Sure, you can buy 10,000 drum samples on DVD for under $100 dollars these days; And as good as software programs like Loopy are at creating drum beats, there are some DJs and musicians who are looking to travel to the beat of a different drummer. If hat sounds like you, look no further. Here is your solution:

The Alesis SR-16™ digital drum pad is no stranger to the recording studio or the DJ booth. A long-time favorite of performers, remixers and DJs around the world, the SR-16 comes complete with a library of 233 hot sounding drum beats in both dry format and sampled with a “ you have to hear it to appreciate it" digital reverb effect.

But it doesn’t stop there. Alesis has created an electronic enhancement that they call their “Dynamic Articulation™" circuitry. This feature actually causes each drum sound to change its tonal quality as it is beat harder just like what occurs when you’re banging on a real set of skins.

If the included library of drum samples sounds real to you, that’s because they are. No computer-generated beats here; each one was recorded in live studio sessions with real drummers playing on real skins. The end result is 50 preset patterns that sound like the real thing – because they are the real thing..

Knob twiddlers will be impressed with the A, B and two Fill sections that let you compose and save your own arrangements and custom patterns.

The SR-16 comes complete with full MIDI implementation, a footswitch input, powerful programming and editing capabilities and 12 of their award-winning “velocity-sensitive" pad buttons.

With a street price of under $150, two stereo input pairs, 233 sounds, 16 voices, 1-128 beats per pattern, and more, the SR-16 is an 2.5 lb. portable and professional-quality musician that you can afford to hire.