KVR Audio

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:41 am

Are there any? I have a Roland D2 Groovebox and a Zoom Streetboxx, and I like them both as they have weird beats and synth bleeps.

Anything else? The Raveolution sounds pretty basic to me, I'm not investing in a Machinedrum or the newer Roland grooveboxes, the Korg Electribe seems pretty basic so far to me.

Thanks! RBR

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:58 am

I have a Boss SP505 groovebox ... cost me £350 a few years ago. It has a waveform editor, and some decent onboard fx ... and can import wavs via smart media cards. The pads light up when they're playing too

I've done quite a few gigs with it, with no problems. The only drawback is the sequencer has only 99 patterns available.
I've seen 'em go for less than £200 on eBay recently ...

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:36 am

Roland R8
Yamaha RY30
Yamaha AN200/DX200
E-Mu MP-7/XL-7 (deep)
Roland SH-32

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:09 am

I knew of these. I have an SH-32, that's not useful as you have to hold down a MIDI note for a drum loop IIRC.

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:34 am

RunBeerRun wrote:I knew of these. I have an SH-32, that's not useful as you have to hold down a MIDI note for a drum loop IIRC.

Have you tried the E-Mu's? Very deep machines.

Personally I'd just save the cash for a used Machinedrum but that's just me.

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:10 am

kuniklo wrote:
RunBeerRun wrote:I knew of these. I have an SH-32, that's not useful as you have to hold down a MIDI note for a drum loop IIRC.
Come on kids! Ride the train to happyland!

Huh?

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RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:02 pm

I did an Ebay search on the e-mu, not as cheap as I want.

You can use the SH-32 as a drum machine, just press the hold button.

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:28 pm

There's the Yamaha DJX-IIb, I remember watching some auctions and they ended at like $30.

Vintage synth used to have a ton of mp3s of them, and I didn't like them, they have one realaudio now, it sounds ok.

But I don't think there's anything new to offer.

pw · Post by pw » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:42 am

I still really like the Boss DR-660.

heroshima · Post by **heroshima** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:01 pm

i am probably off base here responding witha piece of software. Upfront, i'm quite a firm believe in hardware based components.

That said. Give reason 3 a chance. It is one component i couldn't anymore live without. Important! it is super economic on the CPU ... unlike NI, for example (granted i don't quite compare apples to apples).

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:52 am

I tried the demo like 5 years ago or so, and it was a sad scene on my cheap computer.

I had a decent computer for a while that I got for free, but it died.

Now I have a broken computer(my main computer), a cheap free computer, and a cheaper computer.

Angst Queen · Post by **Angst Queen** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:30 am

I dare you to get a Dr Rhythm 606.

What about one of the Korg Electribe ones, though? I love mine.

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:41 am

The electribe doesn't have the synth bleeps.

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:46 am

I paid $200 for an electribe sampler. I have yet to regret it. For the price I paid it does every thing I want. The sound quality isn't the best but that is what I have Battery for. I think you can get the analog modeling version for even cheaper than that. These things are pretty solid, I've beaten the shit out of mine and it still runs.

Cool cheap drum machines/grooveboxes?