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Alesis SR-18 Drum Machine  

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Alesis

32MB sound set gives you near limitless expressive possibilities.

Alesis knows drums. The legendary SR-16 ignited the drum-machine market in 1990 and has remained a classic ever since. The SR-18 is designed to meet the demands of today's musicians.

The SR-18 follows in the tradition of its ancestor, as it is loaded with cutting-edge drum kits, electronic drums, hits, and up-to-date percussion sounds for any modern drummer. From hip-hop to country and everything in-between, the SR-18 has you covered. The integrated effects engine includes reverb, EQ and compression for customizing the sounds to your liking.

Since the SR-18 can be powered by AC or batteries, it ensures that whenever you need to lay down a groove, you're fully-equipped.

The new era of drum machines is here, only from Alesis.

Features

  • Large, 32MB sound set with percussion bank and bass synth
  • Over 500 percussion and 50 bass sounds
  • Built-in Effects - Reverb, EQ, and Compression
  • Battery power for max portability
  • Pattern Play Mode enables different patterns to be triggered from the pads directly
  • Mute/Solo Function for parts- drums, bass and percussion and per pad within a bank

The long-awaited successor to the SR-16 is here! Order yours now.

SR-18 Drum Machine Specifications:

  • AC adapter included
  • Also has battery power capability (6 AA's - not included with product)
  • 32-voice polyphony
  • Backlit LCD
  • MIDI In and Out
  • TRS 1/4" Aux Output
  • Drum Roand footswitch control make it flexible.ll function
  • Headphone output
  • Instrument Input
  • 100 Preset Patterns and 100 User Patterns
  • Tempo / Value dial
  • 2 footswitch control jacks- Start/Stop and Count/A/B/fill (footswitch sold separately)
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Not Impressed

| Review By: Joanie Gillum | 3 weeks, 2 days ago

1 people out of 1 found this review helpful

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I have owned this for about two years and I am not impressed by it.  I was happy for a while and the more I use it the more I realize that the sound qaulity is lacking.  And I also want to note that If you are rapper, this is a good drum machine but If you produce rock/metal music like me, get something else, too much fake sounding samples and not the real sound I am looking for.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
20 years
Style of music you play:
rock
Where you live:

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1122048

Awesome Tool!

| Review By: Mark Thompson | 4 months, 6 days ago

7 people out of 8 found this review helpful

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Never been compelled to write a review before, but I have been inspired by this.  I will be brief.  Criticisms I have seen on other reviews are due to the fact that those reviewers have not read the manual.  You CAN easily eliminate other music layers (drums vs bass vs percussion) and you CAN easily program far more than two measures at a time.  Mostly intuitive menu and interface.  I've built several good drum kits already, very customizable.

Quality:

Only had it for several weeks.  Seems solidly built. Inputs and outputs seem solid.

Value:

see above.  Cool item.  Price is right for what I need.  Yes, I would rather be banging on actual drums, but the space constraints and mic difficulties in recording acoustic drums make this a very atractive alternative.

Overall:

Love it!

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
hobbyist/small gigs
Style of music you play:
whatever turns me on
Where you live:
Texas

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1107964

I was expecting more. Perhaps staying with the SR-16 is the best option.

| Review By: Kenneth Harville | 4 months, 3 weeks ago

4 people out of 6 found this review helpful

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Does not do anything that the cheaper SR-16 won't do.  I expected much more from a more modern device.  It lacks simple rhythms.  I'm sure I could program my own but why should I have to do that?  The many complicated patterns such as the African and rock are good but useless to me.  Why can't I just have a machine that can beat out a simple kick, snare and hi-hat.  The patterns are too elaborate with cow bells and crazy off-beat sounds.

Quality:

Seems well built.

Value:

More expensive than the SR-16.

Overall:

Unless I learn to record my own patterns, it has about two that I can use!

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
25 years
Style of music you play:
Many types
Where you live:
Louisiana

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1104554

Just got it!

| Review By: Peter Krill | 8 months, 2 weeks ago

6 people out of 6 found this review helpful

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I now have both the Alesis AR16 and the AR18 The AR18 sounds great it just has a rich sound to it. They can keep the base but everything else is a big improvement on the AR16 I use it with two Yamaha FC4 Sustain pedals for start and stop and for the fill A&B.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
25+ years
Style of music you play:
Oldies
Where you live:
New Jersey

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1095204

Nice Drum Machine

| Review By: Stephen Dawson | 11 months, 1 day ago

2 people out of 6 found this review helpful

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IF....Alesis would come up with a software option to run this thing, it would be nice.

Rich for me.     Guitarist and Pianist, so I am happy as a fat cat.

Very nice sounds.

Can't beat the deal from Alesis.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Professional
Style of music you play:
Classic Rock, Folk Rock
Where you live:
Tennessee

Did you find this review helpful? yes no911185

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