drum machines

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are these good for hiphop music, I'm thinking of getting one because I'm tired of sampling drums, and when I sample drums a lot of times they don't go well with my other samples, but I figure if I get a drum machine I can make drums easier
 
i use the ensoniq asr-x pro, it has drum sounds and i is also a sampler.

the on-board sequencer sucks, but i never use it, because i use Sonar.

the drum sounds (especially with the urban-dance card) are fabulous. and there are some loop beats in it also, but i mostly use it for the raw sounds.
 
The ASR-X-Pro by Ensoniq is a good piece, but the sequencer sucks like a MO-FO....... (crosstudio has already shared those two points with you).

You could also pick up an Akai MPC 2000. If you have the money you could get the Akai MPC 4000. And..... if you don't have the money for the previous 3 pieces mentioned, you can pick up the MPD-16.

For the MPC 2000, MPC 3000, or the MPD-16 check here....

http://www.akaipro.com
 
MPC's? Dude said he was tired of sampling... But really they're the dopest drum machines on the planet.

If you are tired of having to sample shit you could just use a drum machine but most are losey and get old unless you get creative with em. Some got phat sounds (Alesis DM5 and DR. 202) but they sound better if they are sampled into something and tweaked for some reason.

You are better off just buying some drum sample disks cuz most of them shits come off different drum machines anyways. Like a best of type thing. Or you can search the web for different samples. I'd do the last one and just load em into a sample editor like Soundforge an tweak em until satisfied.

Peace.
 
You using a MP-7??

If so it's about a million cats running around the web that wanna talk to you?

Is the sequencer loop based, linear, or both? Can you use it to control other midi stuff? I guess I go to E=MU and peep it huh?
 
atl58 said:
are these good for hiphop music, I'm thinking of getting one because I'm tired of sampling drums, and when I sample drums a lot of times they don't go well with my other samples, but I figure if I get a drum machine I can make drums easier
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Now that I am re-reading your post...... you might want to look at purchasing some processed drum CD's.
 
atl58 said:
......but I figure if I get a drum machine I can make drums easier
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Do you mean drum patterns or the actual drum sounds?
 
I mean drum patterns, and when I said I was tired of sampling I only meant I was tired of digging for drum patterns and sampling them, I still sample for all the rest of my stuff, I would love to get an mpc but I can't afford it, I don't think I could afford any of those other drum machines with samplers and sequencers too, plus I don't need a sequencer. I was thinking of the getting the dr 670 or 770, are those any good
 
I got a DR.660 that is basically the same sounds as a 770 and I think the 670.

When it comes to to most drum machines the sounds seem to be to clean and flat. I could never stand the 660 drums in anything that wasn't str8 synth beats. The Boss Dr. 202 has some phat ass drums and some dope basses but the machine itself is real noisy. If you don't mind adding some grit and shit to your mixes it might be a good choice. I copped mines at a pawn shop for $100 but they go new for about 350 i think.

Oh shit while i'm on it. Peep your local pawn shops out. I used to always see drum machines at the ones around me. I copped the Dr. 660 for $80 out of one and I also copped my RM1Xfor $300 at another one. I've seen at least 4 of the 770's at different ones at different times..
 
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