Do you use a drums machine?

[Quai34]

Hi Guys,
So, a bit of update for the great folks who helped me a lot on this one....I now master quite well how to enter patterns and create songs with the DRUMBRUTE, either "live" or with the step sequencer...It took me a bit at first due to the fact that I haven't programmed any beat since 1986 on my Atari and Notator but it's super easy in fact....
I have decided that I will buy a compressor and a Parametric EQ to tweak the sound, it should be some Empress Pedals (great Canadian brand....) but not sure in which order I will put them after the Drumbox or if I will keep the compressor for only one of the 3 output....
Ha yes, I forgot, I have the main output, the Claps/Snare and the Kicks that are set up as individual outputs...
And triggering the Proteus samples via midi work perfectly....
I'm still trying to find another one with more natural sound, not sure about the Roland Aira, it seems to be very Techno/TR808/909 etc oriented...
That's it...
Thanks again...

[Normhart]

I have a Beat Buddy from Singular Sound on its way now. Currently I’m using my Yamaha MODX 8’s rhythm pattern feature through EXTERN on my NS3 88 for drum accompaniment.

[FZiegler]

This looks interesting - would you report a little if you've got it? What I would be interested in is different swing styles - is there an easy way to get 70:30, 60:40, etc.? Did you take the extra double foot switch along?

[Normhart]

This looks interesting - would you report a little if you've got it? What I would be interested in is different swing styles - is there an easy way to get 70:30, 60:40, etc.? Did you take the extra double foot switch along?

I will most certainly post my impressions. Regarding the swing styles, I haven’t seen any reviews or coverage of this unit on YT or anywhere that touches on this feature but I’ll look into it more in depth when I receive the thing - possibly by sometime next week if all goes well. I’m most impressed by the drum samples used which I hear are high quality multi sampled sounds and the attention paid to giving it a more human feel in the rhythms -very realistic. Yes, I opted for the foot switch as well as the midi breakout cable. There’s another midi foot controller available as well but more sophisticated and significantly more expensive, but I thought I’d put that off until I justified a suitable need for it.

[JayDee]

I've got a Beat Buddy also I use all the time-have acoustic drums in my studio also. I have the footswitch which is useful. I also bought the upgraded patterns package offered by BB. You get additional drum patterns and fills in different styles which is useful since the stock patterns become somewhat limiting over time. They have a jazz offering this year with swing samples. The samples are of an actual studio drummer, so they sound more realistic than many other drum machines.

[Normhart]

I should be getting my Beat Buddy in a day or two and looking forward to playing with it. What attracted me most about the pedal is exactly what you mentioned in the last sentence of your post - that and the patterns packages available. It’s exactly what I was looking for.