FYI, most of the newer models don't have too many time signature options beyond 2/4, 4/4 or 3/4. If you're looking for a larger array of time sig. options, you'll have to backtrack to the older drum machine, sequencer or work station models.
Start rant and excuse me: Seriously do we still use/need text-to-speech voices in videos in 2020/2021? Automated crap, how hard is it to just use a normal human narrator, that actually knows how to speak. *end rant
If you want a good Drum machine you need to check the number of features, quality of construction, and reasonable price. Roland AIRA TR-8S can be a great choice. Cheers!
Hmmm! I purchased the SR-16 in 1991 - that was the 16 bit version but identical otherwise and is still going strong today. It's never failed me and it's so easy to program and create songs. For the price and for more traditional drum samples, it's still the best!
They don’t make them anymore but you can still buy them. Is it really easy to use? Can you make your own drum beats right on the machine like a full drum set?
@@LedByGrace the best way for me was to used to use 2 kicks and a snare and I went back and tapped my cymbals all out on a separate track. If you want to hear what it sounds like I can say this I’ll post a link to my SoundCloud with overc40 tracks I created with the SR 16, and it sounds like a full band I’ve had some people say they couldn’t tell it was drum machine.
The MPC Touch, Live, Live2, OnE, and X is 1,2,3,4,5. They basically have everything and the updates keep making it even better. Ive found the One for like $500 used. Don't waste your time and money with anything else. Thank me later.
Yeah I`m not sure what this Cyberdyne reviewer is on lol. The MPC One blows the complete list away. Surprised the model T-lame thousand didn't include the OP1 in the review.
2:37 I’m surprised. Both the HR:16 and HR:16B which came out years before the SR:16 had backlit displays. The “cons” of the Roland TR-8S were matters of opinion and not design flaws of the machine. So they tells me you couldn’t really find anything wrong with the Roland.
Digitakt has great midi out capabilities. This is really good if you want to drive your other gear and sequence it from one point. Plus 8 CC per midi track, the trigg conditions and many more. I could only suggest the Digitakt.
Roland and the alesis are drum machine The maschine mk is a CONTROLLER The MPC One is a Sampler/Standelone Daw The Elektron Digitakt is a Sampler Real Drum Machines Bastl Kastle drum (its not for everyone) Pocket operator Tonic and Rhythm Aturia drumbrute (mah) Volca beats (only cool if you mod the hell out of it/individualnoutputs /snaremod) Volca Drum (best thing on the market) Elektron Model Cycles (more an Groovebox) Roland tr 6s (sampler groovebox) Roland tr 06 (real analog) Behringer clone td 6, 909, 808 LXR DRUM SYNTH Ik multimedia drum (stay away) Upcoming the korg drum logue
Jack O'donnel will be very happy to read your comment, while roger linn will tell you that this machine is designed to break down in a few days. Everything that inMusic or Numark does ends up dying.
I’m looking for a drum machine for mostly classic and progressive rock music. Things like realistic flams and realistic sounding snare ghost notes... the little nuances that are typical of the drumming in these genres. Some of this would be tied to the sequencing capabilities of course like being able to adjust levels on each step individually. So many drum machines on the market but most of the information pertains to electronic dance music. Any ideas?
I get what you're trying to do but you're gonna have a hard time making prog drum tracks with a drum machine, you'd be better off looking for either a real drummer, learning drums yourself, or using virtual drums, as a vst, not a drum machine
Still waiting for a drum machine made in the last 20 years that has a fat snare. Yamaha was about all there was after 1990, but they abandoned the line.
I'm glad I caught this video. I work with a semi-modular synth rig (Moog Matriarch, DFAM, Mother 32, and a little Arturia Microbrute). I typically use Fruity Loops for drums and as my MIDI clock. I have had the Alesis SR-16 that was given to me as a gift, sitting in my desk for a few months. I only plugged it in once, didn't like the drum sound presets, and just kind of dismissed it as something that was pretty much useless for my needs. I guess I should have opened the manual. I had no idea that it was that flexible. Its portability makes it a better choice for live purposes than Fruity Loops... So I guess I'm going to be spending some more time with this particular gadget.
