One thing I've always loved about the Roland machines is the ease of programming them. The 606, 707, 808 and 909 are all great fun to play with. I feel like I come up with more interesting beats on my 606 or 808 because of the ease of experimenting with changes to the beat and the simple, but effective user interface. The 707 added the little programming matrix window that only enhanced programming, although the sounds of the 707 sound more "dated" than "old school" to me right now.inverseroom wrote:I need some new beats and some new ways to make them. What do you use, and how do you use it?
Another fun box and cheaper, but not as controllable as the other Rolands. No mixing or separate outs, just a "balance" knob that's basically a tone control. The sounds are OK. They sound a little better with some distortion.inverseroom wrote:Boss DR-110?
I think these are pretty cool boxes. A similar interface to the Roland units with much more control over the sounds. Yes, it is virtual analog, but I think the creative possibilities with this box far outweigh any concern that it's not analog. The ER-1 also has two inputs that you can program into your sequence with controllable gate time. You can feed any line level signal to the input and chop it up as part of your beat. That's a fun trick.inverseroom wrote:Electribe ER-1?
Regarding the rest of your list, I haven't used them. Not sure why, but the Yamaha machines have never interested me.
Marko