The drum sounds are pretty unique. Main attraction is the BIG kick drum. The snare is super abrasive and punchy, it doesn't have that electronic sound of earlier 80's stuff, its ok. Hihats are pretty good. Despite being named the TOM the toms on this are, like with other drum machines of this era, a laughable disgrace.
Handclaps are good.
Recording patterns on this is a breeze as is tweaking individual instrument tunings and volume. My only complaint is that the MIDI was a little difficult to figure out. Basically you always want it in Mode 4, otherwise the TOM will interpret other midi messages as tuning commands and screw all the drum sounds up. The tuning option greatly expands the utility of otherwise cheesy sounds. But the cartridges are the big news here.