Hey, gotta say the Roland 808 & Roland 909 are still THE drum machines!
Use them and record with paterns or just record the sounds...either way, they sound amazing and still nothing touches them! Close, but not "it." And I do have the Machine drum, many samples, Kontact, etc.
THE real deal is still the deal. Even when you're taling MPCs, half the time you're talking about 808 or 909 samples and the "feel" of the MPC.
So, when in doubt, go to the source.
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