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What kind of drum machines do you dig?

03:51 / 21.08.01

And for what kind of music?

Graham the Happy Scum

10:49 / 21.08.01

What an odd topic... still.

I like the 606's hihats... they sound cold, yet groovy none the same.

The cr78 sounds daft in a lot of places, but used appropriately they can be damned funky.

Red Cross Iodized Salt

14:28 / 21.08.01

I love the Roland TR-909. My brother has custody of the (slightly damaged) one he and I got hold of a few years ago, and I miss it dearly. The sound of the 909 is the epitome of Detroit techno, and the user interface makes it posible to use one as a 'live' instrument.

I'm less keen on Roland's Groovebox series - although they do contain the original 909 sounds (along with a number of others). There seems to be something tinny and weak about the hi-hats and the kicks and I would be more inclined to spend my money on a computer and some good softsynths (Reaktor springs to mind).

Ronald Thomas Clontle

14:34 / 21.08.01

Does anyone know what kind of drum machine is being used on most of the Outkast "Stankonia" LP, specifically on "I'll Call Before I Come"? I'd really like to acquire one of those, whatever it is...

I've never owned a drum machine before...I've programmed beats on my keyboard, and made beats on my KORG sampler and rhythm synth, but that's it...

Ronald Thomas Clontle

15:32 / 21.08.01

quote:Originally posted by Paleface:
Stankonia: almost certainly a sampler. Probably of the Akai MPC persuasion. But I'll check it out anyhow.
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That is fabulous news, if that's true...I just got one of those for $100 over the weekend, on the condition that I have to pay for the neccessary repairs myself..(the AC adapter input jack is loose)