Re: The Best Live Drum Machine

[Dave Trenkel <improv@peak.org>]

>  > What are your favorite drum machines and why?
>
I'm currently following the RAID method (Redundant Array of 
Inexpensive Drummachines): A Roland MC303 driving an ER-1 and a Nord 
Micromodular, and the occasional drum loop stored in the Repeater. 
It's really flexible to have drum/percussion sounds coming from a lot 
of sources, it gives a lot of possibilities to layer and process 
sounds.

The Nord may not be your first thought as a drum machine, but it's 
pretty great: step sequencers that can be combined to make patterns 
of any length (Why do so many drum machines just allow you to do 4/4 
or 3/4?! If the ER-1 allowed odd time sigs, it'd be my favorite), and 
a really flexible, totally programmable sound generator. I have a 
collection of patches that do drum/percussion sounds and patterns, if 
anyone's interested.
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Dave Trenkel                                New and Improv Music
http://www.newandimprov.com         improv@peak.org
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