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We have budget-friendly depth in the form of the Teenage Engineering PO 32 (opens in new tab), which certainly offers a lot more than its looks might suggest, and Korg's Volca Beats is also still a great buy at the lower end of the price range.
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We've listed our choice drum machines in price order to make it easier for you to find the right one for your budget.Īs you'll see in our full list, you can spend anything from less than three figures to well into four for a drum machine, such is their diversity and range of applications. If you'd rather find out which we think are the best drum machine picks, keep scrolling down! Here you can read about the main features you should consider when buying a drum machine. If you want to learn a little more about buying a drum machine before you decide which one is for you, head to the buying advice section of this guide. We are also not covering drum machines which are more at the synth end of production like Moog's DFAM and Soma Laboratory's Pulsar-23. While they do beats, their focus is more as hardware DAWs for complete song production. We're not including bigger music production workstations like the Native Instruments Maschine+, Polyend Tracker, Roland Verselab MV-1 and Akai MPC Live II. They come in all shapes and sizes: from cheaper beat makers that provide great, workhorse sounds for many genres, right up to full-blown grooveboxes that will add bass and lead synth and sample parts to those beats. Each one of the best drum machines in our round-up works as a standalone unit without the need for any other gear. Drum machines are therefore in demand for everything from live performances to adding that elusive analogue clout to a computer-based mix.