It sounds a bit cr@p...BUT... // Alesis HR-16

video upload by Starsky Carr

"I've heard so many good things about the ALESIS HR16 I thought I'd revisit it and got my hands on this one from Perfect Circuit's used section on their website. I gave it a good go, but it's hard to use in a mix. Something like the Roland TR626 (I'd put it in a similar bracket) can fit in a mix easily and the sounds can sit there pretty much in their own right, unprocessed and sound like a finished track. With the Alesis HR-16, not so much.

I find most of the sounds too realistic, which I realise sounds an odd thing to say - but in most finished tracks the drums don't sound like they do in a rehearsal room or when sound checking. The sounds on the HR16 seem to need a lot more attention which defeats one of the joys of using a drum machine."