PRO: Cheap CON: Pretty dry and generic drum sounds PRO: Simple interface CON: Very minimal perameter editing PRO: Velocity sensitive pads CON: No back-lit display PRO: Four audio outputs CON: (Sorta) The sounds are geared more for rock or jazz musicians (not that that's a bad thing)

I currently use my SR16 to trigger drum sounds from my grrlfriend's Roland D5 (which is a whole other story in and of itself).

If you plan to get one...they can easily be picked up for less than $150 (used of course).Well, I gotta go....my woman is standing here naked !!!

-want jazzy sounds, (no house) -have a lot of patients (time to program) -like options. (a lot of sounds, hard to prosses) -have the manual.

oh and for all those people that think there is no 808 sound, check out the rap kits, one of those has an identicle kick and snare.

its great for the complicated beats (jungle, db, jazz, experimental) but i would get somthing else if you want a dancefore thump. dont get me wrong im sure you can do it on this thing, it just mite be tedius.

i wish they would come out with an upgraded version. that was like a drum machine that took sampled sounds (of your choice), and synthetic (pre prossesed sounds). that had a matrix display option, and some more ride cybals. and a zip. and a touch sestive screen. and a couple knobs, (we all love them no matter what they do.) that priced about $400 dollars, to blow all the grove box's out the water.

i give it a 5 for its price, strength, given the time it was created, and how its complicated so it doesnt get boring rite away, (tr family)

Such a nice machine to use.

If you want 808 sounds don't buy it. If you want funky jazzy real breaks then this is a great box to start of with. Don't know what anything else is like.

I've owned my SR-16 for about five years now and I still use it for demos and whenever I need to make a quick drum part. I just wish people would consider the fact that this thing came out in 1990. This was before techno and electronica became popular. (Just listen to the techno preset in it.) That's why it doesn't have a good 808/909 sample set and you can't do much editing besides pan and a little bit of pitch. It was designed to provide realistic sounding drums. But today people hear an SR-16 and say, "Gee, those drums sound TOO realistic."