Sorry, but I only consider drum machines those machines that only make rhythms, things like SP-404, MPC, digitakt, octatrack, drumlogue, TR8s, are machines that play samples of any instrument, flutes, trumpets, synthesizers, violins, clarinets, clavichords, pianos... they are not just exclusive drum machines, although they can make rhythms, I don't consider them drum machines, they are samplers that play any sound file you put into it. The TR-909 has samples but they are fixed, so it has a part that is rompler and the rest analog sounds. Alesis SR-16 is a rompler with an exclusive collection of drum and percussion sounds, it's a machine dedicated to rhythms and you can't change them, that's why it considers it a drum machine, because it's a machine to generate rhythms exclusively. OK, MIDI controllers are just controllers, they don't have their own sounds, they are linked to software that plays on your computer, so the drum machine is the one on your computer and not the hardware you're driving, maschine is a sampler workstation Like MPC Studio, and I don't think of it as a drum machine, it's a workstation.
They are the best products, I liked all the Best Drum Machine 2020, they seem incredible, thanks for the good content, I always watch your videos and they are the best.
Also Arturia's multiple drumbrute models. Perhaps because you don't sell them. The original might have the most flexibility but might require tweeking via its 12 individual instrument outputs. The kicks lack a bit of sustain and depth but just put a little distortion on there and you're set. The later brumbrute models have better sounding kicks, plus internal distortion knobs.
The Maschine Mikro MK3 is the best Drum Machine 2020, it has everything I need, thanks to Techs You Can't Live Without for making this type of compilations that help a lot to people who do not know which one to choose.
The Maschine MK3 is better than all these, I have an MPC One also. What makes the MK3 better is the better quality of sounds you get from Native Instruments and also there are a whole lot more expansions, instruments and content for it and the customer service is also better. This video should be titled; "Beginner Drum Machines, which one should you buy" or something like that
One further reply/correction about the regular MK3 Unit I mainly use(the $699 model). - you CAN just work off the unit itself on the led screen displays which I do to work on speed inasmuch to do entire freestyle sets from scratch live, beat and spit mercilessly heavy bars off top but at how when I want to simply see larger screens I use a 50 inch Vizio and a 20 inch monitor but still make all my tracks live on the fly
A best list based upon what? Functionality? Cost? Sales? What is the criteria? Seems like the creator of the list has questionable judgment because based upon sales, functionality, or cost, this is bad list with omissions.
I'm speechless - literally no audio examples for these machines. The new SR18 might sound pretty good compared to the very old SR16. Find a proper review channel folks,
This video is totally great, I really love everything that is mentioned in it, they deal with a very interesting topic for me, thank you very much for sharing it, keep it up!
Obviously not everyone has the time or means to do that. And in my area drummers are actually hard to find. But thanks for suggesting ideas that I had never once ever thought of.
5⃣ Alesis SR-16: (Amazon) geni.us/gbLS6Wa
4⃣ Maschine Mikro MK3: (Amazon) geni.us/5mnQhm
3⃣ Akai Professional MPC One: (Amazon) geni.us/SBET3Rh
2⃣ Elektron Digitakt DDS-8: (Amazon) geni.us/QnhnIs
1⃣ Roland AIRA TR-8S: (Amazon) geni.us/692Gu
I realize Im kind of randomly asking but does anyone know a good place to watch new movies online?
I think a review of drum machines must come with the sound they make.
Agree… especially with the amount they cost. No Audio, No Buy, Goodbye.
FYI, most of the newer models don't have too many time signature options beyond 2/4, 4/4 or 3/4.
If you're looking for a larger array of time sig. options, you'll have to backtrack to the older drum machine, sequencer or work station models.
Start rant and excuse me: Seriously do we still use/need text-to-speech voices in videos in 2020/2021? Automated crap, how hard is it to just use a normal human narrator, that actually knows how to speak. *end rant
Dude, this is a real human. Sounds like he's got a bit of an accent, maybe Scandinavian?
@@jakejakeboom I don't think so
@@soejrd24978 if you’re Scandinavian this just got a lot funnier.
@@wiidlbeetle3857 lol I'm not but ahha
LOL, so what, no need to have a cry about it.
If you want a good Drum machine you need to check the number of features, quality of construction, and reasonable price. Roland AIRA TR-8S can be a great choice. Cheers!
Has no gd screen wtf
Hmmm! I purchased the SR-16 in 1991 - that was the 16 bit version but identical otherwise and is still going strong today. It's never failed me and it's so easy to program and create songs. For the price and for more traditional drum samples, it's still the best!
