Absolutely. I find on Rebeater, some drum machines help me figure it out much easier. I like the SG110 and the SG909 the most.

Thanks! I have the 110 already, and it is one of my go-to machines as well. I was going to shoot for the 606 next, but I might jump rank and get the 909 instead!

There have been a couple that stumped me for sure. I changed drum machines and it did help. I try to do one a day, which is getting harder. lol

Using different machines is definitely worth a try. On some machines, low tom masks base drum, on others they are clearly distinguishable.

As long as the same pattern is repeated until correctly replicated, I captured screenshots just before running out of time to have a quick start on the next try. At some level (I'm currently at 125), every time a new pattern is presented.

This one was my piece of resistance, subtle difference... http://www.soundgym.co/space/talk?id=K2HJM3WYIWH&t=MV6D4T7LH5L

Dang!! 125? I thought I was doing good at level 46. lol

I'm only at 37, and things are getting hard. So much room for improvement! It's an opportunity to excel.

I just tried Rebeater again with random drum machines and it was tough. I switched to the SG110 and it helped me immensely. I could immediately hear what I had put wrong using the other machines.

Rebeater won't get more difficult at some point.

''I've noticed that certain drum machines are better at representing certain sounds of the kit.''

I consider this as part of the learning experience. In real life, when the need to transcribe a drum groove arises, you typically can't just have it replayed on a drum maching of your choice.

It's probably good to not only learn the sound of different drum machines, but also what drums mask which other ones. Once you have this down - which I don't in all cases - it gets easier to make educated guesses what you might wrong when you can't hear any differences anymore.

Granted, this is probably only useful for ancient music which uses a single drum machine, but still. ;-)

Thanks. I've been rethinking my approach as well, but mostly outside of Rebeater. I generally will work on the games with whatever sounds are randomly chosen. This makes it much harder for me, but I think in the long run it will help. If I'm only choosing sounds that make the game easier, then I'm not doing myself any favors. I'll have to do this some with Rebeater as well.