A drum machine is a machine invented to imitate the sound of drums, without the use of actual drums. These machines are quite useful for bands and orchestras when they are short of drummers. The first drum machines were invented in the early 1930s. At present most bands do use drum machines in order to create unique beats and hence music and these drum machines can make more than five hundred beats. Today there are many reasons for a person to buy drum machines. One simple reason can be due to lack of space. Many people live in tiny, cramped apartments. Add in your family, pets along with their belongings and soon there will be no room for a drum kit in your house. Since drum machines are small and portable, they take less space than an actual set of drums. It can also be an extremely wise investment to buy drum machines if one is thinking of starting a band or already has a band lacking a drummer. Unlike drums, drum machines do not require years and years of practice in order to produce good beats. Such as these there can be many other reasons to make people buy drum machines.

 

If you are planning to buy drum machines, there is a large selection of them in the market today, under different brands and models. Ableton, Roland, Yamaha, Casio, Akai and Boss are a few famous brands that you might come across as you research to buy drum machines. Research is in fact what you should do prior to buying drum machines. First get to know the top brands and the latest models of drum machines as it will not do to buy drum machines of late models.

 

The next wise step before you buy your drum machine is to do a price check of the different brands. While there might not be a lot of fluctuations in prices among drum machines of different brands with almost the same features, it is worth your while to check out their prices. Some brands offer additional equipment such as head phones, accompaniment books, stands, and other required equipments along with the machines. But in some brands these accessories have to be bought separately. When you add up the price of the accessories, it will take twice as the original amount to buy drum machines. Therefore check for such offers before you buy drum machines. These offers are normally given during festival seasons such as Christmas and summer sales. Also be sure to check on shipping or delivery arrangements if you are planning to buy drum machines online.

 

As mentioned above there is not a huge difference in prices if the drum machines are under different brands but almost the same quality. But the price range can start from $150 and go as high as $400 - $500 depending on the additional features that they provide.