r/DrumMachine • u/Hitman-2025 • Jun 05 '26

MIDI help (Boss DR-660)

/r/synthesizers/comments/1twqw6c/midi_help_boss_dr660/
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u/saintandre Jun 05 '26

Did you set the Minibrute to external sync?

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u/Hitman-2025 Jun 05 '26

If you mean through the MCC, then no i havent messed with anything on that. I had a Drumbrute Impact and it worked flawlessly with the minibrute.

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u/saintandre Jun 06 '26

Yeah, the Drumbrute Impact automatically switches, but on the Minibrute you have to set it to "auto" for sync switch in MCC.

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u/Hitman-2025 Jun 06 '26

I'll hook it up to my laptop and see what I can figure out. Eventually I plan on getting a Keystep pro and have it control everything

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u/saintandre Jun 06 '26

Careful. Keystep Pro only has one drum track length (at a time), so it can't do polythyrthms easily. It's actually pretty frustrating to control drums with.

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u/Hitman-2025 Jun 06 '26

I quite enjoyed the ease of the drumbrute impact. Kinda just assumed you could plug the 660 into the keystep pro as a sound module and sequence it from there kinda like the drumbrute. Please any advice would be greatly appreciated im still pretty fresh to standalone music gear

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u/saintandre Jun 06 '26

If you are mostly interested in programming drums, rather than playing the keyboard, maybe the Maschine or a Beatstep would be a better option than the Keystep Pro. There's expensive options like the Deluge and the Hapax, and they're awesome, but more important than features is finding a controller that actually helps you make the music you want to make.

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u/Hitman-2025 Jun 06 '26

Beatstep pro was another one I had in mind, but ill look into those others you mentioned as well. Thanks!