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Topic: drum machines for country steel |
James Taylor
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United Kingdom
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Posted 23 Dec 2013 5:48 pm |
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| I wander what the Boss670 drum machine would be like for backing the steel on country style and does it do 3/4 waltz .James Taylor |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 24 Dec 2013 3:18 am
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I use Alesis drum machines in my recording studio. My "go to" for most traditional country is the Alesis SR-16, 31A program. However the SR-16 does not have a built in 3/4 program.
I also have the newer SR-18 and it has several 3/4 programs. The SR-18 also has a bass accompaniment but its generic and not a specific key.
I have a computer drum program, but I keep going back to the Alesis machines. |
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George Crowder
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Richmond, VA, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2013 4:11 am
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| James, I don't know anything about the unit you mentioned. However, I have a couple of Boss DR 5 machines. Billy Cooper (Billy Cooper's Steel Guitar Shop, Orange, VA) developed a program to use with the DR 5 and that program has 3/4 time rhythm patterns as well as 4 beat and 2 beat patterns. Billy uses the DR 5 a lot for recording. I suggest you contact the shop by email or telephone 540/854-5940 and consider a DR 5 with Billy's program. |
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Tommy Auldridge
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2013 6:28 am Roland Boss DR5
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The really great thing about the DR5 is that you can create your own bass lines one note at a time. I don't think you can do that with any other unit. (I may be wrong about that) I personally like it better than BIAB. It sounds very real and can put a swing feel in the patterns. I've spent the time to learn all sorts of walking scale bass lines by closely listening to an old Buddy Emmons instructional album.
Now that I've created a whole bunch of patterns that contain these different bass lines, I can line them up to make songs. It was time consuming at first, but once you get the hang of it, it gets easier the more time you spend playing with it. This is the first time I've seen any post about this, and often wondered if others had the same opinion. I think the DR5 is obsolete. Maybe there's something better now, but I doubt it. Tommy...... |
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James Taylor
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 24 Dec 2013 3:02 pm Drum Machines
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| Thanks , Jack , George and Tommy, there is much food for thought in what you all say. James Taylor |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 24 Dec 2013 6:41 pm
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My guitar player carries a Zoom drum machine to every one of our gigs. We play some gigs without a drummer and use it. He has his and the bass players songs listed with what program is the right one, even for waltzes. Sometimes it is low paying "for the door gigs at a local senior center that the drummer doesn't want to take off work for. Sometimes it is because the drummer gets off work late and because of traffic, he is late for the gig. Once he forgot his cymbals and had to go home (no less than a 45 minute drive in each direction), and once he just didn't show up at all. It sounds great.
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 24 Dec 2013 7:27 pm
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| James,I have a DR-670.The drum sounds are good,but most of the factory preset patterns don't really work for country.The bass sounds sound more like a keyboard than an electric or standup bass.It can be programmed to do entire songs with fills,stops,and accents where you want them,and I think (not sure because I'm not at all tech-oriented) you can generate your own beats and patterns with it.It mostly works for the home recording I do,but seems to require some programming savvy if you want to access its full potential.Maybe Boss has a website where you can find some tutorial material. |
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James Taylor
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 25 Dec 2013 5:40 am Drum Machines
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| Thank you Richard and Dave for your important thoughts on drum machines. I don't know anything about them at all and have been looking at Amazon and Ebay in order to find info;but your expert thoughts are far more valuable too me.Thanking you all for your inputand : MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!! JAMES TAYLOR SOTLAND - SLANGE . |
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