got an old HR16 again last year nice n cheap (70eu) because
i'd liked the way it programmed when i had one over 15 yrs
ago - and i still do. so i thought i'd give it a try with a new
sound eeprom kit, and just received this by post, looking
forward to checking it out:
http://www.strellis.com/alesis.shtml
HR16 8-bit USA EEPROM
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yeah... kinda, and i'm holding out on giving a full
assessment because i'm not sure what to make of it yet!
it is kind of dark and hardcore now: stack a few kicks
with 'copy pad'... it really means you're working with more
usable sounds. you still can't edit decay or anything like
that. i liked the HR because of its pattern/song sequencer,
but there are tons of machines that work like that now.
ah, and it still doesn't have kits, so if you change a sound
in one pattern, it is for all of them. so you could always
use it to trigger a sampler, and build your kits there.
i was working quite hard at it before to get those 'weird'
samples to sound good, and it could deliver a sort of
bumpin' disco beat lol. that would now come out as more
compatible with a bin shaking 303. claps are better now.
a lot of the sounds are familiar because they hear them
everywhere. i'm feeling it could do with more top end
detail, and want to check out the percussion more.
but then if it is 8bit, that's what you get, and
i haven't heard it running alongside analogue hihats etc.
yet. i have an rx7 that has more synthesis parameters,
and a similar copy pattern function(another cheapie, memory
battery was gone, current one still selotaped in place)
assessment because i'm not sure what to make of it yet!
it is kind of dark and hardcore now: stack a few kicks
with 'copy pad'... it really means you're working with more
usable sounds. you still can't edit decay or anything like
that. i liked the HR because of its pattern/song sequencer,
but there are tons of machines that work like that now.
ah, and it still doesn't have kits, so if you change a sound
in one pattern, it is for all of them. so you could always
use it to trigger a sampler, and build your kits there.
i was working quite hard at it before to get those 'weird'
samples to sound good, and it could deliver a sort of
bumpin' disco beat lol. that would now come out as more
compatible with a bin shaking 303. claps are better now.
a lot of the sounds are familiar because they hear them
everywhere. i'm feeling it could do with more top end
detail, and want to check out the percussion more.
but then if it is 8bit, that's what you get, and
i haven't heard it running alongside analogue hihats etc.
yet. i have an rx7 that has more synthesis parameters,
and a similar copy pattern function(another cheapie, memory
battery was gone, current one still selotaped in place)
