I cannot wait to pair the Hexdrums with Perkons and DB-1. Oooooh mama techno heaven!!
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definitely. also curious how well the ‘future classic’ comments hold up over time. the mutant modules have been around for a long time and were never my favorite option for analog drums in euro. drm1 mkiv + erica drum sequencer sounds like a much better time to me 
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Erica has done it again. Making the coolest original, dance focused drum machines by far right now
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Dumb question:
As someone that uses samples for drums or quickly make them using the drum synth on the MPC or SH4D, one of the complaints I mostly see about an analog drum machine, like the Arturia Drumbrute Impact, is that after a while it tends to sound samey or boring. What would make the Hexdrum not suffer the same boring in time effect?
creativity
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A Gibson les Paul sound samey when you only play blues licks…
The only thing this replaces the Rytm for is the Erica drum sound that can still be attained in the Rytm and a different type of playability especially appealing to Techno peeps… Nice solid simple drum machine though.
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I still like my WMD eurorack drum modules for the wackiest drum sounds and Rytm for all around drum synth.
I have a Hex Mutant Machine and if this is actually priced at £1100 that is a fucking bargain. I can’t quite express how malleable their sounds are. Yes, they are focussed within a certain realm but I think this has a multitude of applications and it looks damn fun!
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Same thing as 808/909/707/606.
Creative programming, creative effects/processing.
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I think that’s also a matter of personal preference. Is it a bad thing if your drums don’t sound completely different on every track you write? I personally don’t care and have a few select favorite sounds/setting on each drum machine and don’t care if things sound samey. You could also say that helps getting your sound that people recognize, and also makes it easier to mix/arrange and make music faster in general.
What you describe is only important for sound design geeks and people who are producing a lot of music for a lot of different projects/genres/styles. Even then, you could argue that it’s okay to have more than one machine and each of them has a certain character and limits.
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