Re: Re: Who's using what...LP1 backup

[Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com>]

On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, Andy Owens wrote:
> I really need a non laptop drum machine option, maybe some of yall have 
>suggestions. I bought an MPC but to clunky to program for my tastes, but 
>anxious to wirk (sic) it in someday.
>
Hey Andy,

Alesis still makes the SR16.   Unbelievably,  they have never updated 
it's archaic sounds
from when they released it in the late 80's but it's got pretty nice 
midi implementation
and is relatively cheap ($175 new , I believe, the last time I looked) 
and has a very small footprint.

I've used one for midi purposes and click tracks in studios for many 
years and to teach
students concepts of playing before and after the beat whilst tracking 
to a click track or sequencer.

Why they have never updated the sounds in that unit is beyond me.  They 
are so archaic as
to be virtually unusable from an aesthetic standpoint if you ask me and 
it would cost
very little money to update the unit.

Rick Walker