NAMM: Alesis SR-18 Drum-Machine

.:Alesis SR-18 Drum-Machine:.

You sick of the drum-machines yet?

Alesis has announced a weird addition to their product lineup with an update to their classic(?) SR-16 drum machine. Known for its ultimate clean sound and toms I can only imagine that this one one brings that back with new updated features. Ironically its specs seem very similar to the Akai XR20 with battery operation capabilities, built in effects such as EQ, compression and Reverb.

Specifications
-AC and Battery Power capability (6 AA’)
-24 voice polyphony
-Backlit LCD
-MIDI In and Out
-TRS ¼” Aux Output
-Drum Roll function
-Headphone output
-Instrument Input
-100 Preset Patterns and 100 User Patterns
-Tempo / Value dial
-Footswitch control- Start/Stop and Count/A-B fill