000w might be a good solution too.

Hope that helped-
Jason
 
I like my SR-16. I know some have said otherwise (and some of you showed your good ear by detecting my SR-16 in my tunes), but I guess I really like it because it is all I have (besides my MIDI drums).

Now that I am working with Sonar I am looking forward to incorporating the SR-16's drums sounds via MIDI. But I have yet to figure that one out! ;)
 
More on Drum Machines

Drum machines are like so many other things... a matter of taste. My purist friends rip me frequently for using them but in some cases you just have no choice. Which one is best? The truth is probably that every drum machine brings something different to the table. I've tried to get as many as possible, old and new, big and small. I've got a (believe it or not) Maestro Rythm King (circa 1970), an Alesis SR16, that nifty little $100 dollar Zoom unit, a DR770, and, perhaps my favorite, the drum machine on my Ensoniq ZR76 workstation. I use em all at some time or another. My suggestion is search ebay and anywhere else you can find drum machines and buy as many as you can afford. True, a drum machine will never replace a real drummer but they work cheap, show up on time, show up sober, and keep a steady (and, yes, mechanical) beat!. Most of all, just have fun in the process. That's what music should be!
 
Flo

Gotta agree pal, the Machinedrum is brilliant. However, Emu have just released the PX7, a command station type ting like the MP7 and XL7. Looks the nuts but the pads might put some ppl off but if it's anything like the SP1200's then it would kik ass.
The problem with the 808 909 etc.. is that they have been caned to death and any sampler can import the fonts for these sounds. A dedicated drum machine, as opposed to a sampler like the Mpc 2000 or 4000 etc..., is built for exactly that .....drum sounds and the manipulation of the sounds. There are other alternatives but they are pricey and include pads and a brtain like the V-drums or the Roland SPD20 which is quite cool.
 
I've been thinking about buying that PX-7. I'm a glutton for punishment & a slave to the (drum machine) rhythm... I'm off to the music store later today to more closely investigate...

I'll take a roomful of drum machines over a HD full of wav. files anyday...

diendolo
 
Flo' Dolo said:
I've been thinking about buying that PX-7. I'm a glutton for punishment & a slave to the (drum machine) rhythm... I'm off to the music store later today to more closely investigate...

I'll take a roomful of drum machines over a HD full of wav. files anyday...

diendolo
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not me...is it easier to carry a CD or HD or carry 15 drum machines?
 
If a Yamaha RX5 showed up at the 2nd hand shop near me, I'd likely go for it. One feature, other than what Wide Awake mentioned, that I love, is that there is a button to reverse the envelope on any drum voice. I've got a couple of songs with backward bongos, yada, yada, yada. The other machines I've used only ever really had a backward cymbal or tambourine.

Roland R-5. Not bad sounds, if you don't mind playing with the parameters;

Roland R-8 mkII: quite good. I wish I hadn't sold it last year;

Roland R-70; I'd also pick up one of these on the cheap if I could.

I am using the drum kits on my JV-1010 sound module now, and it took me a while to conclude that I prefer the R-8 or the R-70. So, if I can pick up one of those second hand at a reasonable price, I'll go for it. Most likely, though, I'll end up getting a DR-670 or 770.
 
not me...is it easier to carry a CD or HD or carry 15 drum machines?
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It's easier to carry a CD or HD, true indeed, but it's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay SIZE] to wreck shop with the actual machines.

<well, for me it is, anyway>

Besides, I make the phattest sample CDs of drum sounds for get-away producing. Sometimes I need the actual boxes for live shit, too!!
 
not me...is it easier to carry a CD or HD or carry 15 drum machines?
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It's easier to carry a CD or HD, true indeed, but it's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay fonkier to wreck shop with the actual machines.

<well, for me it is, anyway>

Besides, I make the phattest sample CDs of drum sounds for get-away producing.

Sometimes I need the actual boxes for live shit, but that's a whole 'notha thread.

diendolo
 
Flo' Dolo said:
It's easier to carry a CD or HD, true indeed, but it's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay fonkier to wreck shop with the actual machines.

<well, for me it is, anyway>

Besides, I make the phattest sample CDs of drum sounds for get-away producing.

Sometimes I need the actual boxes for live shit, but that's a whole 'notha thread.

diendolo
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but u can still control the samples with the drum machine...it can be just like playing on a drum machine except the sounds are coming from the computer...
 
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