One of the missed Winter NAMM products is this new drum machine by Alesis released after the more than 15 years success of the SR-16. The Alesis SR-18 Drum Machine sound range covers almost any kind of music and has some interesting drums, hits, electronic drums, percussion and bass sounds.
The Alesis SR-18 Drum Machine features 24-voice polyphony, 32MB percussion and bass sounds, built-in effects (reverb, EQ and compression), 12 drum pads, transport controls, value/tempo jog wheel, pattern-trigger pad, drum roll and mute/solo functions, 100 factory and 100 user presets, backlit LCD, 1/4″ input, 1/4” aux and headphones outputs and MIDI connections.
This drum machine can be controlled by footswitch pedals, the available functions for this controllers are start/stop and A-B fill/count. The Alesis SR-18 Drum Machine is now available and its price is $250.
I have not seen this new model yet, but the old one is one tough customer to improve upon. I was wondering if we have another Korg M1 type of situation here, an instant “classic” being born. You see, what chafes MY expression pedal, is that EVERYBODY owns the old model, and are smitten w/ the latest offering (or others) and have to have it. But do you think ANYBODY will sell me their old M1 OR SR16 ? OR Proteus module OR “VintageKeys/Classic Keys modules ? ? ? NO WAY ! Dagnabbit ! ! and I pay top dollar too ! ! Let’s hide and watch this one, for sentimental reasons, y’all. Roger Harris, Managing Dir., The Raggamuffin Philharmonic Orchestra Co.
does anyone know how the Alesis SR 18 compares with the Boss/Roland DR 880 ? any responses will be highly appreciated… there’s at least 200 price difference between the two..
Sincerely,
Robot
Just tried out the Sr 18. very impressive.
bought and returned the 880. great sounds but some major functional problems. Tempos per pattern cannot be globally turned off. so switching patterns means switching tempos.
Just not set up for live use unless you just use song mode.
Alesis is very functional for live use. Thanks, Tom