really close but how could they have missed ???? 
by Mike Reaves from NJ, December 2007
Music Background:  Keyboards, PC music recording

It is what they say it is, but I was disappointed when I learned...

there's no MIDI input so don't plan on using this as a midi drum sound module.

The external triggers for hat & bass are "momentary" switches not triggers (???). Don't plan on connecting any pads to trigger sounds. I find that fairly usless, ever tried playing a bass pattern on a switch?

The sounds are good, but I'm told that it's the exact same bank of sounds as in the SR-16. This is essentially as SR-16 with a ControlPad wired to the 8 of the drum sounds.

The "dynamic articulation" (whatever that is) seems to help a little but I think that term is BS for slightly improved pad sensitivity. I bought a Control Pad and found that you really had to swat the thing to get it to trigger. This is the same deal, however because the sounds are so good loud or you work in headphones, you don't notice that you're really smacking the thing. The case is plastic, I hope it holds up.

I a major project, I don't know what I'd use this for. Possibly to play / record MIDI drum notes and play them back on a sampler. The sounds are good but I don't think I'd want to record directly from the stereo outputs. There aren't individual outputs.

They would have a fantastic product if it weren't for those small oversights. Add a MIDI input, add real trigger inputs.

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