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    Alesis SR18 | High-Definition Multi-Sampled Electronic Drum Machine with Dynamic Articulation & Effects Engine

    • Not once did this thing screw up or fail the band over the course of roughly 3 years
    • Nonetheless I love this thing, and I refer to it as "My drummer, Tom".
    • "hey, can someone give me a drum beat to practice along to" kinda warm up or quick-jam thing, but don't expect much from the originality or quality
    • The Only Vague thing about the
    • The only bad thing i can say about it is it
    • But, if you just want to make some beats that sound really nice, keep them in your bag, and not get all complicated, then this thing is great.
    • ; I noticed that whatever tempo you decide to play a pattern in it is automatically saved, one of the least important things (to me anyway
    • Plan to learn how to do most of the good things during a month of tinkering with it in your spare time.
    • The next best thing is a real drummer--if the drummer is good.
    • Number 1, if you are a guitarist who has to jam alone a lot, you are going to absolutely love this thing because of the fact that you can get some really nice drum and bass going on at the same time.
    • These things WILL stop working
    • This thing is so easy to work with
    • you play one of the pre programmed beats, and hit MUTE, then the thing you want cut out, in this case the BASS, since some of the beats sounded really good, I wanted to take the bass out to just start jamming over drum sounds
    • I use a loop as a click and the nice thing is I can chose the
    • This thing is Way smarter than I am
    • Here are some of the weird things:Genres not grouped together.
    • I finally figured out that the drum machine was hindering my creative process and not helping it, so I figured the best thing to do would be to upgrade with the same company, since I dug the sr-16.the sr-18, while it has many of the same features as the 16, which means you can get this and set up tracks the same way, the sound of this drum machine is so much better you will feel like you've been robbing yourself of a quality drum machine