Drum Synths
 

Hey all!

Looking for a hardware drum synth/module best suited to electronica & in particular nu-skool breaks (tech-breaks, progressive-breaks etc)

The one's I have been looking at include:

*Elektron Machinedrum
*Roland TR808/909
*Jomox XBase-09

Anyone have any thoughts on these???? Or other options I may look at? I am not really interested in software, as Im looking for immediacy and playability, and a more "Jam" oriented setup.

Cheers!

Jase

well the microtonic drumsynth vsti is the best software drum synth IMO and is very instantly playable dou to its great step sequencer.
if you want to go hardware i would go with the electron beast dou to its flexibility and features.

Yeah....I was trying to stay away from software.

Someone else said the MD would be good, but it is not analogue, is that right??? Which is why I thought one of the Roland TR's might be better.

Thanks for the Ideas Tomer

just imagine it as a virtual analog drum synth.
demo it in your nearest store,its an insane machine.

Real Analog drums is where its at.....and Jase knows it.....

Stick to your heart man....and dont be swayed by features and gimmicks. Its the 'sound' you want....

DS

i think with the TR or "basic" drum machines you have to do alot of external processing to get the right sound or always you planing on using raw 808\909 sounds (which i dont like that much other then the BD and snare).
forget analog jase drum machines,go digital! :D

I've used to own a Elektron Machinedrum - Probably the best drummachine i've ever tried.. I love Elektron's stuff (I've used to own 2 sidstations aswell)

Like i've said; it's the best drummachine i've played around with. Dont mind that it's not analogue it sure sounds better than the 808/909 and has a much wider palette of sounds - you can even make electricpiano-sounds with it - strange FX / leads. It's a _great_ hardwaresequencer. And the drum-sounds is incredible

And the new machinedrum that lets you sample stuff and play with those samples live. Great stuff.

TR808 = Aye. It's a fine machine - but I dont know. I do like some of the sounds but.. nah, not worth the money

TR909 = who hasn't heard those sounds? You should get one just to be able to say that "Yeah, I've me a 909.."

Jomox XBase-09 = Isn't this machine just wellknow for it's hard kick and nothing else? I wanna recall that a friend of mine has one and he just use it for the kick.

If i were you - i'd check out the Machinedrum.. You're gonna love it for sure. So much possibilites with the sound

Some good feedback here guys!!

Cheers...

I guess I really need to find somewhere I can demo these before I make the leap.

No problem mate

Jase....seriously....if your interested in the TR909...try a 707 first. Ive been using one (my m8's) and its programming and features are relatively similar. 707's go for so cheap.....

DS