Alesis QSR Quadrasynth Rack 64-Voice Synthesizer Module

The QSR synth module is the 1U rack version of the Alesis QS8 keyboard synthesizer, an interesting synth and a welcome alternative to the Roland JD / JV palette and other late nineties digital synths, including advanced modulation capabilities

The internal power section was serviced using high quality capacitors

The display flickers slightly until the unit warms up. The display contrast is clear

Includes the original Alesis 220VAC external power supply and english reference manual and charts

Ships professionally packed

Each Sound of the QSR is assigned a sample from the 649 available in the 16Mb internal ROM or from an optional PCMCIA card before being passed through the filter, the amp and the effects processing.

Drum Programs with up to 40 different drum and percussion samples consist of many of the best from the Roland CR/TR machines we know and love.

In full multitimbral flight, the QSR is a joy to the ears. Most of the Program material is solid, useable stuff, certainly well up to the standard of most other S+S synths.

The PCMCIA card slots give the QSR access to a healthy library of extra sounds, as well as the ability to download custom samples to a PCMCIA RAM card from a computer using the Sound Bridge software.

If you're a player first and a programmer second, then the QSR could have been made for you
— it's a solid workhorse of a synth.