So, few days ago I was chatting with a friend and we had a very interesting/silly debate.
It is more useful for a producer to have several drum machines such as TR 606, 909, 808, Linn drum and everything along those lines, or have a sampler (hardware, such as Maschine plus, and the competitor that we will not name hahah) and have one tool that can provide you all type of drums.
I sided with the sampler, however I never owned a real drum machine, so I couldn't beat the argument that with with specific drum machines you have more control on the sound and better quality of sound.
I know that this debate is kind of pointless, maybe more philosophical than anything, what are your thoughts? I'd like to hear especially from hardware musicians that have experience with samplers and drum machines