Alesis SR-16 Drum Machine Built-In Demo

Direct feed capture of the 40-second built-in demo of the Alesis SR-16 drum machine (made from 1990-Present*) by holding the PATTERN/SONG button and pressing the PLAY button**. Product site: http://www.alesis.com/sr16

* There's some indication that this product may have been out of production for some time but that there are still good supplies of new units at dealers (~$150), but is sill listed as a current product on the manufacturer's website.

** This is using a 1990 model unit...it's possible later releases had different firmware versions that either don't have the demo or have a different demo.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Alesis
• SR-16
• drum
• machine
• 16-bit
• demo
• 1990

[drvnrain]

Thamks for replying. So, once I've made up all of the different patterns, how do you arrange them into memory? I'm surte I'll get it one day. its just a little confusing. Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated! Thanks mates!

[xnonsuchx]

@drvnrain - Do you have the manual? If not, it's available as a PDF download from Alesis's website.It's been a long time since I've used it other than via MIDI from a computer, so would probably have to re-look at the manual myself.

[drvnrain]

I love the tonal quality, but haven't figured out how to write a complete song and have it saved in the machine. In other words, I want to be able to program an entire song, and record it onto my recorder so I can add the rest of the instruments! Help!! (and thanks)

[xnonsuchx]

@drvnrain - Like most drum machines, you program individual patterns and then arrange sets of patterns into songs.  The only way to do whole songs w/o breaking it down into sets of patterns would be to just use an external MIDI sequencer.

[electronicexposure]

Can you adjust the gate time on this? You know... make the snares and bass drums crisp and short?

[xnonsuchx]

@electronicexposure - There's no built-in effects...just samples, so you're limited to what effects the 'non-dry' variation samples have. You can only really adjust some tuning and stereo panning/output (there are a pair of stereo outputs in case you want to run some sounds through other external processing while leaving others direct from the drum machine).

[electronicexposure]

... nvm

[oglockwood]

@codern hah yeah you can customize the sounds for each pad

[xnonsuchx]

@kristofor12345 - Like most drum machines, you program individual patterns and can then string patterns together into song sequences. They have all the documentation in PDF format online at Alesis's webstie.

[kristofor12345]

Can you customize it over many measures or is it one loop forever?