The Zoom RT-223 Rhythm Trak is pretty multitalented, with acoustic drum sounds for standard jazz, rock, funk, and blues applications, together with other nifty sound features. The RT-223 Rhythm Trak is a drum & bass machine for any sort of rhythm play. Light weight and small size, this unit will go with you wherever you like.

Zoom RhythmTrak RT-223 Review

The Zoom RT223 Rhythm Trak drum machine appears with built-in 70 drum kits, and has adequate space for you to make and store 127 kits. There are also 12 life-like bass sounds available, as well. Some of these contain pick, slap, fretless, acoustic, and synth. It has four different kinds of reverb – Hall, Room, Spring, Plate and Chorus, Flanger, and Delay. The effect send level can be put for each sound source separately.

The RT-223 is available with 440 playing patterns that can be employed directly from Jazz, Rock, and Funk to Club and House. A large quantity of phrase variations including intro, fill-in, and ending patterns are also supplied with RT-223.

A full of 70 drum kits are incorporated, with acoustic drum sounds for rock, R&B, funk, and jazz. There are five Human Voice “Beat Box” Percussion kits that are at present all the rage in Hip Hop. Make advanced rhythm tracks where kick, scratch, snare and other instrument sounds are articulated as human voices. Read more »

Yamaha Acoustic Drum Sets: PHX

Yamaha’s PHX utilizes re-designed versions of the Nouveau lug and YESS. The new lug mounts on a square hook rather than a round post. This keeps the tension rod in perfect vertical alignment and eliminates the need to use two hands while tuning the drum. The aluminum die-cast hoops in PHX are very light but inflexible, giving you the open, perfect sound of a triple-flanged hoop and the accurate tuning of a die-cast hoop. Lugs and hoops are available in chrome or gold.

Yamaha PHX Acoustic drums

The fresh version of the YESS mounting system supports the drum at the top and bottom. A 3-piece fastening system is used to attach the new YESS to the shell, and the inside and outside fasteners do not touch. This system totally isolates the drum and allows the full tone to come through and maximizes sustain. The new version mounts the tom bracket onto a piece of the shell, and that wooden plate is isolated or shock-mounted using rubber grommets. The shells of the PHX are 11-ply hybrid shells. The woods used are increasingly harder from the center ply to the outer plies. All drums have a 30° bearing edge, but each “family” of drums uses a different profile. Bass drums have a sharper edge cut toward the outer plies. This gives the bass drums attack and shortens the decay. Yamaha PHX is offered with either maple or burled ash exterior plies, and with gold or chrome hardware. Read more »

Boss Dr. Rhythm DR-880 Drum Machine

The Boss DR-880 Drum Machine is a rhythm-programming powerhouse which is equipped with world-class drum, percussion, and bass sounds from Roland’s famous SRX library. Boss DR-880 Drum Machine includes a dramatic collection of original waveforms.

Boss DR-880 Drum Machine

Patterns can be use deeper with the “Groove Modify” feature, where a variety of groove and triplet senses can be applied. Guitar and bass players can join the action by plugging straight to the DR-880′s guitar/bass input jack, and playing through the built-in COSM drive/amp models and multi-effects. Ghost notes and fills can also be added automatically. With the Pattern mode, you can select and combine pre-programmed phrase combinations to create new patterns. Push the Chord Progression button to select chord-progression templates. Through the Fill-In button, you can choose phrases from the Fill-In library, and put them into the pattern. The library encloses various phrases, ranging from simple fills to bombastic breaks.

An extraordinary new collection of top-quality, custom sounds were created for the Boss DR-880. The DR-880 Drum Machine is equipped with some of the most famous sounds from our renowned SRX library Read more »