Drum Machine Recommendations?

[Slackerprince]

I am primarily a hobby player, and jam with others on occasion. Actually, playing with people more and more through craigslist, but I am looking for a drum machine to practice at home and work on my timing.
Looks like the selection is:

Zoom
Boss
Alesis

I am looking for a portable unit, rather than a software program.
Around $100-$200.
Any help or recommendations/experience would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Slackerprince

 

[filter]

This is the one I have. Its small and has lots of options.
Easy to use.

 

[CraigG]

Zoom B2.1u. You get an acceptable drum machine and lots of other extras you may find very useful. BTW, this post might be better suited under the "Effects" forum.

 

[BB75]

I have the Alesis SR-16. It works well for a low cost machine, fairly simple to use as well.

 

[Slackerprince]

Thank you.
Leaning towards the Zoom, but the Alesis gets good reviews on Harmony C. and MF.


S.

 

[hentor]

I've used an Alesis for years and have found it great for practicing and also for live gigs as well...

It is easy to program, sounds decent and you can also use footswitches to control on/off and the fill/change pattern options....

 

[bassicsax]

http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Line-6-JM4-Looper-Guitar-Effects-Pedal?sku=150498

This might be out of your price range, and isnt quite a drum machine, but its cool to jam with and practice with...

 

[thehurlatron]

I like the Boss units. (they also happen to be the only ones I've ever used )

there happens to be a nice one for sale here in the TB classifieds right now.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=473759

 

[Mikeyd74]

I've been using a Yamaha RY10 for at least 15 years now and I still haven't found anything that comes close to it in terms of ease of use. The sounds are a little outdated, but if you tweak them with an EQ and add some reverb you can get some good natural sounding drum sounds.
Here's one on ebay right now along with the instruction manual.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Yamaha-Rhythm-P...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

If you are curious to see what you can do with the Yamaha RY10 check out my myspace page. I rewrote the entire drum part to Simple Mind's "Don't you forget about me" on it.

 

[etoncrow]

I've used an Alesis for years and have found it great for practicing and also for live gigs as well...It is easy to program, sounds decent and you can also use footswitches to control on/off and the fill/change pattern options....

+1 to what he said

 

[deekay911]

+1 on Alesis