Drum Macines-alternatives to 808 & Linn
Drum Macines-alternatives to 808 & Linn
I'm looking for a drum machine, old school style. I'd really like the Roland 808 or the LinnDrum but i'm not willing to spend the $1000 that they seem to be these days. Can anyone recommend a good alternative within $500?
thanks!
James
thanks!
James
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If you can track down an old Oberheim... DMX or DX. They're fun.
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I love my DMX. You can get it modded to have an extra set of EPROMS, doubling your onboard sounds. And you can swap in new EPROMS anytime.
There is a guy, (and if I can find the info, I'll post it) who does the mods and also burns custom EPROMS, so an 808 kit is an option.
That said, as much as I love my Oberheim, it wouldn't be nearly as useful as an MPC if you didn't have other drum machines.
Around Thanksgiving, Guitar center was selling the new black MPC1000s for like $749. I'd bet that you could expect the same kind of deal around the hoildays.
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There is a guy, (and if I can find the info, I'll post it) who does the mods and also burns custom EPROMS, so an 808 kit is an option.
That said, as much as I love my Oberheim, it wouldn't be nearly as useful as an MPC if you didn't have other drum machines.
Around Thanksgiving, Guitar center was selling the new black MPC1000s for like $749. I'd bet that you could expect the same kind of deal around the hoildays.
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What's stopping you. Really though, would anyone use these?sears wrote:Now someone needs to put out SR-16 samples for the MPC.
I've got a Boss DR-770 with bad 808/909 samples, but it just ain't the same. And all the other sounds on it suck too. The problem with sample based Analog Drum Machines is you can't edit any of the parameters real-time. I need to get starting on a fully customizable MPC style drum machine with lots of knobs.
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you can find the entire SR-16 library here, never hurts to have too many different drum samples:inflatable wrote:What's stopping you. Really though, would anyone use these?sears wrote:Now someone needs to put out SR-16 samples for the MPC.
I've got a Boss DR-770 with bad 808/909 samples, but it just ain't the same. And all the other sounds on it suck too. The problem with sample based Analog Drum Machines is you can't edit any of the parameters real-time. I need to get starting on a fully customizable MPC style drum machine with lots of knobs.
http://www.denhaku.com/r_box/sr16/sr16.htm
i go back and forth between the MPC and TR-808/909.... the Rolands give you a certain feel, but limited manipulation compared to an MPC with TR-x0x samples (or the multitude of x0x samples that are off records that have thier own character).
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http://machines.hyperreal.org/samples.html for SR-16 samples and about a billion more...sears wrote:Now someone needs to put out SR-16 samples for the MPC.
I still like my Roland TR626 (same sounds, I think, as Big Black's Roland)
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