Having tried a few allegedly 'simple' drum machines, I now realise that all I need for live performances is a bass drum (or stomp box) playing four to a bar or in 12/8 time, that I can set the tempo with and switch on and off with a footswitch. I don't need snare, hi-hat or fills.
Can anyone tell me what is the simplest way to do this.
The 'simple' machines I've tried all want to provide pre-set full drum parts and the programmable machines seem very complicated to use live when I only want a bass drum beat.
What can I use? I don't even know what I'm looking for.
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I mean, I can fit a conga player in the boot of the car, but the congas take up the whole back seat.
Both have memory so you can save patterns, have start stop buttons and tempo knobs.
Patterns are easy to make too, you can either press play and record at the same time and tap it in live. Or press record and just tap where you want the beat.
You can set the number of active steps so you can set your time signature that way.
There's millions of videos on these so you should be able to figure out if it's for you.