Currently working on a liveset only with perkons + drumlogue! Killer Combo!
Perkons is midi master and with it’s seq-reset-button it is possible to get both back in sync, when going crazy with the loop mode - but i really need to practice pushing the loopmode-buttons in time, hahaha
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I don’t think Drumlogue was ever meant to be a sampler/sample player, I think they just had some leftover memory and decided to open it up as a bonus.
The fun of DL for me is treating it like a classic drum machine with a preset kit (though you do have flexibility to change the sample part sounds). Of course, this makes much more sense at the $300-400 price tag opposed to the OG retail price.
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Having it as my getting started with DSP plugin dev box, now the dilemma, should I get a backup box as they’re being discontinued? Yikes
It’s marketed as a focused drum machine, but there are two sample slots, so it wouldn’t have hurt to give a bit extra - Get more of the groovebox folks on board too. I was all in when I saw two sample slots, then all out again. Korg HokeyCokey.
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Music store. They ship to the US, so it’s a nice deal. Interestingly enough I don’t see a lot of used ones on the market. I guess a lot of ppl didn’t buy these and they pulled the stock so if someone makes a record that catches on and uses this machine I can see it being pretty sought after at some point. That is usually how it goes.
I read you said it reminded you of the tanzbar, that would be quite awesome if it can do that. I love the tanzbar but hate the pricing of it on the used market.
I’m glad this thing is not a groove box or sampler. Everyone wants gear to be everything now and I think they slept on the basic fundamentals - great minimal house/techno sounds with a really nice groove engine. That’s the core of a drum machine that can work on records. It has to groove and have a feel to it.
Korg screwed up the pricing and marketed it by sending it to YouTubers who couldn’t make it sound good. Totally killed the machine. I was not that interested either until I found a few people demoing it who knew what they were doing.
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Not saying market it as a groovebox, but if you’re going to give people two sample channels and let them upload their own, why only 32mb 
For an old school analog drum machine, 32 megs is fine. It’s a 1 shot machine that they probably added samples to as a low priority. They added them built in already with the attack layers so with the 32 megs you can add a few crucial Roland drum sounds be good to go.
I seriously doubt I’ll add many samples to mine. That’s not really the appeal.
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I completely agree. Drumlogue is perfect for what it is, it really got a poor rollout and bad initial pricing.
Honestly, it may be my favorite drum machine besides Perkons when it comes to Techno nastiness. Not to be missed!
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Two channels of samples, so doesn’t seem low priority. Anyway, sounds like it suits you, and that’s great. But I do think it wouldn’t have hurt sales to broaden the appeal a bit and give people a bit more freedom.
I’m impressed no-one has said Limitations yet 
Honestly based on the complaints with this thing, plus the manual style sample import, I don’t think it would have made a difference in sales. You would have to import and rename hundreds of samples sequentially starting with 001. Seems like a hassle. After about 30 sounds I think I’d be over it. It doesn’t have a gui like elektron transfer or anything, so clearly it was not a focus just a bonus feature.
But Behringer made a Linn drum copy with samples and all that stuff so there are plenty options out there for people.
I actually do like more simple hardware and I know a lot of other producers who are the same. It’s just faster to get an idea going. I’m the same way with instruments. Give me a p bass or a j bass with a few knobs and let’s get to work on a record.
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Same
Hope you enjoy yours
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Poor little misunderstood Drumlogue, lol. (by Korg’s internal program/project managers and marketing folks, mostly I think)
Everything about it seems like a great idea done to 40-60%.
Analog drums – yep, 4 of them, but not tons of control there
Samples – most of it’s sample playback/minor tweaking (and you can load user user samples into any of the digital slots, not just the sample ones)… but just 32MB
Groovebox – let’s add a synth slot thingy but not properly support its ‘branch’ of an established SDK and hope people sort of do something over time
UI – not even sure where to start with the panel
And yet, I love it.
I actually liked the sample features on the device once they were there; straightforward and easy to use. Minimal, yes, but I figure it’s a one-shot oriented thing anyway.
I need to get it loaded up with my samples, which I view as ‘expansions’ – meaning: just load a set and that’s it. Swapping and stuff across tracks is, as people have noticed, not ideal.
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A drumlogue filled up with LoguePads, Lillian, FM64 and all the logue SDK2 effects you can find is a pretty cool device. Just add your favourite samples and you can do full tracks with it. Use indiouts for getting a proper mix. The legato style pattern switching makes it killer for IDM/breakbeat stuff
OTOH I suppose you could also humm and haww how its not got everything in the world and all the gigabytes of RAM like your ableton… If that floats your boat
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I wonder if I will even dive into the expansions with this. I never did with the Minilogue, just played the synth mainly. The core features of the DL appeal - analog sounds, really nice sequencer. Not sure if anyone can comment on the grooves and how that works, I have just read that they are quite good, but I can’t find any YT demos of them in action.
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I’ve used Lillian, and liked it.
However, partially due to some of the machine’s
limitations at the time (recorded sequences coming out nothing like they were recorded… when a controller keyboard was used), I found it ‘work’ compared to just firing up an external synth where it feels like ‘play.’
I don’t use it as a groovebox at all. I sit it firmly in the classic drum machine realm and I like it like that.
Others do though.
Might try the reverb though someday
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Maybe someday some masterminds gonna hack the drumlogue’s OS like they did with the electribe 2 (hacktribe). Imagine a custom OS where the 40-60% implementation of korg’s great ideas will be at 120% 
Or maybe korg is going to make the electribe 3, based on the drumlogue and the whole *loge-family. A fusion of drumlogue und monologue and compatibility to all existing *logue-Projects with multiple sdk-slots.
haaaach, i’m dreaming 
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So I decided to put this to the test! Does Korg drumlogue pass midi synch test from receiving from deluge clock from extreme slow to 10,000+ bpm? Check it out ! Using latest 1.3 firmware on korg drumlogue >>
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You can almost see the Drumlogue shitting itself after 680bpm. Sounds pretty great though!
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Hey is there a comprehensive list of the most recommended plugins for drumlogue?? Thanks!!
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i know just these pages: Korg Drumlogue Developments
ylmrx (ylmrx) / Repositories · GitHub
i use:
poutoushaper - nice loudness-compressor
CH Synth - nice synth voice
FM64 - heavy loaded synth voice
Resonator
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