Off Topic: Drum Machines

[Brad Dahl]

> Picked up an Alesis SR-16 drum machine at a flea market and am wondering
> if anyone has any suggestions as to what to play it through.
> It sounds good with headphones, but what kind of an amp is best?
> I was thinking a keyboard amp, or do they make a drum machine amp?

If you have a decent stereo system, you can run it through that.  If you're
looking into spending money, get a small powered mixing board and a couple
of monitor speakers.  Then you can sing along too!

By the way, that's a nice drum machine.

I prefer to use a computer with sequencing software to run my drums.  It
gives you the ability to have more "life-like" drumming (not so much
repetition to save on drum machine memory) and easy to alter velocity so you
can have some dynamics.  Then, if you have a midi keyboard, you can through
some other sounds on their to jam to as well.

Rock out!

Brad