They don’t make them anymore but you can still buy them. Is it really easy to use? Can you make your own drum beats right on the machine like a full drum set?
@@LedByGrace You can pick one up for under £100 now and it's 32 bit. Same functions so still as good!
I never programmed, I tapped it all out live that way I wasn’t restricted to any patterns. But timing is a MUST!!
@@LedByGrace the best way for me was to used to use 2 kicks and a snare and I went back and tapped my cymbals all out on a separate track. If you want to hear what it sounds like I can say this I’ll post a link to my SoundCloud with overc40 tracks I created with the SR 16, and it sounds like a full band I’ve had some people say they couldn’t tell it was drum machine.
The MPC Touch, Live, Live2, OnE, and X is 1,2,3,4,5. They basically have everything and the updates keep making it even better. Ive found the One for like $500 used. Don't waste your time and money with anything else. Thank me later.
FACTS BRUH
FORCE
What’s funny is I have had all of those in that order lol I still have my X live 2 and one
Yeah I`m not sure what this Cyberdyne reviewer is on lol. The MPC One blows the complete list away. Surprised the model T-lame thousand didn't include the OP1 in the review.
2:37
I’m surprised. Both the HR:16 and HR:16B which came out years before the SR:16 had backlit displays.
The “cons” of the Roland TR-8S were matters of opinion and not design flaws of the machine. So they tells me you couldn’t really find anything wrong with the Roland.
Digitakt has great midi out capabilities. This is really good if you want to drive your other gear and sequence it from one point. Plus 8 CC per midi track, the trigg conditions and many more. I could only suggest the Digitakt.
The Digitakt completely eclipses the TR8S!
@@PRVNCLNETWORK no it doesn't
Roland and the alesis are drum machine
The maschine mk is a CONTROLLER
The MPC One is a Sampler/Standelone Daw
The Elektron Digitakt is a Sampler
Real Drum Machines
Bastl Kastle drum (its not for everyone)
Pocket operator Tonic and Rhythm
Aturia drumbrute (mah)
Volca beats (only cool if you mod the hell out of it/individualnoutputs /snaremod)
Volca Drum (best thing on the market)
Elektron Model Cycles (more an Groovebox)
Roland tr 6s (sampler groovebox)
Roland tr 06 (real analog)
Behringer clone td 6, 909, 808
LXR DRUM SYNTH
Ik multimedia drum (stay away)
Upcoming the korg drum logue
What about “Roland R8 Human Rhythm Composer” (if u can find one) for rock & roll drums?
Usually I would dislike a video that shows no demos of the sounds, but this was great as a beginner who knows nothing about drum machines. Thumbs up
Why the SR16, when the SR18 is a modern revamp?
SR-16 was released in 91. Funny it made this list. The MPC Live II after the 2.10 update is at the top in my opinion.
MPC one is by far the best out of them all.. ❤
Jack O'donnel will be very happy to read your comment, while roger linn will tell you that this machine is designed to break down in a few days.
Everything that inMusic or Numark does ends up dying.
The best Elektron Digitakt DDS-8 has arrived to my home, thank God i finally got it. Big like for the review.
Make a video , show with the Elektron how to make a song :)
I used the Alesis SR 16 for my first album I love it but I’m in the market for another. I tapped all my stuff out and did it originally on a 4 track.
I’m looking for a drum machine for mostly classic and progressive rock music. Things like realistic flams and realistic sounding snare ghost notes... the little nuances that are typical of the drumming in these genres. Some of this would be tied to the sequencing capabilities of course like being able to adjust levels on each step individually. So many drum machines on the market but most of the information pertains to electronic dance music. Any ideas?
I get what you're trying to do but you're gonna have a hard time making prog drum tracks with a drum machine, you'd be better off looking for either a real drummer, learning drums yourself, or using virtual drums, as a vst, not a drum machine
Look into the Boss DR-880.
@@AntwhaleNearfar Ok... Thanx
Hire a drummer. lol
My choice is the SR16. You have to put effort and time in programming.
This is so great, I liked Akai Professional MPC One the most. Thank you so much.
Such a thorough review without a single sound? Just talking? Easy PASS
Still waiting for a drum machine made in the last 20 years that has a fat snare. Yamaha was about all there was after 1990, but they abandoned the line.
