Any good suggestions for hardware machines for making good hard beats and deep bass for hip hop ? What are anyones thoughts/experiances with rolands mc909? is it worth it for small time production @ home? thanks.

Hey guys,

Is there a drum machine out there that can sound human or at least as close to human as triggering drums? I can't play drums for crap, and don't want to hire a drummer. Would an Akai MPC be good for creating heavy metal drums?

okay, not really one problem. I'm just completely lost. The gist, however, is this:

I want to record my SR16 in cakewalk. I want the tempo to be the same in the software and in the SR16. I don't seem to be able to get cakewalk to tell the sr16 the exact tempo (don't know the technical term). If I just set the two to the same BPM setting, the tempos are slightly off.

Whats up. I currently use Fruity Loops for making hip hop, and basically I am tired of it having to do tons of tweaking and stuff like that in order to get CLOSE to the sound that I want. I want to get a drum machine. Which would you recommend? I am looking at the AKAI MPC series, 1000 or 2000 ..

Thank for any help,

Zeff

I would like to have drum machine software on my mac (like fruity loops) however fruity loops has no mac version. Can I get some suggestions on software? And now that i think aboubt it, is it better to have drum machine software or a drum machine? Intrigue me.
Thanks
Amory Blaine

I'm using this machine right now and I really like the sounds and how easy it is to use it, but I was wondering if it is possible to loop the drum patterns without hearing the metronome sound because when I record with the metronome on, the metronome sound is also recorded.

Thanks

I want to add some flexibility to my acoustic kit when I play live. Ideally, a drum machine (or midi interface to sampler ), 2-3 padsand 1-2 acoustic triggers) to be used for specials sounds (persussion, hand claps, different snare sounds, hand drums...). Want to keep it simple as well. Like the Roland SP20 - a bit expensive though.

I am using Pro Tools LE on MBOX. What drum machine (software based) is good to use (third party) or which one is used most.?

thanks in advance

I use 2 drum machines and would like to know if running them through a decent pre, would that yield lustful or some sort of sonic advantage? I use a Akai MPC4000 which I think can go either way as far as using a pre because it has some alright pre's itself. On the other hand, my Roland R8 could defenitely go for a pre because it is'nt as hot as the Akai. Any thoughts?

Forgive my ignorance, but I'm always running a little behind the times. I am currently using purchased midi drum tracks to insert into Adobe Audition and which drive a outboard drum machine(HR-16). I then record each drum sound(snare, hi-hat, etc) on a separate track in AA.