All user reviews of 5/5 for the Alesis SR-18

See the user manual (absolutely necessary)

UTILIZATION

This BAR is superb for a specific job.

If you want to play the pads: drop. They are useful for step input rhythm, but are not playable if you are a novice like me. Someone more comfortable with percussion can successfully make beautiful programming.

If you want to record entire songs: she does well, but not better than others.

HOWEVER: If you want to change from one rhythm at a rate A B via a fill in (and then back to A pace through another fill in) without releasing your hip - ie with a command to foot, it is, after "investigations", the only one to allow (even more expensive BAR do not allow - or perhaps using the MIDI)

This requires BAR FS-6 Boss: thanks to this pedal that allows BAR Use this handy when you want to improvise parts whose rhythm changes (but still with the same tempo in programming can however playing on the length of the notes and the differences and get a rate two times slower for Rhythm B for example).

If you do not need to use this, then maybe others BAR will be better, I know.

SOUNDS

The sounds are really not bad at all. Even gig it goes very well with the public.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 5 years and maybe more.

I've tried others that could match it, but none allowed passage through a pedal: A Drum, Fill in A, Pace B, fill in B;
and ability to pace A, A Girl, A return rate (same for B) if prior to chain fill in A and B Rhythm


The three reviews that precede mine are quite accurate (I have not read the others)

Drum machine with drum sounds sampled in high definition 16 bit 44000 hrtz.

UTILIZATION

very easy to understand and intuitive. Quick. Nothing bad because everything is very well thought out in terms of ergonomics.

SOUNDS

What wonders are sampled by multiple batteries in high definition and multiple percussion. Sounds goes beautifully in a mix. For rock and blues (which is the height for a bar) it really does. It really is a bar made for rock.

OVERALL OPINION

Alesis has made some very good products, I think the synth micron, and this bar is one of those excellent products which I must say I find it hard to pass me.
I made an entire album using the BAR.

Connectors on the classic type of instrument. Nothing is missing.
Ditto for programming functions.

UTILIZATION

Very intuitive there's nothing off-putting kind menu. Everything was easily under the fingers.
Could not be more clear and well thought out given the number of functions it contains.

SOUNDS

It is easy to forget that this is a drum machine if you wanted, for example around the absence of a drummer.
There are also many samples of percussion very good and interesting.
There are some purely electronic set but not why I use it.

To simulate a real battery is not any better and all samples are very high quality.

OVERALL OPINION

Exactly what I wanted and I would do the same choice.
There are cheaper but with an unusable and I have not heard of more expensive equipment that is best. To me that BAR has become indispensable and bury older models. Given the quality of sample I do not think you can do better one day because in addition to an extremely realistic rendering the BAR has many types of batteries and made different sounds. This instrument is here to stay.

Connections:

midi in / out / thru
Main Output Left and Right
Stereo Auxiliary Output
Between instrument
2 inputs for connecting pedals start / stop and Fill in
1 headphone

100 + 49 drum kits, bass sounds
100 memory song
100 Factory Pattern memory
User memory 100 Pattern

Effects: 16 + 8 rverb compressor qualiseur

16/24 bit samples
32 voice polyphony
150 000 global memory scores
Maximum length of a pattern 128 times
RESOLUTION 96 VENTS weather is the eighth six-time!
Tempo 30 to 300 BPM

UTILIZATION

Rather easy to program, one hour of APRS lecturedu manual, I started to work out and I have a Blues 4 minutes with the girls and the final, all in 5-6 minutes.

Everything is ditable, a drum kit also includes the rglages effects, pan, volume (drums, percussions, bass) and a bunch of stuff that I gorge but it does not matter because the r tings default trs suit me well!
It can also control the bte via MIDI but I have not yet tried ds Because it's too complicated, I zap (see my opinion on the software edition music)

Only problem, the manual of references is in English.

There is a rapid manual in the box, in French, but translated by an INTERPRETATION who clearly has never seen since a battery translated by systmatiquement BASS DRUM!!
Should dare!

So every time you play "kick" you need to think a 4 string bass. It's simple right?

on the other hand, if you read English fluently, the record is very well done!

I put 6 because of the poorly translated manual. Na!

SOUNDS

Trs sound clean and ralistes, Sampling 24 bit, a means. Compared to my Yamaha synth 12 years means trs well the difference.

The bass sounds are average but the outputs can control a MIDI synthesizer or sound module it to improve.

The 12 pads are sure the sensitive and VLOC VLOC curve is adjustable.

For the price it's all fine.
See the remains solid in the time.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a week in home studio to accompany the songs on guitar just for rptitions.
I have not tried but seems to live entirely possible thanks Fill in the function that allows you to switch from one pattern to another with a single tap of the foot with some bonus bearings and tchac poum the most beautiful effect!

Before I was using my PC with LIVE but really c'tait gas plant, I had 30 minutes before 15 Russia from a simple bass line + battery measures 16 and then play the scratched with a mouse port labor to drive the PC is not really the top.
I also tried using my old Yamaha synth EX7 but the time to look for the pattern of 23 disks that goes well etc ...

With the SR18 is simple, one IDE and hop straight into the box (I use one as an Jamman recorder) box rhythm guitar + bass line and rhythm There's APRS has more jam on it.

A good point: you can put batteries to power it and go camping with!

I think this is a good choice to make RPET or live at the bottom of a bar.
For 245 euro must not do without.