KVR Audio

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:14 am

Ah, the good old MC-307... I had one for a while. Not a bad machine for it's price, but yeah, the filter not so special.

As for software... there are many things that best it IMO and are a lot easier to use. Many have mentioned Geist. I have no experience with it... and I wasn't that impressed with it's predecessor Guru, but a lot of people love them. Check out the demo and if you like it I'm sure you won't go wrong. I really like their drum synth Tremor, but it's not a sampler. Note: if you check out Tremor make sure you spend time learning how to program it as the presets are not to everyone's taste. They seem to love the harsher more compressed kind of modern tones.

For drum samples I tend to mostly use either Battery (with Live as a sequencer) or I'll go for Maschine, which has it's own dedicated hardware solution. It's pretty great and it'll make you wonder how you ever used something like a 307. Other than it's lame song mode (there are work arounds and hopefully it'll be fixed) it's a fantastic tool for beat creation. The hardware feels great too.

Other drum synths I dig are Microtonic and Extreme Drum Synth. Both very different and very cool.

As for pure hardware drum solutions... I gave up on them a long time ago. I think at some point I might like to have an analog drum synth, but nothing out there really grabs me, though I like the tone of the Vermona synths. I was excited about DSI's Tempest, but the sound does nothing for me. I've had a Monomachine... but I don't like it's style of sequencing and menu diving.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:27 am

zerocrossing wrote: As for pure hardware drum solutions... I gave up on them a long time ago. I think at some point I might like to have an analog drum synth, but nothing out there really grabs me, though I like the tone of the Vermona synths. I was excited about DSI's Tempest, but the sound does nothing for me. I've had a Monomachine... but I don't like it's style of sequencing and menu diving.

If you are looking for hardware, the RS7000 is still a pretty decent live sequencer/sampler. It too has annoying limitations, but not as bad as the MC307.

I agree with the hybrid recommendation though, if you want a hardware interface.

bunnywrench · Post by **bunnywrench** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:33 pm

codec_spurt wrote:Geist is the Gold standard really.
It is no.1 in stability.

I find that hard to believe. I've heard many people complain that the Geist demo crashes their DAW.

looking for software solution....