Drum Machines

umjammer atomsk · 05.30.2006, 07:38 PM

I know some of you on the board use them and I would appreciate any feedback. I'm interested in purchasing an affordable yet decent and easy-to-use one but I know almost nothing about them. So... What do you use? How much was it? What should I buy just to get started? Etc., go wild. Thank you.

Hip Priest · 05.30.2006, 07:58 PM

This site might be fun.

Sorry I can't help more.

umjammer atomsk · 05.30.2006, 08:04 PM

Thank you, very cool link. I think I'm going to busy with that for awhile. I was just reading about the history of drum machines on wikipedia.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 05.30.2006, 08:34 PM

The Alesis SR-16 is a good unit. I got mine for about 80.

Here is why I chose it:
ease of programming (super easy)
4 outputs
footswitch for fill and start/stop (start stop is really the important one, I never use the fill footswitch)
A bunch of sounds
midi
pressure sensitive pads

the SR-16 has a lot of the features that are on newer drum machine models, and since it is 15 years old or so, you can pick them up cheap.

umjammer atomsk · 05.30.2006, 08:48 PM

Sounds really cool, thanks. By the way, yr spectral presence stuff sounds neat live.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 05.30.2006, 08:49 PM

Thx

I'm trying to figure out how to make good non-live recordings. Haven't figured it out yet.

krastian · 05.30.2006, 10:07 PM

Dude, I'll play drums for you....calm down.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 05.30.2006, 10:07 PM

Which one of us are you talking to?

krastian · 05.30.2006, 10:24 PM

unjammer....I'll do the same for you if yr interested.

umjammer atomsk · 05.30.2006, 10:35 PM

Oooooh, really?! Hehe.

krastian · 05.30.2006, 10:46 PM

A friendly joke of course.

05.30.2006, 07:38 PM	#1
umjammer atomsk the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 889	I know some of you on the board use them and I would appreciate any feedback. I'm interested in purchasing an affordable yet decent and easy-to-use one but I know almost nothing about them. So... What do you use? How much was it? What should I buy just to get started? Etc., go wild. Thank you. __________________
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05.30.2006, 07:58 PM	#2
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	This site might be fun. Sorry I can't help more. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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05.30.2006, 08:04 PM	#3
umjammer atomsk the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 889	Thank you, very cool link. I think I'm going to busy with that for awhile. I was just reading about the history of drum machines on wikipedia. __________________
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05.30.2006, 08:34 PM	#4
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	The Alesis SR-16 is a good unit. I got mine for about 80. Here is why I chose it: ease of programming (super easy) 4 outputs footswitch for fill and start/stop (start stop is really the important one, I never use the fill footswitch) A bunch of sounds midi pressure sensitive pads the SR-16 has a lot of the features that are on newer drum machine models, and since it is 15 years old or so, you can pick them up cheap.
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05.30.2006, 08:48 PM	#5
umjammer atomsk the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 889	Sounds really cool, thanks. By the way, yr spectral presence stuff sounds neat live. __________________
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05.30.2006, 08:49 PM	#6
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Thx I'm trying to figure out how to make good non-live recordings. Haven't figured it out yet.
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05.30.2006, 10:07 PM	#7
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Dude, I'll play drums for you....calm down. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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05.30.2006, 10:24 PM	#9
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	unjammer....I'll do the same for you if yr interested. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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05.30.2006, 10:35 PM	#10
umjammer atomsk the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 889	Oooooh, really?! Hehe. __________________
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05.30.2006, 10:46 PM	#11
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	A friendly joke of course. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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