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Hi all,

I'm trying to find a piece of equipment but am not sure if it exists. I have a rock looping setup. Basically I want a drum machine that gives me more options. I've been using an SR-16 in my looping setup and while it works as advertised it just feels kind of flat and boring.

The best thing I've found so far are the BPM drum patterns on my Kaoss Pad 2 (the 3 doesn't have this feature!). I'm referring to programs 61-63. Basically it has 4 patterns depending on where you touch on one axis and the other does things like cutoff frequency. It feels a lot more "alive" and dynamic to me. I just record a couple bars onto my looper and away I go.

Trouble is, there are only 4 such programs on the machine. As I understand the Kaossilator Pro has about 20 such programs, which is an improvement, but still only a fraction of what the machine is really for (the thing has 200 programs and they're mostly synths).

So I'm looking for a drum machine of sorts that's really MEANT for this kind of application and doesn't just have it thrown in on the side. Ideas?

Thanks.

If you want to program your own drum patterns, I'd recommend something like the ESX.

Also worth noting that in the KP3 and KOPro you can load in your own drum loops to the sample/loop pads from a SD card.

You could snag a used microSampler (most of them are used and for sale at this point, lol!) and load it up with samples of real drums (loops) - thats suits the "rock" aspect, and can really be a lot of fun. 36 loops per bank, 7 banks. Great audio quality and some really nifty effects. Cheap, too.

Oh - and it's a looper!

check this: http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... 34ac3964a2

here's a highlight: "So (fingers crossed) it seems that I have an 8 track 8 measure looper with 16 drum beats, & some spoken word clips, all times 7 banks! Powered by battery!"