Drum Synths

[core7]

I write nu skool breaks but mostly electro, maybe 6 months ago I had cash in hand and was extremely hard-up to purchase a hardware drum sequencer. I bought, experimented with, and sold all of them within a month of buying them.
1. Roland MC 909 ( pure cheese, I liked the sequencer but the sound did'nt have any ass behind it )
2. Akai MPC 2000 ( completely prehistoric, utilising floppies and zips, it did sound good though )
3. Elektron MachineDrum ( it is all things great, except for the sound. I did'nt like the HH's or SN's and it sounded kinda thin and flat. thats my opinion a lot of people love 'em and they are fun and versatile. They emulate analog supremely with the tweakability factor but not so with the sound, the price did'nt justify the overall)

I ended up going back to just doing all my sequencing with my DAW. In hindsight it seemed redundant to sequence on hardware and then to sequence it back into Pro Tools. kinda like double work.

If it sounds good though I'll probably splurge on another. If you're into analog check out a Vermona drm1 mkII. I got to play with one the other day at the local synth museum and I was very impressed, it's a module, no sequencer and completely analog, sounds awesome and completly tweakable.