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Boss DR-880 Dr. Rhythm

Drum Machine from Boss belonging to the DR series

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Published on 08/06/06 at 14:09
- Large display (it crashed on the eyes)
- Input jack 6.35 front for guitar / bass
- Headphone jack 6.35 in facade
- 6.35 jack and RCA outputs, MIDI in and out, SPDIF output
- Potentiometers level for guitar / bass / drums
- Big buttons, scroll wheel to navigate through menus easily.
- 500 + 500 factory patterns patterns users (whew!)
- Section effective guitar / bass, TSC (Total Sound Control): reverb type effects

UTILIZATION

VERY easy to use, it sounds right away.

It finds its fast and you find yourself trying to jam on the factory pattern

SOUNDS

The sounds are from Roland SRX Series I think: it's very compelling.

Even when I download MIDI files (exported from Guitar Pro) with bass and drums, I'm amazed that it sounds far better than from the PC. In addition, the "Groove Modify" allows to ensure that the velocity is changed at once to snare the next (for example) or to simulate the "ghost notes" a drummer who drags his chopsticks on the snare drum (it is also an example): it's very stunning and it helps to "humanize" the game machine

OVERALL OPINION

I've had two months.

When I went to the store to find a drum machine, I just watched with big eyes and told me that the hardware that BAR is gone, my little man, and the future are the BFD expansion or other Groove Agent. GA except that it is not ergonomic at all (I think), and lugging my PC, I do not like.

Here, camping, I take my guitar, a headset and my DR-880: That's it! With built-in effects (from the GT-6), drum kits and bass is every night concert in Palavas (Ooh that rhymes!)

In short go for it! (More in BAR is the only sound it seems ...)