Analogue-sequencer

Hi

Many Thanks for such a fast reply..... Im sold on it...

Thanks again.....

Chris
On 10 Oct 2006, at 16:26, plord@there.org wrote:

> Chris Reeves wrote:
> > Im looking for a drum machine.... And saw that you said that the  
> KORG
> > ER-1 Was very nice......Im interested ing in picking one up cheap
> > hopefully.....
>
> You should be able to pick one up cheap very easily, depending on your
> idea of cheap. But they can be had for ~$150 or less any day of the  
> week
> on Ebay.
>
> > What type of sounds is it...Is it kind of full on electronic......
>
> It is completely electronic; you have 4 programmable drum voices  
> with a
> very broad range, plus some sampled hats. It has built in delay and  
> the
> usual Korg "motion sequencing" feature, where you can record knob  
> tweaks
> over the length of a pattern. Patterns can be 1-4 bars! You can get a
> good variety of kicks out of it, nothing as low as an 808 or as
> mule-kick-slamming as a Jomox, but still mighty fine. You can totally
> cover the boopy toms of something like a Simmons. Snares are perfectly
> respectable and snappy.
>
> Still, frankly, if you use the ER-1 as a straight kick/snare/hats  
> box, it
> does a fine job, but you're not getting half of the benefits out of  
> it.
> It's such an odd little machine that you can very easily tweak it  
> into a
> burbling, stuttering glitch box, or a flurry of crazy pitched  
> percussive
> effects. So you can use it by itself, but it also has plenty enough
> flexibility to sit alongside your x0x drums or sampler.
>
> And jeepers, for $150...possibly the most bang for buck music  
> purchase I
> have *ever* made.
>
> peace,
> Paul
>
> 



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