What else should it do appart from sounding great? It's a matter of taste not a features competition, at least for most of the people. You like more variety? Ok, others have different priorities when choosing an instrument.

Just get MiniSpillage 2, it's 25 bucks. It sounds amazing, sequencer similar to Tremor, loads samples and has specialized synth models.

http://www.audiospillage.com/minispillage2-drum-machine.html

Soundwise, the best drum-machine i ever heard was and still is Reaktors Newscool. I'd wish it would be a bit more easy to control though.

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I always though Newscool had the punchiest damn sound. Great as a creative "seed".

Drummachinewsky is a user-library Reaktor Ensemble that sounds incredible, however it's a love it or hate it interface.

I'm finding that the Reaktor sound engine has really holds up well.

Because of this thread I was inspired to take a second look at Minispillage 2. I bought it last weekend and so far I am really impressed. I prefer the layering of sample material with synth material, it's what I do in a lot of my Live drum racks. I like the sequencer and I really like the implementation of the graphs. It has a medium footprint CPU wise. And probably the biggest feature is that the dev seems like he is really listening to feedback. And yes I consider that a feature, especially in a plug that does not have a final version.

Can't say that I've had a chance to compare it directly with Microtonic on synth sounds. Even if I did I doubt that I would find one "better" than the other. What I can tell from the start is that I am going to enjoy the kicks in MS2 more just because I can use the layered approach. In fact if MS2 didn't have that AU restriction (that may not be the right word) when it came to sending midi, I could see it replacing MT eventually in my lineup.

What I do know is that it would be tough for me to justify another drum synth purchase. With MT, MS2, Live's drum racks and a bunch of synths, I gotta say that I'm pretty spoiled already.

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I do this with my eurorack modular, and drag the samples into Battery or Geist.

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Same here but with Bazille and Poise
Sometimes I use other synths and/or Microtonic but most of the time it's Bazille.

Cheers
Dennis

Hmm. Bazille ---> Nerve. This is brilliant. For that matter Tyrell and Zebra into Nerve as well.

Bazille ---> Geist

ps - If Berlin Modular comes out this year, you will not be able to sustain your no new synths in 2012 pledge