<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I have to say, I got an MFB 522 and it sounds really good, ok it's not an 808 but in the mix it'd sound pretty close. </div><div>You can sync it via midi and play the sounds via midi. </div><div>The programming/ui is a bit odd for using the internal patterns but it may give you what you want, and it's a good price!</div><div><br></div><div>Paul<br><br><div>______________________________</div><div>VacoLoco</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://vacoloco.net">http://vacoloco.net</a></div><div><a href="http://twitter.com/VacoLocoSynth">http://twitter.com/VacoLocoSynth</a></div><div><a href="http://facebook.com/VacoLocoInstruments">http://facebook.com/VacoLocoInstruments</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On 25 Nov 2011, at 22:30, Larry Pham <<a href="mailto:numode@gmail.com">numode@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>I sold my 808 sometime ago and have missed it since. The sound was great but the lack of modern control and sync did not justify keeping it. The acid lab stuff looks interesting and could be a good contender. Not sure if I want to she'll out that much cash for one though. The machine drum sounds too sterile/thin for my taste. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 2011-11-25, at 5:19 PM, K9 Kai Niggemann <<a href="mailto:canine@waf80.de">canine@waf80.de</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>recently I looked into the Acidlab Miami (<a href="http://www.acidlab.de/Videos/#Miami">http://www.acidlab.de/Videos/#Miami</a>)<div><br></div><div>After I was quite stunned by some of the videos I figured a machinedrum is more versatile and not that much more expensive. Also I have the Novation drumstation and an MPC -- should be fun to connect the two into a serious groove setup...</div><div><br></div><div>Kai</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 25.11.2011, at 10:52, Jay Vaughan wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I played with one recently. Its quite yawn, I didn't really get into it at all. I found that the presets were okay, got me inspired, but the moment I started to tweak/edit/push/pull things sort of fell flat. Again, I blame the interface, not the engine.</blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>music-bar mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar">http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>music-bar mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar">http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>