Your Favorite Rhythm generation tool for the Virus ?

[Sleepwalker]

Originally Posted by Gopal

You can pick up a Novation Drumstation for very reasonable money if you can find one and that will give you EXACTLY the same sounds as a TR808 and TR909 (Have done direct comparisons and forking out for the original Roland boxes is sheer stupidity IMO)

Well, I acctualy dissagree. Id much rather go for a software solution, because you can do very little with it, and it dont sound any better then software, so no need for the hardware and cables. The Drumstation is a VA and not particularly good at it. If you want real analoge 808/909 rather take a listen to Airbass from Jomox. This is the real version of the drumstation, that is built on the same components as the original TRs, and even extends the sounds in some aspects. Muuuch more "OMPH"

You can pic up an airbase probably cheep now. I did. I will also wholehartly recomend the Machine Drum, its a monster! The most modern, versatile and punchy electronic drum machine to date. Its VA, but its tighter then any software ive herd! Ive got the Monomachine, its sickly punchy.

Also remember with the RMX that if you like to program your own beats, its not that well suted. It is a very advanced loop-rompler. I know many people dont use it, because the sound you get from it sounds Spectrasonics, and not your own.

You can put your own loops into it, but it takes some work, import to recycle, slice it, export, convert to RMX with SAGE Converter, and then you can load it in the RMX. You have to do all this for every loop. On top of that, if you want to change the spesific loop, you have to do it all again. Its to much hazzle for me, dont have pations.. When I want to write a song, I got to do it right away! Though people work diferently. I had big plans for this with RMX, but in the end im just too lazy.. :P

I got it though & love it! I use it as it is, a percussive loop rompler. But only simple fills like shakes, or congas etc. I think that if you use the whole rythm section from the RMX in your song, it sounds to much like not your own sound. Its got a lovely sound though, dont get me wrong!! Its just that its not your personal sound...

For constructing your own beats with software, I will recomend MicroTonic for programing electronic drum sounds. And battery for building drum sample sets. Also GURU, and BDF for rock stuf.

just my 2 cents..