Happy Friday everyone. My gosh it’s very cold out there this morning, very frosty, very pretty indeed but I’m happier staying in the warmth looking outside.
I cooked up these beats the other night, whilst my wife was out with friends. I cracked open a bottle of beer, one to celebrate my flu finally doing one and leaving me to my life, secondly it’s part of the ritual of making Boom Bap or is it boom-bap? I’m never too sure. Now I’m not saying you should have a beer every time you make a beat with samples but it was just a nice time.
I often hook Koala up to my SP404, in order to dive in to finger drumming. It takes awhile to get into the rhythm and most certainly it’s not as easy as some people make it look, so I rely quite heavily on overdubbing.
In terms of samples, they’ve come from a load of different places but that’s a topic for future posts, I’m drafting one at the moment that goes in a lot deeper on this topic.
Nothing wrong with Behringer! I don’t own any of their gear though but have often considered getting something that they’ve put out there. The Crave is one I keep considering.
I’ve a Roland SP404 mk 2 and an Elektron Syntakt for hardware drummery stuff, both of which are very current by comparison to those you mention.
The 808, 909 etc very much live on. Even modern machines mimic them. Not that I’d buy any of them to be honest, I’m into more esoteric stuff.
Deciding what I’m going to buy next.
As SUB says the cheap price may mean low quality. The Roland machines have become standard for certain music. Then you have the Alesis SR16 that has been around forever, but I assume it's not that special.
I could just play around with software. I have the Hydrogen one on Linux. Just need to learn how to really use it. I was thinking I could do with a course on music production using such tools as I would like to make more use of them. It would be interesting to make a track entirely with software.
At ModCaf we often do comparisons between Behringer and the official hardware, which is always very interesting. They are often very good but not quite the same as the originals. It depends on what you’re looking to create I guess.
Software is always great and I’m a fan of Ableton and Bitwig. There are some great alternatives in the Linux world.
I think these topics are worth exploring in this community.
There are loads of online courses and planning to create my own based on the knowledge I have.
I have an urge to play around with drum machines, but I know I should concentrate on my actual kit. I was looking at options anyway and there are some cheap machines as well as various apps. It's interesting that some basic drum machines from the 90s are still on sale. You would think that technology had moved on. I know there's a thing for retro beats. A friend bought an old Roland CR-78, but not sure what he used it for.
I was reading this about all the stuff that Behringer have produced or may sell. I know some people have issues with them ripping off designs, but people will buy it anyway. All I have by them is a little mixer.
I know @stickupboys like their gadgets. I like seeing what people use.
Drum machines are fun! I hate Behringer they make good kit but it has 50% chance to break as the build quality is so poor!
My friend in the industry was not impressed by them. Cheap stuff is built down to a price. Might be okay with when messing around at home, but may not be reliable enough for gigs.
What's your recommendation for a cheap drum machine? Mind you I have other stuff on my wish list.
When you say cheap, what is price lol
I know. I could just mess around with some software drums anyway to get the hang of it.
not a bad idea as they basically the same just not quite as much fun
A second hand Model Cycles perhaps?
I really shouldn't...
But…
I have a wish list of stuff already. Have to prioritise.