Re: euro?american grovebox - Was Re: FS: Hardware sequencer

[mark <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

yeah, I've coveted the handsonic for a long time now, I'm just not a 
percussionist and $1K is a lot to spend on that.  I'd sooner get a 
stand alone module or software to do it.

I bet the answer is one of the Emu machines with their "world" 
soundcard addition

Mark Sottilaro

On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 01:52  PM, 
legion@HelpWantedProductions.com wrote:

>> What sequencer "groovebox" type of device would you recommend for 
>> doing
>> percussion with a non electronica euro/american bent?  I'm talking 
>> Indian,
>> Arabic, and African types of instruments.  I'm OK with my Roland 
>> MC-307,
>> but it's short on those types of sounds.
>
> The only "groove" type tool  I know of that is designed with those 
> type of
> sounds in mind is the Roland Handsonic which is a bit more  live 
> playing
> oriented but it can certainly be used as a loop sequencer with user 
> patterns
> and such. It is FILLED with Indian, Arabic, PanAsian percussion 
> samples.
>
> I personally use a MC505. It's obvious bent is 
> synth/techno/electronica  but
> IMO it has a healthy sampling of other sounds as well including 
> acoustic and
> world percussion. I don't know if the MC307 shares the same sample set 
> as
> the MC505. For that matter I don't know if the MC505 contains all the 
> sounds
> in the Handsonic (I seem to remember someone telling me it did but the
> Handsonic was just more upfront about it LOL) Might be worth an email 
> or all
> to Roland.
>
>
>