Drum machine recomendations.

[1,2,3, Pull Out!]

I don't really need anything that intense and complicated, but nothing too cheesy and fake sounding either. I needs to store a lot of whole songs so I can just turn it on and play live. I basically just want some simple Jesus and Mary Chain type drums mostly, but maybe with the option of getting a but more dancey and electronic...if that makes any sense.

Anyways. What do you recommend? I've been considering an Electribe just because everything else it does looks fun to play with but will that really give me enough options?

[dorfmeister]

How about an MPC?

[metalmariachi]

I’m not a drum machine guy, but the Alesis SR-18 or the SR-16 Might fit your needs.

MM

[less_cunning]

i have a Casio RZ-1 but i have been gas'n for a Alesis SR-18 for a hot minute.

[the raytownian]

The last time I used a rhythm track that wasn't done in FLStudio, it was from the metronome on my Yamaha PSR-275:





Are you willing to go the software route? If that's a possibility for you, you could always find something free or pirated (just, for the love of god, don't use the stock FLStudio samples if you ever use that app... I'm so tired of hearing them).

[1,2,3, Pull Out!]

No I don't have a laptop and I can't really drag my computer to gigs.

[lizardville]

Ive been faithfull to my roland tr-626 since '89... but memory wise is quiet short.
last time i played live , I recorded all the backing tracks in a minidisc. Not very profesional but safe.
hope it helps.

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

if your lookin for realistic w/ sounds included. maybe check out a roland r-5 or r-8? my friend has an r-5 and it is a beaut of a drum machine. very MPC-esque. the r-8 is the same just with more sounds.

if your gunna dig for your own drum sounds i'd say just get an mpc like our friend dorf suggested. the sky is the limit with that.

[aen]

Face it. Drum machines sound fake, and drum machines that sample real drums somehow sound even faker. You're best off to use it for what it is, and make the coolest drum machine parts you can, rather than faking real drums.

You can usually nab a roland MC-303 for a great price, under $200 IIRC. It's not the prettiest, but its got a LOT of decent sounds on it, and a lot of capabilities. I have very little experience with this kind of hardware (Propellerhead Reason FTW!) but I was making some phat beats within an hour of downloading the manual =)

You can also play the little sequencer buttons like a keyboard. ZAP!

[dronemachine]

Face it. Drum machines sound fake, and drum machines that sample real drums somehow sound even faker. You're best off to use it for what it is, and make the coolest drum machine parts you can, rather than faking real drums.

QFT !

[smile_man]

Don't get an Electribe, I've heard they have bad... sounds...

[1,2,3, Pull Out!]

Face it. Drum machines sound fake, and drum machines that sample real drums somehow sound even faker. You're best off to use it for what it is, and make the coolest drum machine parts you can, rather than faking real drums.

You can usually nab a roland MC-303 for a great price, under $200 IIRC. It's not the prettiest, but its got a LOT of decent sounds on it, and a lot of capabilities. I have very little experience with this kind of hardware (Propellerhead Reason FTW!) but I was making some phat beats within an hour of downloading the manual =)

You can also play the little sequencer buttons like a keyboard. ZAP!

Yeah that's what I figured, if I can't get non-cheesy sounding drums I might as well go all the way and rock the electronic drum machine sounds.

Or maybe I could just drown some real drum imitations in a ton of fuzz and reverb

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

Face it. Drum machines sound fake, and drum machines that sample real drums somehow sound even faker. You're best off to use it for what it is, and make the coolest drum machine parts you can, rather than faking real drums.

QFT !

quantam field theory??

[1,2,3, Pull Out!]

Face it. Drum machines sound fake, and drum machines that sample real drums somehow sound even faker. You're best off to use it for what it is, and make the coolest drum machine parts you can, rather than faking real drums.

QFT !

quantam field theory??

That's exactly what I thought when i first saw it. Apparently it also stands for "Quoted For the Truth"

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

i was about to say, dude is on another level with the drums if quantam field theory is involved.