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Halph-Price Halph-Price is a male

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http://www.harmony-central.com/Events/SN...oss/DR-202.html

i am getting this.

note it has Drum'n'Bass samples Smile

but the hip hop would work too.

$200 CND my first groovebox.

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This post has been edited 2 time(s), it was last edited by Halph-Price: 01-07-2005 00:41.

01-07-2005 00:39

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look man its up to you obviously. but i wouldnt bother!!!!! it hasnt got anything that any of your software couldnt do!!!!!!!! and their getting quite old and out dated now.....you would be better off investing in some high quality drum sample cds.......or save your money and get something better.......ive used them....along with the zoom one and their not very good. dont believe the hype.

01-07-2005 02:24

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i've got to agree with munki on this one...sure, sounds pretty fresh at the moment you try it out, but after a while the reality's gonna sink in. or at least it would for me.

01-07-2005 02:39

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only thing i would drop money into as far as harware and noises is a virus

end of story

Big Grin

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01-07-2005 04:53

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I second that

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01-07-2005 09:41

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yknow theres always the electron machinedrum......yeh i know its expensive but theres a reason for that.
if you going to get a hardware drum machine get something that samples!!!!!! because it wont take long to realise that the sounds available in something like this can only be tweaked so much.....and before long theyll be in the computer being mashed up.....so whats changed??? nothing!!!! you could spend the equvilent money on a set of decent sample cds.......one with live drums and one with electronic. more for your money!!!!! and better quality to!!!!!!! and im not talking a dodgy thirty euro one fromt time and space.........build it and they will come........or do some research and get some shit hot top quality brilliantly engineered loops and hits.

01-07-2005 15:23

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I reckon it looks pretty cool. Its can be battery powered so will be great for composing on the go.

If you get tired of the stock sounds then you can always circuit bend it! Then you'll have this unique crazy ass screaming box capable of producing some fucked up sounds.

01-07-2005 16:07

Halph-Price Halph-Price is a male

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1) yea, i got it cuz it's bttery powered and i will be on the train for over 2 hours a day come school,

2)did yuor avatar always have that orange tie thing...

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02-07-2005 18:07

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1) well then its perfect for you!!

2)Yeah always....I thought maybe you were imitating me coz you loved me so much

03-07-2005 11:36

Halph-Price Halph-Price is a male

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it can hook up to the SP-303 externally, for use of a sampler also that can be controlled from my DR-202.

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The BOSS SP-303 Dr. Sample offers DJs and musicians a compact, easy-to-use portable phrase sampler with CD-quality sound, 8-note polyphony, 26 onboard effects and a realtime pattern sequencer—all at a price unmatched by the competition. For sampling and effects processing anytime, any place, the SP-303 can't be beat.

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03-07-2005 18:46

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Have you actually got the 202 now? are you able to post an mp3 of some of the sounds?

ps I was kidding about the tie by the way...I copied you Big Grin

03-07-2005 19:05

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i want an orange tie

why dont you just use the 303?? i guess it uses smart card........
so buy a smart card and some decent quality drum sample cds.....sample somne stuff the day before and there ya go....hours of fun on the train.

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03-07-2005 19:11

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1) yea, i got it cuz it's bttery powered and i will be on the train for over 2 hours a day come school,

So is a laptop, and it can do so much more... On the other hand, since you are taking a course in production it is probably a good way to learn to work with a piece of hardware. Especially the part where every button has about 5 different functions.

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03-07-2005 20:10

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I don't know how I should react on this.
* Where does the sound come from? Is it samples? Or are they electronical produced with waveforms?
* Are you abel to make your own drumsounds with waveforms or change the drumsounds?

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03-07-2005 20:46

Halph-Price Halph-Price is a male

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i dunno. there's a lot of sampled electronic sounds i guess.

there's jungle drum and bass, classic 909 and 808s, the sound quality ins't the phattest, but there's like 50 sounds for each of the drum styles it shows on the front, and 50 drum sounds also, and i love just programing weird shit into it.

the durm roll add's some nice dnb sounds also, to make it just sckizzle along, there's also a hack to make the drums roll run through the bassline to set there pitch for it manuly.

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03-07-2005 20:50

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The sp-303 is a great little toy. Perfect for your situation but the D.R. 202 is pretty crap man, I rented one years ago and it just seemed to be to limited in everywich way. But obviously you could sample allot from it with the combination of the two. So don't hesitate on buying the sp-303 since you allready shelled out for the dr-202, As someone els said "the only thing i'd drop money into is a virus" . I agree, If your really loving producing d&B, the virus is the answer to all your prayers when it comes to pure mad deep analog sound. The Nord Lead's are a winner too. Anyway with the sampler, you have a good investment in my opinion. Bigup

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04-07-2005 00:03

Halph-Price Halph-Price is a male

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i spent 200 on the dr-202. now compared to 2000 on a virus TI .... maybe a virus b thats only, what, 600???

but i want a drum machine. and you can't save grooves on a virus.dr-202 has a lot of good dnb and jungle drum sounds. i am really happy with it! i love sequencing, specially drums, but the synth part isn't that bad... great to pass the time, with some ear buds and 6 double A's Happy

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04-07-2005 23:49

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I own this machine Boss DR-202 (Dr. Groove). It is a great starter drum machine only. You can come up with some interesting stuff like this:

**This is not a free sample, and is only used for example purposes. Otherwords, I hear it elsewhere I break your knee caps

http://www.oscillatortheory.com/examples/202example.mp3

Note: That nasty click you hear was inserted by me

The machine itself, is kinda limited in what it can do, the drum kits aren't all that impressive. The Drum n Bass drumkits are a little cheap sounding and not punchy enough. The roll feature is nice however. I only found this thing good for making chill out.

EDIT: I bought this new for $699, not deserving of that price tag.

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14-04-2006 07:49

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I used to have these Roland MC-XOX shite grooveboxes. The 505 is still hangin' in the house somewhere. For the money you're spending I would add an extra 50 and get a second hand laptop and use that on the train (I do it that way).

My experience with these boxes is awfull. You need eleven fingers to press the weirdest key combinations and I get the feeling that I'm trying to make music on a pc with the screen switched off. And the sounds are simply LAME (atleast for the Roland bollocks). I'm sure you'll be bored with this in a month or 2. And you can't play solitaire on it Big Grin

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