The Alesis SR16 is a classic drum machine that has been used by many musicians and producers in the industry. It is the perfect drum machine for anyone looking for 90s drum sounds.
14/12: new drum kits added for Ableton, Bitwig and all DAWs in SFZ format!
This 90s Classic Drum Machine has been carefully sampled using 4 velocity layers.
This classic 16 bits machine features a great selection of 233 realistic, natural stereo drum sounds, and multi-samples were used for some sounds. The original advert said, "no matter how much money you spend you cannot buy a better drum machine". 😉 The particular unit I possess dates back to 1996 and represents the authentic vintage version with 16-bit resolution, setting it apart from the more recent models that boast 24-bit capabilities.
The sound mapping chosen is the General MIDI one like the original, and each drumset has 12 sounds:
- Kick: C1
- Snare: D1
- Closed Hat: F#1
- Open Hat: A#1
- Claps: D#1
- Perc 2: G3
- Tom 1: C2
- Tom 2: A1
- Tom 3: F1
- Ride: D#2
- Crash: C#2
- Perc 1: F3
The SHLD sampled drums packs are:
- sampled in 16 bits
- multisampled to capture all details
- compatible with any DAW thanks to SFZ sample presets. For example, Bitwig supports SFZ natively
- compatible with Ableton Live 10 or 11 Sampler and also Simpler
- available for all my supporters on my Patreon, but some drum kits are 100% free with slightly degraded sound quality.
And if you support me on Patreon for the price of a coffee ☕, you have access to all my SFZ samples and Ableton drum kits and instruments packs, current and future! Lucky bunch eh? 😁
Go to my YouTube channel below, and you'll hear that, these drum samples can be used with pretty any music style:
Or my Soundcloud playlist:
How to use the samples without a DAW
If you don't use Ableton or a PC, you can also import the samples in your DAW or MPC. The WAV samples are located in the Samples/Recorded/DrumsetNN directories.
Each sample name contains the original note used on the SR16, and a velocity number (32,64,96 or 127). See above for the note to sample name relation, for example C1 is always a kick.
Description of the drum sample packs
The following drum kits were sampled from my SR16:
- Drumset00: Rock 1 (avail to PRO-One Patreons)
- Drumset01: Rock 2 (avail to PRO-One Patreons)
- Drumset02: Rock 3 1
- Drumset03: Rock 4 1
- Drumset04: Rock 5
- Drumset05: Rock 6
- Drumset06: Rock 7
- Drumset07: HardRock 1
- Drumset08: HardRock 2
- Drumset09: HardRock 3
- Drumset10: R&B 1
- Drumset11: R&B 2
- Drumset12: R&B 3
- Drumset13: Funk 1
- Drumset14: Funk 2
- Drumset15: Blues 1
- Drumset16: Blues 2
- Drumset17: Rap 1
- Drumset18: Rap 2
- Drumset19: Rap 3
- Drumset20: Techno 1
- Drumset21: Techno 2
- Drumset22: Techno 3
- Drumset23: Reggae 1
- Drumset24: Reggae 2
- Drumset25: Jazz Rock 1
- Drumset26: Jazz Rock 2
- Drumset27: Fusion 1
- Drumset28: Fusion 2
- Drumset29: New Age 1
- Drumset30: New Age 2
- Drumset31: Country 1
- Drumset32: Courtry 2
- Drumset33: Country 3 1
- Drumset34: CountryRock 1
- Drumset35: Rockabilly 1
- Drumset36: Jazz 1 1
- Drumset37: Jazz 2 1
- Drumset38: Dixie 1
- Drumset39: Polka 1
- Drumset40: Latin 1
- Drumset41: Latin 2
- Drumset42: Latin 3
- Drumset43: Latin 4
- Drumset44: Latin 5
- Drumset45: Ballad 1
- Drumset46: Ballad 2
- Drumset47: Ballad 3
- Drumset48: Ballad 4
- Drumset49: Ballad 5
If you have sample pack or Ableton drum packs requests, feel free to contact me below or on my Patreon! And if you like great analog sounds, check my PRO-1 samples and instruments or my Arturia Minifreak samples!
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