Your favorite drum machine?

mildred-pitt · Post by **mildred-pitt** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:30 am

Tell me what your favorite drum machine is... (non-computer based)
I'm looking for a new beat maker.

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:01 am

Roland TR606. I love that thing. so simple and fun to use.

john

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:38 am

Yamaha qy70 because it has the random pan feature that I have never seen elsewhere - I figure if you're going to use a drum machine you might as well make it sound totally fake, and the random pan means that every hit is someplace new in the stereo l/r picture. Makes yer head spin. Great for triggering other sounds via MIDI. Not the rapper/hipster cred of an old Roland box though.

As a bonus it has a pretty passable MIDI sound module and a huge sequencer memory, and it's ancient so it should be very cheap used

r0ck1r0ck2 · Post by **r0ck1r0ck2** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:41 am

i've been using a Roland R-70 for years....
good feeling pads and very easy to program...

pandatone · Post by **pandatone** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:10 am

roland TR-505.

panda

Milkmansound · Post by **Milkmansound** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:19 am

Elektron Machinedrum.

Just got mine upgraded to the UW

Rufer · Post by **Rufer** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:36 am

Zoom Rhythmtrack 234---really the only one I've used but can't imagine it getting any easier and sounds real nice too.

inverseroom · Post by **inverseroom** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:52 am

Milkmansound wrote:Elektron Machinedrum.

For me there is no other.

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:58 am

Stuff I use regularly:

Pre midi 808.
Roland R8.
Alesis SR16. (for real).
Reason. (I know I will be killed for that one, but i like it).

AstroDan · Post by **AstroDan** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:36 pm

My favorite sounding is the TR-909. 2nd place would be the LM-1. I would also probably kill a man for an Elektron MachineDrum. Nothing is going to beat that box for the next 15 years. It is the pinnacle.

apropos of nothing · Post by **apropos of nothing** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:39 pm

Seconded on the QY-70. Yamaha makes a nice drum machine.

I'd love a MachineDrum, but crimeny, for that price it oughta do bjs and dishes.

I have nostalgic feelings (not sure if they're warranted or not) regarding the Yamaha RX-7. I imagine they must be cheap now, and hell, its got James Brown samples in ROM. How can you beat that?

And then there's my Ensoniq ASR-10 (freshly back from the repair guy and better than ever) which is not a drum machine per se, but can kick out the phat beats better than half of 'em.

jca83 · Post by **jca83** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:44 pm

alesis hr-16

casio sk-1 built-in

reaktor

oberheim dx

TA · Post by TA » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:46 pm

A really good REAL drummer

.....but for a machine; Alesis SR-16 ...my only drum machine.

inverseroom · Post by **inverseroom** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:49 pm

apropos of nothing wrote:Seconded on the QY-70. Yamaha makes a nice drum machine.

Thirded, with reservations...I think the drums on the QY-22 sounded way better, much more crunchy and lively, though there were fewer of them.

Man, though, QY70 + bus trip, that's an indispensible combination.

Milkmansound · Post by **Milkmansound** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:05 pm

apropos of nothing wrote:
I'd love a MachineDrum, but crimeny, for that price it oughta do bjs and dishes.

funny you mention that... it does!

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