Comments on: Yamaha RX11

By: buntlax

buntlax — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:31:25 +0000

RX5 is good for techno! as scan 7 use it in all his live performance for years…

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:31:11 +0000

I used it on 2 songs so far but they aren’t released it. I’m drum machine obsessed.

By: techy

techy — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:08:42 +0000

well, they look just like twins:) harmony-central says they copy each other. so – have you made post production on you recorded loops? they sound lower than mine.

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:24:15 +0000

I never compared the sound of the one I have to other models… anyone else know?

By: techy

techy — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:14:36 +0000

I have bought rx 15, but look forward to buy rx 11 too. seems like no difference in sound, just individual outputs added. mine even has covered holes for individual outputs!
question: have you used any post-prod on loops with rx 11 alone? mine sounds higher in eq terms and has a hiss. what about yours?
thanx=)

By: Mr Hyde

Mr Hyde — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:25:36 +0000

So I checked the internet to see if I could find more of these Yamaha Drum machines and a guy was selling his RX5, so i picked it up yesterday, It’s a nice machine as well, nice samples, but the 8bit sounds of the RX11 still sounds better I think, the RX5 is still a good purchase though, Paid 150 for it, including the Cartridge with 28 extra samples. It’s got faders for individual drum volume, which is really cool, and sounds can be edited, the machine itself is huge, same size as an MPC, the guy was also tryin to sell me a RX15 which i turned down, But if i’ve had the extra money with me I probably would have bought it… Next drum machine I’ll purchase will probably be the E-mu Drumulator or an SP12/1200 if I get the chance, or Roland TR-707

By: MrHyde

MrHyde — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:07:59 +0000

Just bought mine for 50 bucks, and i like this machine, already have the RX21 which contain less, but the same samples except for the hats that are different, i’ve been tryin to sell my 21 ’cause i didnt really like it after playin it a few times , but decided to give the RX11 a try since the price was so low, (cant get drummachines this low where i’m from, so its a steal), the RX11 has more features, looks cooler, (the 21 looks like a kids toy, ugly little thing, i think, but im probably gonna keep it for the extra hihats :)) I hooked it up, set the volumes, and it blew me away, nice old school machine, I like the Shaker the most, BD & SN are also nice, Worth Buying if you find one cheap, Think I’ll keep an eye out for a RX5, and get rid of the 21 when i buy one, can’t stand the sight of that horrible machine.

By: Raytrace

Raytrace — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:31:44 +0000

haha jus saw that now – thats really impressive the way the bot says ‘Now I see you’re into drum machines!’ pretty freaky actually if it is a bot o_O

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:53:52 +0000

And something else I just remembered …. The RX 5 allowed you to set which MIDI note each sound respond to when triggered externally. It also let me assign a note message out whenever a drum played. One of my favorite tricks was to get a crazy beat going, then send that over MIDI to a keyboard, making it play a ‘RIFF”. Then I could tweak the note assignment to get weird notes in key etc.

Again, pretty cool at the time and it was great for generating oddly satisfying mechanic tunes, especially since sequencers were still a bit fiddly to use (still are!) and it meant I could make music without a computer screen which I find still kills the flow.

But you’ve plenty of fun left in the RX11 yet….

I’ll stop now. ;-)

Lee

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:00:30 +0000

Ok this is one of those weird comments that blogs get that could be Spam or from someone very confused. Either way I thought it was hilarious and let it through the filter!