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Originally Posted by nofi  I've never really liked sample based machines because they are right on the beat like an 808 but sound exactly the same every time. seems to get a bit tiring or something. |
Some drum machines and samplers let you add random variations in pitch/level/cutoff to each hit. Others have a sample&hold LFO that can sync to the clock and give you those variations.
Or, you can also modulate stuff with velocity, and then play everything by hand instead of just making a 2-bar loop. Even if you quantize later, the slight variations in velocity will make the result less static. To make it even less static you can assign different samples to different velocity ranges. It takes a bit of work, but it pays.
Also, varying the sample start point at each hit produces interesting results.