I'm glad I caught this video. I work with a semi-modular synth rig (Moog Matriarch, DFAM, Mother 32, and a little Arturia Microbrute). I typically use Fruity Loops for drums and as my MIDI clock. I have had the Alesis SR-16 that was given to me as a gift, sitting in my desk for a few months. I only plugged it in once, didn't like the drum sound presets, and just kind of dismissed it as something that was pretty much useless for my needs. I guess I should have opened the manual. I had no idea that it was that flexible. Its portability makes it a better choice for live purposes than Fruity Loops... So I guess I'm going to be spending some more time with this particular gadget.
Thanks to you now I know which drum machine to give as a present for my cousin, he's a drummer indeed
there are needs and wants and you don't need it, if you have a daw, you can do everything in it for the most part
Mpc one is a beast a mobile computer can make it portable with a power bank
A major flaw of the digitakt is the lack of velocity sensitive keys. When that is overlooked by the reviewer then I can’t take the reviews seriously
Alesis SR-16 reviewed over the SR-18? I have both and the SR-18 is WAY better.
Sorry, but I only consider drum machines those machines that only make rhythms, things like SP-404, MPC, digitakt, octatrack, drumlogue, TR8s, are machines that play samples of any instrument, flutes, trumpets, synthesizers, violins, clarinets, clavichords, pianos... they are not just exclusive drum machines, although they can make rhythms, I don't consider them drum machines, they are samplers that play any sound file you put into it.
The TR-909 has samples but they are fixed, so it has a part that is rompler and the rest analog sounds. Alesis SR-16 is a rompler with an exclusive collection of drum and percussion sounds, it's a machine dedicated to rhythms and you can't change them, that's why it considers it a drum machine, because it's a machine to generate rhythms exclusively.
OK, MIDI controllers are just controllers, they don't have their own sounds, they are linked to software that plays on your computer, so the drum machine is the one on your computer and not the hardware you're driving, maschine is a sampler workstation Like MPC Studio, and I don't think of it as a drum machine, it's a workstation.
I was thinking about buying DDS-8. Thanks for the video mate ;)
Glad I could help!
They are the best products, I liked all the Best Drum Machine 2020, they seem incredible, thanks for the good content, I always watch your videos and they are the best.
How about the Boss DR 880 Drum machine?
Ummm, Alesis SR16? What the hell is a "studio icon" and how would that make it good for "remix engineers"?
This guy reading off wiki pages lol
these are the best Drum Machines you can find, great quality
Analog Rytm MK2 with microtiming and analog filtering.
mpc one is way better then what is on this list
The Alesis SR - 16 came out in something like 1990. Why does it get a mention here? The SR - 18 came out in 2012. Much much much better.
Mpc One wins every time. It's a sampler, sequencer, drum machine and DAW all in one.
And the most uninspiring
So is my blackbox sp 404 and novation tracks so yeah
Useful presentation of top 5 best Drum Machine. Elektron Digitakt DDS-8 looks interesting. Thanks for details.
Who keeps making these kinds of videos. These affiliate links videos with no connection to the product. Always feel like those links are shady.
Great. This is all the useful information I am looking for. I plan to buy one too.
Totally honest opinion, the fact that you put the Alesis SR-16 in a best-of-2021 list makes this video a total joke
MPC 3000 is the g.o.a.t.
I simply came here to pause the video and say I never plan on buying any drum machine. Ever. Why is youtube recommending me this?
: / YOU SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED SOUND SAMPLES OF EACH PRODUCT!!!!!
Also Arturia's multiple drumbrute models. Perhaps because you don't sell them. The original might have the most flexibility but might require tweeking via its 12 individual instrument outputs. The kicks lack a bit of sustain and depth but just put a little distortion on there and you're set. The later brumbrute models have better sounding kicks, plus internal distortion knobs.
TR-8S desperately needs a modern sequencer with probability
Very good TOP Best Drum Machine !! This is great! Thanks for all this information.
The Maschine Mikro MK3 is the best Drum Machine 2020, it has everything I need, thanks to Techs You Can't Live Without for making this type of compilations that help a lot to people who do not know which one to choose.
Can the mk3 be used without a computer?
