Drum machine

[rugby1970]

Looking for a drum machine for solo stuff. Not cheaply made but not expensive. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

[Jakeboy]

Is midi through your PC an option?

[fractal]

How much is not expensive?  The Elektron Model:Samples is a great unit that is really easy to program.  I think it is about $400 though.

 

[scottcald]

What about one of those drum accompaniment pedals like this:

https://digitech.com/en-US/products/sdrum

[rugby1970]

13 hours ago, fractal said:

How much is not expensive?  The Elektron Model:Samples is a great unit that is really easy to program.  I think it is about $400 though.

 

The only midi that I understand has to do with the length of women's skirts. $400 is out of my price range.

[alantig]

Used Alesis SR-16 or HR-16?  I think they were running in the $100 range the last I looked.  If you can go to $150-ish,  you can go to EZ Drummer2 on a computer.  It comes with a lot of grooves, and it's just drag and drop to build up a song.

[rugby1970]

The Digitech looks interesting and the price is right. The Beat Buddy is too expensive for me. Long ago I had an Alesis SR-16 which might be a possibility. The search continues.

[Studio Custom]

Have you looked in the App Store? 

[diablo175]

I've tried quite a few. I like and use the Boss DR 3 and the 880 most often.

 

 

[Studio Custom]

What do a drum machine and a sore dick have in common?

 

You just can't beat'em!

[rugby1970]

The jury is still out. My son-in-law let me try his Boss RC-30; too much loop and not enough drum. I want to be able to have drums that accompany songs that I'll play in a live setting, with a memory slot for each song (in sequence), foot controlled, not complicated and not more than $300. I don't understand midi, will not bring a laptop to a gig and unlike some pedals/machines I don't want to have to toggle between verse, pre-chorus and chorus on the foot pedal. There has to be something out there, no? Or am I just pissing up a rope?

[diablo175]

1 hour ago, rugby1970 said:

The jury is still out. My son-in-law let me try his Boss RC-30; too much loop and not enough drum. I want to be able to have drums that accompany songs that I'll play in a live setting, with a memory slot for each song (in sequence), foot controlled, not complicated and not more than $300. I don't understand midi, will not bring a laptop to a gig and unlike some pedals/machines I don't want to have to toggle between verse, pre-chorus and chorus on the foot pedal. There has to be something out there, no? Or am I just pissing up a rope?

Sounds like you need to get a real drummer.  LOL   Sorry, I got nothing. I struggle with this every stinkin' time I think I want to develop one of many songs into a finished piece. Drum machines serve a purpose but they suck for a real drummer feel & being truly programmable. Midi drums and programs are more versatile and programmable but they are tedious to create and aren't exactly portable for your live settings.

 

 

[scottcald]

How about Neil Peart?  He's as close to a machine as they come and he's not really busy these days. 😀

[rugby1970]

Anyone have experience with a Boss RC-3? I'm kind of interested as it fits most of my criteria and has a USB port to upload and download files. How about  THIS

[gorch]

The Boss DR-880 gets used at home frequently. Essentially it makes my three piece home band. 

[tomteriffic]

The old Alesis HR 16 is pretty easy to program with a little forethought.  The SR-16 is close in that regard.

[rugby1970]

I bought a used Roland DR-01S Rhythm Partner. It's just for the solo acoustic gigs and has a lot of what I need and more than I don't. Review pending arrival and tryout.