analog drum machines

[coupleonapkins]

Korg Super Drums?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS01J3QKxqs[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS01J3QKxqs

Kawai R-100?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5myTDqDQfE[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5myTDqDQfE

[coldbrightsunlight]

On the analog thing, are analog drum machines not kind of inherently dance music oriented? Not that it's a bad thing or that the sounds can't work well in other music.

Well, yes and no, I suppose? I mean, lots of that stuff is indeed dancefloor ready but it's also heavily used in plenty of industrial, hip hop, indie rock, and plenty of way more esoteric ambient/IDM-y things.

I think the big key takeaway for me in owning and subsequently selling a Drumbrute was that analog drum machines, really almost ALL of them, can be pretty dry, uninspiring, and lifeless without effects. A little reverb, delay, and dirt are pretty much crucial. I ended up moving to the Rytm for two reasons—1, built in effects, and 2—the ability to integrate or replace the analog sounds with samples if desired. It really makes for a ton more variety in one box. You can most certainly do tons and tons of things with another drum machine plus whatever effects you want, but I just found it very nice to have it all in one place.

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I think if I were trying to make something sound like real drums, I'd just use a DAW. This is pretty much what I do all the time when I write more rocky/poppy stuff in Logic, and it's always been pretty perfect for doing that job.

Yeah I get that it's used in other genres, I do that myself, but to me it always feels more like recontextualising the sound from its original home. I'm sure that's just in my head though.

Totally agree about the effects. When I had the beats (and still with analog drum machine emulating plugins) I use effects pretty much all the time to spice things up.

Also agree about the "real drums" emulation. Computers are so much better for that I don't see the point in doing it with a hardware unit.

[Confuzzled]

I have the Kawai R-50e. I can designate dedicated an output for a drum, add effects and it comes with bass and orchestra tones. I also have a BOSS DR-550 MKII that sounds great but don't really use. Feel free to PM if you want to buy it or trade for it.