drum machines

[Mister CCJ]

ok so i have a boss dr-880 that im beginning to use and i dont know it too well yet but i cant figure out how to change grooves or add fill-ins on the fly. anyone here use one of these? is this a good drum machine or should i look at computer stuff? im probably going to get a new computer recording program soon so i just want to know what i can do and what are my options. thanks jon

[Ant1981]

If you do go computer, Battery V2 for drums.

[ippon20]

I got a dr-660 (which is relatively close) and it just takes practice...I personally like it better than the computer b/c you can control the entire beat and it won't sound loopy (?)...let me know what your tryin to do and maybe I can help a bit.

[JESTER700]

I still have my Alesis SR16 and just sold a DR-660. They're cool if you need to be away from the PC or just like "little black boxes". That's not a cut - the main thing is to be able to get work done, and many people are PC-phobic.

BUT, PC software is just so much more flexible. A program like BFD costs no more than a decent drum machine, but the sounds are more realistic, the "feel factors" are well developed (for a machine), and the options are staggering. There's no reason a PC setup should sound any more "loopy" than a machine; if anything the options are usually there to make it much less so.

[Ant1981]

With Battery you can control the entire beat (I'm using Cubase SX3), it wont sound loopy. For starters, if you want real sounding drums-because they are real drums sampled, battery comes with 6 different acoustic kits. It's that good that someone thought I had a session drummer for some of my projects.

[Epicus Furor]

excuse my lack of knowledge, but how would/do you convert drum loops from say Battery to cubase? Is is simple?

Andy

[Ant1981]

You install it as a VST plug in. Then you create a midi track as normal and assign the midi output to battery after you have chosen battery as the vst instrument and the drum kit you wish to use. Then, you rock

[Spider-Skot]

I bought a program called "drums!" from www.guitar.sk a couple of years ago and I love it. It cost $50 and has lots of different drum sounds. These are sampled drums too, so they sound real. The interface is broken up into bars (you can have up to 10,000 bars) and the drum sounds are categorized any way you want them and are totally editable, like if you like a particular snare but want it a little deeper, you can change tohe pitch of it. Of course, all of the other drum programs probably have these features too, but I haven't used any other since I got this. People are amazed that it's a drum program and not a real drummer. If anyone is interested, here's a URL to some of my stuff so you can hear the program firsthand. (I hope this is allowed...I'm sure someone will let me know if it isn't

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...?bandID=512129

Enjoy!

[Mister CCJ]

wow thats pretty cool stuff! i just found the owners manual to the dr-880 so ill see what i can figure out with it but ill also keep the other options in mind