Best groovebox ever made?

The Lounge Other Gear
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For me it’s between the MDuwmk2+ and the Akai Force.
Interface/immediacy vs power with jammability in mind.

Have also owned to compare against:
Yamaha RS7000, RM1x, Korg ES1/ER1/EA1, ESX, Roland MC307/505, Monomachine, OT, Digitakt.

I’d likely also put the Push 3 up there if I owned it.

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Boss DR-660. i got so many full tracks out of that when i was at college in 95-97

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Squarepusher doxxed :point_up_2: :grin:

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The easiest, fastest, most fun and one of the cheapest: The Model:Cycles :sunglasses:
Actually, the SP-404mk2 is also one of my favorite

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  1. M+
  2. Polyend Tracker
  3. 1010 Music Blackbox
  4. DJS 1000
  5. MC-707

Weighted towards the speed and quality of my output using them. Or the order i would sell them (bottom first)

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I’ve owned a lot too. I’ve been in this stupid search for the perfect one for a while. So here’s my 2 cents based on the quality of the stuff I made with them:

  1. Ableton Push
  2. Maschine (every version, including +).
  3. Dirtywave M8 Tracker (I wasn’t into trackers, but boy you can make it sing)
  4. Deluge
  5. MC 707
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OT
M8
Both capable of creating incredibility versatile sounds, with a hugely appealing resampling workflow. Nothing I’ve used has the ability to create such expressive and dynamic sound design with fantastic arrangers too. Elektron gear has a lot going for it in that sense, but the OT’s use of sampling takes it that next step up imo.

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M+ and MC707

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OT
MD
A4
MnM
M8

in any order

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Radical technologies Spectralis- imo.Resisting obtaining atm for the same reason I’m holding off getting another OT because the learning curve.Steep but worth it.Maybe I need to get both again and devote the rest of my electronic endeavours to them……or just crack on with Ableton ))

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At least for techno (et similia), the most fun to use in all scenario, in my opinion, is the Analog RYTM (although I have the mk1).
Synthesized drums + basic synth + basic sample player (all 3 layerable) + indipendent track lenght + cond trigs + scenes + performance.
On Mk2 add the live sampling capability + performance knob + full usb audio + 2x CV inputs…
Beast.

(Edit: forgot that master bus Overdrive+Compressor… :drooling_face: :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:)

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Be interested to see the correlated data. I’d expect it to be weighted towards Elektron boxes because of where we are, but they aren’t running away with it I don’t think. Or maybe they are?

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Deluge

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54

Creativity: Syntakt.
Improv Live performance: Perkons
Capabilities and expressiveness: Push 3

Though push is close second when it comes to creativity. To push it to that first position they need to incorporate a few features first.

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sorry to be that guy…

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57

After enough frustration, OT wins over MPC, its just more playable.

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So as always. To each their own :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

I would say
OT and Rytm

Realisticly if Push 3 is ready someday it should be hard to compete against that beast.

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I mean, increasingly it’s the Synthstrom Deluge. The community firmware stuff is pushing it waaaaaay over the top.

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Jomox Alpha Base

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For me the combination of Circuit Tracks and SP 404 MK2 that‘s in my head is the best groovebox ever not made.

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