BOSS DR880 drum machine.....
 

Anyone here used one or know anything about them? Im thinking of picking one up.

http://www.rolandus.com/Multimedia/Flash/dr880/

Cheers

DS

Damn, i cant believe none of you guys havent ever used a Boss drum machine before! Come on....tell Screamsy what they're like!!!

DS :lol:

I dont have any experience with outboard drum modules......sorry mate.

A friend did have one of those MPC jobbies.....and that looked pretty cool. but a different thing to what youre looking at.

Im picking up an AKAI MPD-16 (MIDI drum/pad triggers) so I can tap out rhythms instead of clicking them in with a mouse. YAY!

Also check out the M-Audio Trigger Finger as it is $50 less and has a few more controls.

Also, the MPD-16 was notoriously out of stock last year here in the U.S. but I have no idea of its availability abroad.

I am getting one or the other in a month or two as I HATE DRUMMING FROM A KEYBOARD OR A MOUSE!!! :x

I 've looked at a Boss 880 to liven up my percussion. From people I've spoken to, it has a shitty build with plastic buttons but the sounds are meant to be very good. Lots of acoustic stuff going on - big snares e.t.c, with a few electronic sets thrown in, most people say you'd be better off with samples though. For the money you could get NI Battery and say Scarbee Imperial drums or Drumkit from hell and you won't have an extra module / cables to worry about.

BTW, on the Boss website they say "equipment for jamming and practice" which doesn't really inspire much confidence, why don't they just say "modules to fuck about with".

I think the Boss880 will suit my needs for the time being.......after uni I'd like to pick up a Machinedrum as my primary source....

Cheers for the heads up...

DS

DIdgy,
I am with you. My next purchase will definitely be a machinedrum. I cant wait to get my hands on one.

Well.....I have a source here and Im getting the MPD-16 for free :) Actually it is kinda payment for a recording I did with this fella.

Ya.....Same thing here in Australia, but I am told it will be in stock in a couple weeks.

I feel ya mate......I will give you a comprehensive review once mine arrives.

Cheers,

Jase

Well well well.......

DS

:? ??? Ex-Squeeze me....Baking Powder

LOL

Bless you....

DS :lol:

DS, I picked a Boss DR880 up a couple of days ago. It was going for ?200 new at my local store so I thought why not. Looks like the machinedrum is on ice for the time-being though.

The build quality on it isn't good - plastic and rubber keys and the unit is quite light but the sounds are brilliant, really clear and professional sounding. I'm using it as an alternative to samples in Battery and for this purpose it is so much better. You have a kit but then you can cycle through the library of snares, kicks e.t.c to pick the instruments you want to create a custom kit.

You can't help thinking though if Boss just went that mile extra and paid more attention to build quality, UI and extended it a bit they could produce a proper powerhouse.