Drum Machine recommendation

[firstbassman]

Speaking of drum machines, I have a really dumb newbie question.
Magix's Music Studio 10 comes with FIVE drum machines.

Drum & Bass
Beatbox
Robota
Anvil
LiVid (Little Virtual Drummer)

I have (sort of) figured out how to use two of them. But when I "record" or "insert" the drum loop into a new track, it only inserts one instance of the loop, let's say two bars worth.

How do I get drum loops to repeat for the entire verse, let's say?

Do I just copy and paste it over and over?

PS: Studio is a (mostly) nice and easy little program but Magix's support is horrible.

[firstbassman]

Never mind. Found it by coincidence when researching something else.
Have to go to two different menus, three layers deep!
Sometimes I wonder about programmers.

[legobeast]

Those old Sequential Circuits drum machines from the 80's are fantastic !!!! the Thoms with its cartridge and the Drum Trax with its wooden sides... make mince meat of your Boss, your head too and quite cheap to buy now and fun to use.....

[longhouse]

Q. What's the difference between a drummer and a drum machine?

A. You only have to punch the rhythm into a drum machine once.

Once I moved into PC-based recording, drum machines began to look like cotton gins and wringer washers! Drag, drop, paste, paint...

But, as has been stated, nothing beats the real thing. Hope the DR works out for you though! We used an Alesis for a long time during our drummer drought.

Good luck.

[doctorwho]

I have an older Korg S3 that I have not really learned to use, but I think that it has a feature that shifts beats slightly at random to make the sound more "live".

[rickenmetal]

The Korg S3 is one of the very few drum machines where the sounds are completely programmable, another is the Yamaha RY30. You can't use your own samples, but you can customize the sounds to the max and make it sound completely original. Supposedly it's somewhat hard to use, but you should learn, it will be worth it.

[shamustwin]

I have a couple Oberheim DMX's from the '80's. Very "Prince".

[fluffy]

I like my trusty Alesis SR16. it's the 3rd one I've owned, having sold the other 2 in harder times. I had a Kawai GB-1 but gave it to my 9yr old daughter. The SR16 does have a few useless beats but the number of useful ones combined with being easily programmable makes it a keeper.

[Bighouse]

I've got an M-Audio Fastrack II arriving next week. It comes with Pro Tools 8 M-Powered. Seems to have an ability to use canned drummed loops for song creation- anyone ever use it? It's probably just a toy compared to what most of you guys use- so don't laugh too much!