By Doc00Cosel
Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:47 pm
mr_debauch wrote:you need more drum sounds... get 808 and 909 sound kits.. in fact get all the roland TR drum kits... the mpc will be fine for that
Yep. In my opinion Roland has always come with the tight drum sounds. Remember the DR 202 drum machine? That was a solid piece of gear with great hip hop drum sounds and bass. I think if I see one again for cheap I might cop it. I also had the 202 sampler that looked just like the drum machine. After the 202 I got the DR670. (The grey one. I think the blue one was the DR770) The 670 had some really good rock and roll drums, as well as house and techno type sounds. There were a few kits that were good for Hip Hop on there but in my opinion, not that many. The 202 was also very easy to tweak.
Right now I use a combination between the Roland TR-8 and Ensoniq MP-7. The MP-7 is geared towards Hip Hop but I remember they also had an XP - 7 (I think thats the name. It's Yellow. The MP-7 is purple.) That was another piece of gear that was designed for house, techno, dance, etc.
Overall, the MP - 7 is the best in terms of being user freindly and having the ability to easily tweak the sounds. The XP - 7 is exactly the same however, if you want those 80's type sounds, Roland is the way to go.