EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 59, Issue 13 This issue's topics: Alesis D4 Drum Machine (4 messages) Your EMUSIC-L Digest moderator is Joe McMahon . You may subscribe to EMUSIC-L by sending mail to listserv@american.edu with the line "SUB EMUSIC-L your name" as the text. The EMUSIC-L archive is a service of SunSite (sunsite.unc.edu) at the University of North Carolina. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1993 13:34:24 -0500 From: "Mark A. Stringer" Subject: Alesis D4 I lost my D4 manual and need to know if there is a way to display the software version from the front panel. My Unisyn manual says that the program will not work with older software versions of the D4 operating system. Can anyone help? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1993 11:50:19 GMT From: Philip Jones Subject: Drum Machine Hi All, I have decided to buy a drum machine and wondered if anyone had any suggestions. I have used the Alesis HR16 and am thinking of maybe getting one of these 2nd hand or maybe the newer SR16, but I don't like the pads on this if I have to play the machine live for gigging. Has anyone got any other machines they could recommend or do you know anything good or bad about the SR16. Cheers Phil Jones (pj02@ee.ic.ac.uk) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1993 15:15:07 -0600 From: Arne Claassen ISE Subject: Re: Drum Machine >I have decided to buy a drum machine and wondered if anyone had any suggestions. > I have used the Alesis HR16 and am thinking of maybe getting one of these > 2nd hand or maybe the newer SR16, but I don't like the pads on this if I have > to play the machine live for gigging. Has anyone got any other machines they > could recommend or do you know anything good or bad about the SR16. > Cheers > Phil Jones (pj02@ee.ic.ac.uk) Eeek. Play a drum machines pads at gigs? I find those things useless enough for programming (IMHO), but live work? Much rather use a keyboard, although that still is fairly annoying for life play. I'd probably have to recommend getting the Alesis D4 (if you want to stick with Alesis' sounds) and plug some pads into that (it has 8 inputs). Of course you're looking at a lot more money now. ($300 for the D4 and ~$400 for a drumKAT or similar). A cheaper version would be the SPD-11 (Roland), eight pads and about 256 built in sounds. Or on the used market, there's always the Octapad II Pad-80 (sme pads as SPD-11, don't really know the difference between the two.) SPD-11 runs around $600 (i think) and an Octapad II can be found for around $400 used. None of these include sequencers, as an SR-16 or HR-16 would, os it depends on your needs. Can always get the SR-16 and add a DrumKAT at a later point for gigging... -- Arne F. Claassen |"In cows we trust | EPS Classic * D4 | E pluribus Moo" | Mac Centris 650 | | ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1993 15:16:20 -0600 From: Ken Fansler Subject: Re: Drum Machine Phil writes: > ...2nd hand or maybe the newer SR16, but I don't like the pads on this if I > have to play the machine live for gigging. Has anyone got any other machines > they could recommend or do you know anything good or bad about the SR16. I have the (older) HR-16, and it is still used by many people for many things... BUT- I would strongly suggest looking into the Alesis D4 if you want a new machine - It has some of the best sounds I've heard yet, and it's not as expensive as some might think. As for live playing, there are no pads on the D4, but there are audio inputs in the back for triggering purposes - a set player could trigger the machine for great sounds with human feel. Good luck! Ken Fansler kwfansle@ilstu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1993 21:41:43 -0600 From: Marty Hicks Subject: Re: Drum Machine I too would like information drum machines. It just dawned on me that you play drum machines with your fingers but drumming involves using all the arms (forgive me, I have focused on images for the last 12 years). The Roland Compact Drum System TDE-7K is real alluring albeit expensive. You can use sticks with it and the Roland SPD-11. I just bought a Mac AV system and I'd like to be able to combine percussion with electronic images. Any thoughts? Martin ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************