Some silly pseudo generative drums.
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The Nord G1 is a great machine for drums, with surprising accuracy to some classic X0X machines. I have used mine a huge amount in the past, although not for years now, but many of the patches I created over a year and a bit are downloadable for free if anyone finds it useful. Lots of drums stuff in there. Home · sm-ll/mono-log.org Wiki · GitHub
I always used the Pulse sent into a high-pass filter with high resonance and an Amp or two to control the click quality. Pretty minimal CPU and still gives you lots of control and 808 like boom.
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Nice thanks. I’ve got banks of synth sounds and sequences but haven’t really explored using it for drums…
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Something like this?
The feedback loop into Cutoff Modulation can create some pretty beefy bass sounds.
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Totally.
The Pulse module gives you a little extra on the punch, and different filters give different results.
Yeah bass gets big. Nice!!
Nice one! And thanks for following, and for the tips 
This was my first drum computer, and its a shame i sold it. 24 Voices, or 12 Voices as synth, playing notes. Needs an external sequencer though.
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Machinedrum is the best.
Btw, a while back I bought the Korg ddd-1 for 20€ and today I sold it for 130€. (The old teacher didn’t win again)
For me jomox alpha base for the punchy envelopes, crunchy/tasty sound and deep engines. I prefer having specialized engines for drums rather than classic synth voices like on the Tempest for example. less distraction, more “focused” sound. I like to pair the AB with my Torso T-1 where each voice occupies its own midi channel with chromatic playback ability.
Next the TR8S for the instant classic sounds, great live playability, no brainer. the best for performing live safely.
The DFAM for the character and raw sound, and the modular abilities that allow to expand it nicely.
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forgot to mention:
Roland S-1 as dedicated kick drum unit.
if you’re into old school EBM and/or old school goa, you know what i’m talking about.
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Going purely by sound and not functionality, I go with the TR-505 and TR-606, because they sound so sexy, puffy, punchy, humpy, tight, the 505 is the right kind of girthy and the 606 nice and moist…
god, i love drum machines. i wish i could have all of them. but you can’t have all of them. it’s not practical. if you did, you would have to neglect many of them, and that isn’t fair. like, right now I want to re-purchase a Modor DR-2, which I sold when I needed some money. but i already have several drum machines that I can hardly make the most of. I’d also like to try out a Jomox Alpha Base. but at $2000 it’s hardly an impulse purchase, plus a new version is supposed to come out later in the year. that will be difficult to resist when the time comes. This thread asks for our favorite drum machine, but like Sophie, I can’t just choose. (i think Sophie did eventually choose and that ended up ruining her inner life) So here is a ranking of the drum machines that i currently own:
- Elektron Analog Rytm MKII [just a great all-around workhorse drum machine, it does it all]
- Erika Synths LXR-02 [i love this machine so much. it would be number one, but little quality control things keep happening to it and causing me to replace it]
- Nord Drum 3P [i slept on this for too long. it has insane sound design capabilities and the sound quality is in another universe from anything else on this list, except for Kick. If i could design a decent kick then maybe i could sell every other drum machine.]
- Erica Synths Pērkons HD-01 [fun to perform with, sounds great, looks great, but I can’t seem to get it on my desk often enough. also can’t seem to design a perfect kick with this thing.]
- Korg Volca Drum [if it were in a larger form factor it would be #1, no lie.]
- Roland TR-8S [What I reach for when i need great sounding traditional 808 or 909 sounds]
- Moog DFAM [i just have to admit to myself that i can’t be without a DFAM.]
Honorable mention: Arturia Drum Brute Impact [I don’t own one anymore, but this was such a fun little performance machine and so easy to create bangers]
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Vermona DRM1 MkIV. Maybe it does not count because you need a sequencer (I use the OT btw), but the per knob tweakability factor, combined with inserts for each of the 8 channels, is simply outrageous. I use a little smorgasbord of “leftover” pedals (delay, fuzz, chorus, echo, distortion, phaser) and the odd rackmount. Can any other drum machine compete with that? But the main thing is that the Vermona just sounds crazy good. (To my ears, the only drum machine that competes in terms of sound alone is the 606, but it is not as flexible.)
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I concur. The sounds of the DRM1 MKIV are awesome. It is also a well-built product.
My only complaint about the DRM1 MKIV, as a stand-alone unit, is the lack of a pitch knob for the clap and snare modules. I would gladly trade the reverb controls for pitch functionality, which seems like an odd design choice for just the clap and snare modules.
Therefore, I normally use the DRM1 MKIV to record sounds and loops through an Akai MPC Live 2 with an USB 8-input/output audio interface. The workflow allows me to control the pitch for the clap and snare as well as add effects and audio edits across all sounds.
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I like the Arturia Drum Brute Impact as well. It is definitely a drum machine I should use more often.
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hopefully the new Jomox has better user interface and sequencer. That is the weak spot in it. Otherwise a sure winner.
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#samesies
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Anybody have thoughts on which drum machines (or adjacent devices) would work best “solo”?
In other words making tracks that are interesting with just a drum machine?
Perkons or any of the modern ones that also play samples (Rytm, tr-8s, tr-1000 etc.)
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For the moment, DT II but I’ve got the impression that the Vermona drumDING will be such a good one.
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