Re: Rise of the machines

[Travis <tiktok@sprintmail.com>]

They're actually a bit different.  Your classic drum machine lets you 
play one pattern at a time, and chain patterns together to form 
"songs".  A pattern can be comprised of various drum/percussion sounds, 
but they're all on or all off within the pattern.  You can't mute 
individual parts of a groove (high hat, snare, etc).
A lot of groove boxes allow this, which makes them far superior in my 
book.  It's like each drum is on it's own track, and you can mute or 
solo tracks while maintaining the overall synchronization.  This helps 
get rid of that "canned drum machine" feel to some degree.

TravisH

On Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 02:22 PM, 
Loopers-Delight-d-request@loopers-delight.com wrote:

>
> Well, a drum machine is just a sequencer with drum sounds.  Companies 
> are marketing these things as "grooveboxes" or "Command Stations."  
> Call them what you like, but the end result is the same.  Some have 
> more features and sounds than others.