@@jeffreydavid6794 No
Review without sounds of drums? Nonsense
The Maschine MK3 is better than all these, I have an MPC One also. What makes the MK3 better is the better quality of sounds you get from Native Instruments and also there are a whole lot more expansions, instruments and content for it and the customer service is also better. This video should be titled; "Beginner Drum Machines, which one should you buy" or something like that
Can the mk3 be used without a computer?
@@jeffreydavid6794 no but there’s a stand-alone unit for $1300
@@jeffreydavid6794 the MK+
@@MasterHangman33 Cool I'll check it out. Thanks.
One further reply/correction about the regular MK3 Unit I mainly use(the $699 model). - you CAN just work off the unit itself on the led screen displays which I do to work on speed inasmuch to do entire freestyle sets from scratch live, beat and spit mercilessly heavy bars off top but at how when I want to simply see larger screens I use a 50 inch Vizio and a 20 inch monitor but still make all my tracks live on the fly
im going to return my drum machine then watch this
Awesome vid
No track write on the TR8S, only pattern chain..!!
Really amazing, thank you for share
My pleasure
I was just looking for this! You helped me a lot with this video, great recommendation! Keep it up, I will follow you.
Excellent content, the information is clear and easy to understand, I appreciate the time you took to share this video.
A best list based upon what? Functionality? Cost? Sales? What is the criteria? Seems like the creator of the list has questionable judgment because based upon sales, functionality, or cost, this is bad list with omissions.
Such a good review; the comparisons were so useful. Thanks mate!
No Behringer clones?
I think this video has helped me decide on the MPC One. Great content!
Great product offer .. hard to make a good choice .
excellent compilation of the best Drum Machines, they are very good, they adapt to my needs, I will buy one of these
I'm speechless - literally no audio examples for these machines. The new SR18 might sound pretty good compared to the very old SR16. Find a proper review channel folks,
Great product offer .. hard to make a good choice ..good job dude ;)
Just get the samples.....
Much Gratitude
…geez “sell the sizzle not the steak” damn
This video is totally great, I really love everything that is mentioned in it, they deal with a very interesting topic for me, thank you very much for sharing it, keep it up!
Behold the shillbot.
Great, thanks for sharing this
Same ol same ol. How about a video on real drum machines with a grid or grids. .
MY GOD he is just reading what we can read on the box. FAIL
Great video
I like when we never heard them. 🤦
Unwatchable due to shockingly bad audio\speech.
Alesis is 30 years old
did anyone hear it?
I am so disappointed by this video. All this talking about the specs and no audio previews..
The SR-16 has no place on any "best of" list. - 20 year owner of an SR-16
no hat ebut you say a 120£ drum machine is a big buy but a 600£ one isnt
A drum machine and a groove box is not the same thing! You only had two drum machines and three grove boxes. Try again please!
You pronounce Alesis incorrectly...
New mpcs kill everything
Its too bad drummers cant buy electric guitar players. And piano players
SO.. I SHOULD NOT BUY A DRUM MACHINE ??????
Unfortunately some of these are more music production tools than drum machines.
The SR-16 wins again.
Roland RX-11, sounds like humans.
Best drum machine 2020... A drumset.
Yeah let me just lug around a fukin drumset everytime I feel like writing some music..
Also :$$$$
Starts off by showing me a drum machine I owned 20 years ago! LMAO FAIL!
I have to disagree with the words of praise in the comments. This is a poor and utterly useless review of drum machines.
Smarmy sales pitch language.
Pretty amateur overview, consider 3/5 of these aren't, properly speaking, even drum machines.
All talking. No demo?
terrible video
Too much Repetition of information . . . previously stated. I had to give this a Thumbs Down.
Yeah, but this isn’t helpful at all.
Just get a real drummer it’s way more inspirational.
I am a real drummer yet I also love drum machines
Using a drum machine as a writing tool is one thing but putting drum machine tracks on a final product ALWAYS sounds terrible.
I am pretty sure, you have no idea what you are talking about...
Or you can buy real drums, just saying
But if you're a one (wo)man band, and can't play everything, this is helpful.
@@brandyl9234 Or start a band
Obviously not everyone has the time or means to do that. And in my area drummers are actually hard to find. But thanks for suggesting ideas that I had never once ever thought of.
@@brandyl9234 I wasn't being mean. Try using the internet to find people, you might be surprised to find someone. I think it's cool your into music
@@kpowers I apologize for getting defensive. Hard to read tone through text sometimes 😬