Alpha Base : Incredible

I never leave reviews, but the Alpha Base has impressed me so much it has left me no choice. It is an absolutely fantastic sounding machine, it sounds more like a work of art rather than a product. I would describe the sound as warm, juicy, and natural. It hits quite hard while remaining gentle on the ears. I have owned and played a lot of quality drum machines and it quite effortlessly sounds much better than any of them. It's sequencer isn't as advanced as an Elektron or Cirklon, but if you need that kind of control it has full midi implementation for all the channels and their parameters. That being said, the limitations of it's sequencer tends to inspire rather than inhibit, you get very musical results quickly with it. Build quality feels quite solid and sturdy, nothing beats steel and wood. The UI is also quite easy to work with, very minimal menu diving and the parameter layout becomes muscle memory after just a couple sessions of use. Bottom line, it's the most fun I have had with an instrument in a long time and it simply sounds better than anything else being made now or in the past.