hey midislut,

you must have similar taste to me.

i have the TRITON 66
roland xv-88

I ALSO AM VERY INTERSTED IN THE MACHINEDRUM, and V-SYNTH
I WILL also buy the virus

i actually have the JX-305 AS MY drum machine.

can you tell us about the MACHINEDRUM and what is it like, from a users point of view

dont buy the drum machine !!

you can buy mine

i want to sell it ...its brand new and i use the mc more for drum loops

Midislut, is the machinedrum good for house music?

it for creating more non- traditional drum loops

it is a synthesized drum loop box. like lets say the kraftwerk/ depeche mode / erasure /pet shop boys kinda loops

i use eastwest drumsample libraries more cause i do more world/ new age/ambient work now

its more for techno, trance, funky, house, and new age reggae

the nice thing about is one can add effects to it...which make it powerfull ...and the sound base is sound synthesys..(or same as we know a synthesizer)...it also won numerious awards

its very easy programmable....and has midi in/out and a great warm analog feel....which i liked cause some softdrum libraries has less warmth (well i know that is my personal opinion)

i cant remember if there is demos at the site but read more here

http://www.machinedrum.com/

but like i said...i use the mc909 and drumlibraries from eastwest more these days

hey midislut.
have you heard the MICROTONIC DRUM SOFTSYNTH, which i have.

how does the sound compare MACHINEDRUM vs MICROTONIC.

the MICROTONIC can be quite chest bursting

nope i havent > :evil:

is it good ?

yes midislut,

it seems to be great.

i am not an authority on this , but it seems pretty stunning to me.

yes midislut,

it seems to be great.

i am not an authority on this , but it seems pretty stunning to me.

you can download a demo

I have the MC-909 and the machinedrum as well, but my 909 has non of the expansion sounds on it. I found that using the machinedrum is just faster for me, and the drums sound really "live"....

With the grid composing, you can save individual parameters for each drum hit, and with all the different tweaks each drum sound has, the variations are really immense..... I've only had it for the better part of a week and i'm putting together really interesting patterns and songs.....

I've used soft synths for drums a few times, and some sound good, but the ability to get a track done fast while the idea is fresh gets done alot more easily with the MD, and i'm still a super newb with it....

I drive my virus with the 909 though, and its been great in that regard...