We remember our first drum machine back in High School -- there's nothing like having one of these at our fingertips to emerge ourselves in a beat making or song writing process. Nowadays computers and software dominate the setups of many, but what about some old school drum machines and step sequencers? Better yet, perhaps both? We're looking into the best drum machines for … [Read more...] about The Best Drum Machines for Under $200
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The Best Drum Machine for Beginners
We remember getting our first MPC drum machine back around 2005 (it was an MPC 1000 which we later had to sell in college for rent money) and it absolutely blew our minds. Although around that time digital audio workstations were becoming more reliable and well-developed, there was something about having an actual standalone music making machine at our fingertips that has stuck … [Read more...] about The Best Drum Machine for Beginners
The Top 10 Best Drum Machines in the Market Today
Unfortunately for us analog lovers, real drum machines are slowly becoming a rarity. It's disappointing in general that we have to say "real drum machine" to open this article because we still remember the days we would make simple two-loop beats on our MPC 1000 in our apartment studio back in college. In our opinion however, these pieces of music gear are still alive and well. … [Read more...] about The Top 10 Best Drum Machines in the Market Today
Akai Rhythm Wolf Drum Machine Review
First of all, this name is pretty badass. A rhythm wolf? It's Akai Professional's drum machine and 'bass synth module'. With five analog drum sounds: an analog kick, snare, percussion synth, open and closed hi-hats, and a single-oscillator bass synth. You get two modes: performance or step mode, allowing you to either play the bass with the lower keys or by certain steps. Let's … [Read more...] about Akai Rhythm Wolf Drum Machine Review
Best Hard Drive for the Akai MPC 1000
Let's face it: Your Akai Professional MPC 1000's pitiful 16MB of on-board memory isn't going to cut it. One of the reasons I personally bought an MPC 1000 is for the portability and capability of supporting a hard drive. I have a lot of sounds, tracks and sequences and need to back these up as much as I possibly can. I'm not too big of a fan of sliding a card in and out of my … [Read more...] about Best Hard Drive for the Akai MPC 1000