Boss DR-880 Dr. Rhythm Drum Machine
You think you have rhythm, yeah? Maybe you’ve got a degree in rhythm, but you certainly don’t have a doctorate… our friend here DR-880 Dr. Rhythm, however, definitely does. This little beast is loaded with 440 drum and percussion sounds and 40 bass sounds, all in the name of getting you groo-hoo-ooving. You can program your way into hip hop, R&B, rap, rock, and jazz directions… and plenty more. Because, thanks to the three EZ compose buttons, it’s really easy to put together your own programs (FYI: 500 preset, 500 user). You can also add fills, ghost notes, chord progressions, etc.
Product Features
- EZ Compose feature for quick, hassle-free programming. Four assignable footswitch and expression-pedal inputs. Individual outputs, digital out, USB port
- Guitar/bass input, multi-effects, COSM amp models. 20 velocity-sensitive pads
- 440 drum and percussion sounds, 40 bass sounds with COSM bass-amp models
- 3 independent insert effects (EQ and compression), TSC (Total Sound Control) featuring 3-band EQ
- 500 preset and 500 user patterns; add fills, ghost notes, chord progressions and more
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The Boss DR-880 is an amazing machine. Yes The Boss DR-880 is an amazing machine. Yes, there are many options for drums within any given DAW, but I was an owner of BOSS’s DR-5 and sometimes prefer just to program a little without having to fire-up the computer. I think you can get more of a variety of contemporary polished & un-polished sounds through software; however, there is still a ton that you can do with the sounds inside this unit. The sounds are about as real as you can get on a drum machine. Even my DR-5 fooled people into…
I may just be scratching the surface of its capabilities but have found it fairly easy to use and can do more than I expected …