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Signable Rehires

By Dank Receptor on May 3, 2026 6:35 am

This week i dug out an old Alesis D4 that's never really been used much. Made a couple of bars of percussion on it, added a syncopated acid line and some tense pads. Recorded it live via a Mackie to Ableton, then added a breakbeat that syncopated nicely against the existing elements. Some edits for fun.

Thanks for checking in, take care!

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Very nice, has an underground sort of late night beats feel.

That snare sounds very metallic - layered? Weird funny pad and a nice bass line.

parappayo wrote:

Very nice, has an underground sort of late night beats feel.

Cheers, and that's a cool description. Quite happy with it, but the mix could have been better. Maybe I'll record it again. big_smile

embix wrote:

That snare sounds very metallic - layered? Weird funny pad and a nice bass line.

Thanks, embix!

The break is underpinned by the D4 percussion track, so some of the snare hits are layered with a deep kick and some other sounds. During some sections the break runs solo.

Those pads sound really nice. I was reading up on the d4 just the other day funny enough. I feel like those modules are underrated. They stack well with the break.

ENC_ wrote:

Those pads sound really nice. I was reading up on the d4 just the other day funny enough. I feel like those modules are underrated. They stack well with the break.

My old metal band recorded an album in 1995, and the kick and snare drums were blended with sounds from the D4. The module has trigger inputs in the back, so pretty much a complete setup for that kind of work.

When one came floating my way 25 years later I picked it up for pocket change. There's a whole Alesis collection here by now, lol.

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