What was your first Drum Machine?

[Dor]

Alesis SR-16. I hated that thing.

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I've got ya'll beat out.

My first sampler was a Roland S220, It used to hold ONE drum sound

[jkamata]

tr-808..then i had the effn nerve to mod the hell outta it..with almost zero soldering experience ..but i just had to do it..next up mpc 1k

[tony666]

E-mu sp12, bought it together with an emulator II. Sold them because I found these things too big

[illynoise]

Originally Posted by no ssl yet

I've got ya'll beat out.

My first sampler was a Roland S220, It used to hold ONE drum sound

I got the S-20 I believe, took it back because it took these little 2 inch disks. Then I got a Mirage DSK. Back to the DMX's.

That RX-7 was the MC Hammer sound strait out of the box. They might have used the RX-5 though. Go Hamma, go go go! 2L2Q!

Originally Posted by Dor

Alesis SR-16. I hated that thing.

D

I had that also, but with a MMT8 sequencer with the FSK Sync!

[Ravian]

Originally Posted by Dor

Alesis SR-16. I hated that thing.

D

me 2, i used it as a metronome

[zarific]

Dr. Groove............useless

[Zacchino]

I'm New School too :
Roland SP-808

First "Groove-Sampler" BitCrusher ready !!! Wohoo !!! (I always hated this FX)

[deuc647]

Ensoniq ASR-X...........still the center of my studio..with the MP of course

[Flymax]

Yamaha RX5..still got it actually..

[henryrobinett]

Linndrum. Then the SP-12. Then the R8.

[TonyBelmont]

Alesis SR16 midi'ed up to an Akai S950.

[paultools]

Emu Drumulator with custom chips by D i g i d e s i g n.

[Fly_Keyz]

Mine was the Dr-5 I spent my whole check gettin it now that's love, and it was my starting point. I puthat machine through the wringer, and it kept bouncin back.

I've since passed it on to my nephew but it brings back memories

[reinvention.of.man]

Originally Posted by no ssl yet

Man ya'll used to actually like those Yamaha machines? I hated them. Alot of cats used to like the alesis machines. I didn't care for those either, but I did think about getting a Korg DDD-1 Many Many moons ago

I know, I know.. You have to tweak the hell out of the effects to get something usable. I like the lay out of their sequencer, as far as layering a 16 bar loop with a 4 or 8 bar loop. I perfer the mpc sequencer, it's more flexible, as far as hardware samplers. Plus I can make tracks on the fly, compared to the RM1 x. All and all, I learned more about effects, and how to tweak'em, in the long run. Made it easy to breeze through the mpc 4000. As far as price, I got two of them for $150 each. I gave one to my cousin, and the other to a friend of mine. Nice little starter machine.

[Tim L]

Roland R-70... still have it, still love it, still use it!

Originally Posted by The_Phoenix

I know, I know.. You have to tweak the hell out of the effects to get something usable. I like the lay out of their sequencer, as far as layering a 16 bar loop with a 4 or 8 bar loop. I perfer the mpc sequencer, it's more flexible, as far as hardware samplers. Plus I can make tracks on the fly, compared to the RM1 x. All and all, I learned more about effects, and how to tweak'em, in the long run. Made it easy to breeze through the mpc 4000. As far as price, I got two of them for $150 each. I gave one to my cousin, and the other to a friend of mine. Nice little starter machine.

It's cool when you can pass gear on.

I gave my MPC60II to my cousin.

His house flooded in Hurricane Katrina, now he wants to use his insurance money to buy my MPC2kxl. I guess REFUNDING my 60 doesn't occur to him.

But it's family, what can ya do.

[stevep]

Original Dr rhythm ... Emu Drumulator with expansion chips , Sp12

[bknot1]

1st one i had..was the Boss DR-660 (still have it)
then i moved to the Yamaha RM1X (sold this)
now i use a EMU XL-7 Command Station and love it..

[D-Sane]

Got it in 1990...used to have it MIDI'd up to a Casio CZ-101 and would create some thunderous 808 type bass with it.

[critical]

Yamaha RS7000......
Payed 1400 Ithink you can get it on ebay now for 400.
Great machine to start with.

[okailla]

that was my first and last one too. after that ive only used a sampler. i still use the sequencer though

[RusRant]

Alesis SR-16 is the only actuall drum machine I've owned. I used it for it's sequencer midi-ed to several samplers and synths. Now all PC, still own it though and it works 15 years later.

[Blatboy]

Originally Posted by EYE

Although it's not really a machine I had to reply to this one.

I started out on "digital drum systems" which was an cartridge for the commodore 64 and it was able of playing sampled drums (1sec sample time, up to 8 sounds) Of course it sounded like kids stuff, but then again I was a kid way back then....

Yeah man... I had that (on a floppy) and used it. I was so proud when I soldered a cable together to make a "direct audio out" from the C-64 to my tape deck. Yeah baby.

My first hardware drum machine was a Yamaha RX-17. I probably got it in 1987 or 88 when I was in high school. I still have it (along with my FB-01 ha!) and even mess around with them on occasion these days for purely nostalgic reasons.

[freshmints]

hohner keyboard at the end of the 80ies ,was supposed to learn how to play
but rather used the sequencer to program beats
then this one

then mpc2k and finally a laptop

[bobwarren]

1st- Yamaha RX17 (hated it! Used it with a QX21 Aack!)
2nd- Alesis HR-16 (still have it just because we've always been together!)
3rd- Boss DR-660 (still have, still use)

Now I use an Akai S2000 and synth modules, hard and soft, with a keyboard. I have used others, though, like the Korg Electribe, MC 505, SP 202.

[Mudnoc]

Alesis SR-16 right along side a 4 track and Casio SK-1 sampler :D

[khameln]

I'm really embarassed to say this... But mine was Hit Stix.

[upscaps]

the casio rz-1 sampling drum machine. that quick sampling time per pad & 2 reel to reel tape machines let me do some crazy things back then

[Henchman]

Dr Rythm 55
Roland 808
Sequential Circuits Drumtracks