Old gear you can't find any use for.

funknotik · Post by **funknotik** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:42 am

I have an Alesis sr16 from like 7 years ago, someone gave me with a set of shitty digital drums.

This thing is a piece of shit, I heard squarepusher was able to get some granular synthesis going with this.

gjm · Post by **gjm** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:53 am

Bought it in 1987.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:10 am

bought it in about 2002 at the full price of $3500 australian dollars...

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:14 am

sweetjesus wrote:

bought it in about 2002 at the full price of $3500 australian dollars...

Ouch!

Michael Hatsis · Post by **Michael Hatsis** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:18 am

gjm wrote:

Bought it in 1987.

Too bad it doesnt send out MIDI. looks like it would make a peachie controller...The knobs are cool looking too...

Stace · Post by **Stace** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:50 am

I got a Boss DR 660 drum machine, looks quite similar-ish to the sr16. I have no idea when it first came out? and a Korg Electribe ER-1 for that matter! (the Korg belongs to a friend of mine). Does anybody know when they were first released?.

lola · Post by **lola** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:04 pm

funknotik wrote:I have an Alesis sr16 from like 7 years ago, someone gave me with a set of shitty digital drums.
This thing is a piece of shit, I heard squarepusher was able to get some granular synthesis going with this.

Damn there are made some fine classics with this drum machine.... it's like the holy grail for some chicago producers like dj rush.
Be creative.... even old speak and spell stuff is a great soundsource.

Oscar F · Post by **Oscar F** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:29 pm

sweetjesus wrote:

bought it in about 2002 at the full price of $3500 australian dollars...

Ummm they weren't qyite that expensive from memory (around 2K and I got one new also way back when).
I had an RM1X sold it and got an RS7000 which was roughly that price, sold it and Got Live and now use an RS7000 for sequencing all over again.
Still prefer the RS7K to ANY other machine I've sequenced on with the QY700 running close 2nd and an ASQ10 running a close 3rd.
Still haven't found anything else that can run multiple patterns at multiple lengths and at multiple time signatures independently with variable tempo stretch either for that matter.
For midi data it's the shit IMHO but way better in operation than the RM1X with a far better implemented Grid / Step and Realtime Modes and sevral other operational features + way better filters too boot also.

fuzzyhead · Post by **fuzzyhead** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:20 pm

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2:

Bought both of them in 1990,the 1st is nearly destroyed,works as mixer,not as tape recorder any more,nor player..
The 2nd still works,had loads of services,the fadders buttons are gone as I was playing like crazy with them !

That was old good time.. :'-(

wascal · Post by **wascal** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:28 pm

sweetjesus wrote:

bought it in about 2002 at the full price of $3500 australian dollars...

I've got one of those gathering dust too. Thinking of using it for pads and atmos or simple drum machine stuff while changing ableton songs

I've also got a Yamaha DX21 that only works once a year(!). Turn it on and it works fine but turn it off and you won't get it on again until somethnig in it charges up again

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:38 pm

Even tried to give it away and the person didn't follow through.

Nick the Zombie · Post by **Nick the Zombie** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:53 pm

kaffein wrote:

Even tried to give it away and the person didn't follow through.

Man, that's brutal. I've definitely had some gear like that before, too. Some of the pics on this thread are like a blast from my past. Keep 'em coming!

andrew_ · Post by **andrew_** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:17 pm

fuzzyhead wrote:

I managed to sell off my X-26 last year and it felt sooooo good!

Another thing I sold around the same time which definitely belongs in this thread:

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:22 pm

Wish I could find an SP-202 for $25.

Patch · Post by **Patch** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:14 pm

I sold my SP-202 for £75 last year. Some dude snapped my hands off so that he could go busking! I kept my DR-202 as it is a SWEET controller. Proper smashable pads for navigation/simpulse sample launching PLUS 3 midi knobs PLUS a big midi jogwheel. (Also - bass and drums are sent on separate midi channels, so you can swithch to a 2nd bank at the touch of a button...)

DR-202s are wicked.

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