But if I need a sound quickly its usually the first place I look because there is likely to be something in there that will just work, with very little tweaking required.Īlso, and this is quite embarrassing to admit to on Muffs, I really appreciate its GM capabilities. It's possibly the least exciting synth I've ever had. As a result, I usually use mine just in patch mode. It has the usual suspects, along with some quirky kits, including Casios, Buchla Modular sounds, Farfisa. The Sabotage drum machine library features samples from 214 drum machines.
If you’re looking for free drum machine samples, here’s a collections that’s just sort of stupid huge. However, in performance mode you are restricted to 3 FX only so if you've got a bunch of patches that rely on dedicated FX as part of their sound you are probably going to have to make some compromises if you want to use them in a multitimbral performance. Free Drum Sample Library Features 214 Drum Machines.
It has a fairly comprehensive FX section which contributes a lot to the sounds you can get out of it. My last Mac upgrade broke the OSX version I'd been using up till then. It's better to use a software editor and, if you're on Windows, you have the advantage over me because the free Roland editor and librarian software should still work for you. Programming from the front panel is reasonably direct but with 4 "tones" per voice its easy to get lost. It always looked way too fiddly to bother going there. I've never used the custom sample playback facilities so can't help you much on that side of things. It's got all the familiar JV preset sounds included and works with the expansion cards (I've got the vintage synth one installed). It's a good fallback when I just need to bang something out quickly. Although I don't use it very often these days I wouldn't want to get rid of it. I've had an XV-5080 since they first came out.