Hi Greg, That's cool. I liked the machines all right, but I was finding myself losing patience trying to accomplish some things with the 880. Guess it's due to the beginning stages of Old Fart Syndrome. Be that as it may, I do most of the stuff in Sonar now; and I sold all but one drum machine. It's the Dr-660. Again, not a bad unit, but those pads are way too sensitive; and you can't write any more than two measure patterns. I wanted to use it more for live performances, but I'm kind of picky when it comes to my backing stuff. Cheers! Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Steel To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 23:38 Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Your Vote for most Accessible Drum Machine Hi Mike I also had the dr-770 and 880 and I switched to Sonar using seperior drummer with the metal foundry pack and I still use my grooveboxes too for my solo project.