Alesis is known for delivering a lot of bang for your electronic drum set buck, but today it has unveiled its latest flagship electronic kit in the Strata Prime. But, while on the surface it might appear like another familiar evolution in the Alesis line-up, this 10-piece, all-mesh kit is packing a potentially game-changing trick up its sleeve. Big talk, but backed up by the fact that the trick is actually a 40GB sound library, lifted straight from BFD 3 and placed inside the Prime module. So, just to reiterate, that’s a multi-layered, multi-microphone (including close mics, overheads and room mics) sample set housed in a drum module.
As well as this, the Prime module is based around a 10.1” touchscreen, allowing you to tap your way through your kit presets, drum selections and…well, pretty much the entire user interface without having to endlessly scroll through menus.
