Boss DR880 vs Roland SRX

[nvisibl]

What sounds best
The 880 machine or the kits on the SRX cards?

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

As far as I know (and ive done some research into this....as I was considering the 880) the DR880 uses alot of the SRX drum samples. Now, alot of people have been telling me that SRX drum sounds 'sound' somewaht over produced....flat and lifeless. After listening to countless demos...and sounds off th Fantom X I understand what they mean. The samples are very clean sounding....and just sound pretty boring. In addition to this....the DR880 operates as a groove box to jam too....and most peopel dont use it to record with. You'd be better off buying a Roland TR707 for ?150 to be honest. 12bit samples....with alot of tweakability and character....

DS

[nvisibl]

I got the Dynamic Drum SRX board for my XR, sounds are good but I was majorly majorly dissapointed with the Reverb saturation throughout most all of the samples.

I'm looking for a 1 stop central source hardware module for all Electro / Accoustic drum needs. Read a few reviews on the DR880 which seemed to give the unit a good shout but if it just replicates what I already have in the various SRX boards on the Fantom then not much use. Their good but just barely miss the mark for me plus tweaking/editing is a factor which a dedicated drum module would be best for.

[nvisibl]

The Dr880 demos on the Roland site are filled with Bass and guitars so I cant get hearing the kits properly

[nvisibl]

will go checkout the 707 too... cheers

[Smag]

I've got a DR880 and use it for most of my percussion. It's got loads of fantastic snares and acoustic cymbals but also has techno, house and electro kits. It beats the arse off using drum samples in Battery which I was doing before and I use Battery for vocal samples now.

The DR880 provides bread and butter samples which sound professional and are well crafted. It's not an innovator like a Machinedrum. You can assign any of the 440 samples onto the 16 drum pads by pressing the pad and cycling through with the dial. You can then change pitch, decay, EQ on each instrument and add reverb and spacial effects. When wacked through UAD compressors it sounds incredibly punchy.

[nvisibl]

I'll try it out next time i'm in store.
Thanks for the feedback

[Smag]

By the way, the build quality on the DR880 is utter crap.

[nvisibl]

Originally Posted by Smag

By the way, the build quality on the DR880 is utter crap.

thats a bumma