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Original Message 1/9 28-Jan-07 @ 03:34 PM - Best VSTi drum machine

joegornall

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Im not sure which one to go for yet. Which one do you thinks best/user friendly etc for dance music? (House, techno, trance etc)

Battery?
DR-008?
RM IIII?
LM-4?
(Reaktor? Can this be used as a vsti in cubase or is it only avaiable in the reason package?)
Others?

Please post any thoughts if you have any knowledge or experience of these. Id be very grateful.

Thanks, Joe.

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Message 2/9 28-Jan-07 @ 07:29 PM - RE: Best VSTi drum machine

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lm4 should be a free giveaway it's so tired, battery is very 'quick-fix', and it's a failry straightforward drum sample player, dr008 & RM4 both use synthesis & samples

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Message 3/9 28-Jan-07 @ 09:12 PM - RE: Best VSTi drum machine

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My first choice would probably be Battery - maybe download a demo & have a play.

I've used RMIV which comes with Tracktion - it's pretty good, but I'd prefer something a with a bit more flexibility to load my own samples into.

Reaktor is great, but probably not that user friendly to use as a main, basic drum machine.

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Message 4/9 29-Jan-07 @ 12:42 AM - RE: Best VSTi drum machine

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Have you looked at Loopazoid?

Allows you to load in your own samples...we use it now in our tech classes after some problems with SR202 (which is great but won't work with SX3)

sox

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Message 5/9 29-Jan-07 @ 02:02 AM - RE: Best VSTi drum machine

joegornall

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Thanks for your replies.

I take it that you can load your own samples into battery?

I read somewhere that one might be better off with a drum synth in order to create dancy type sounds and to be able to shape for example the kick drums etc exactly how you want to. Is that right or b/s?

What's the difference between battery and dr008 (in terms of function)? As far as I understand, battery is a sampler meaning you can just play and manipulate any sample you load into it and you can map your loops in a sequencer such as cubase. Whereas, in DR008 you can make sounds from scratch so to speak? Obviously I want to create original sounds but I don't really know much about drum synthesis. What would you recommend?

Thanks for your help, Joe

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Message 6/9 29-Jan-07 @ 02:01 PM - RE: Best VSTi drum machine

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I really like MicroTonic.. noice dirty kicks

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Message 7/9 30-Jan-07 @ 08:19 PM - RE: Best VSTi drum machine

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dependig on your taste, waldorf attack rocks

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Message 8/9 31-Jan-07 @ 10:55 AM - RE: Best VSTi drum machine

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I read somewhere that one might be better off with a drum synth in order to create dancy type sounds and to be able to shape for example the kick drums etc exactly how you want to. Is that right or b/s?

well yes, synth drums, like 808 & 909 kiks and toms, it's the roots of techno & dance

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Message 9/9 31-Jan-07 @ 12:36 PM - RE: Best VSTi drum machine

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I think FXpansion's Guru is the best drum VSTi. Beats Battery in terms of:-

1. Included drum sets

2. Browser organisation

3. Quality of sound

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