Alesis SR16

When I bought this product I had never used a drum machine before (except some simple online programs). Out of the box I found this product to be easy to use and very easy to program. A quick read of the manual and I was ready to go! The quality of sound is very good through decent speakers and the selection of drums I find to be very broad and realistic. I use this product as an acompaniment instrument for my two piece band and it works really well. With a little knowledge of drums you can create very realistic sounding drum patterns. I use a dual foot switch to operate it while performing.
This product lacks a few features I would've liked such as a larger memory or the ability to be able to delete and re-record the presets. And perhaps the option of a third pattern and fill would've been good but for the price, this is a fantastic bit of gear!