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Jamie :

I've only had this machine for a couple of weeks now as I sold my old drum machine to buy it. The biggest difference is that this sounds like a proper 808/909. It is infinitely more tweakable (all controls are assigned to a midi controller!). The distortion is also very good. The multiple outputs are handy for external processing. If you like fat sounds and 'on the fly' editing then this is excellent. The sounds are a mixture of analogue models and samples. One problem is that if you use too many of the modelled sounds the polyphony can drop to 5 or 6 notes, but I haven't really noticed that yet. The bottom line is if you want the fattest and cheapest 808/909 alternative to the real thing then buy this module. In the UK shop around because I managed to get it cheaper than the rrp.

Magnus EmilssonThe sound is like a 808 / 909 but a bit more hi-fi since it doesn't create the same amount of noise ( My 909 did create quite a bit of it. ). Editing is wonderful to perform since almost all parameters have their own knob, and thoose who doesn't have a dedicated button and the in / dec type o thing. It has a few interresting extras the 808 / 909 misses like Frontcut - Does the same thing as cutting off the begining of sample in a sampler. MidiNoteOff - MidiNnote off recognize. Distorsion - A real nice addenum wich saves an outboard option. There's a few problem though, the voices are limited to eight wich make the unit run out of voices ( but a bit of sampling can fix that ) and scream like crazy. If you use front cut on i.e bd,clap,ohh,chh,snare you will probably experience bad timing and note clipping.

!!! The unit was first released with a too small powersupply and the ones having one rating under 500mA should get a new one imedietly.