Rap Techno Dance
Q card for the Alesis Quadra, S, and QS
synthesizers
The "Rap Techno Dance" QuadraCard (later "Q Cards") was one of the original expansion cards produced for Alesis' first synthesizer, the QuadraSynth. The Rap Techno Dance card is a 4MB PCMCIA ROM expansion and features 128 new Programs and 100 new Mixes for Alesis synthesizers. The focus is obviously on the genres the card takes its name from, but it can be used for many other genres as well - Reggae, Lounge, Ambient for example. The focus is on Dance and Rap, but there are plenty of waveforms to be modified for other genres as well. |
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Also featured are many classic drum loops, as it was common in the 1990s to sample from old vinyl records. Check it out: |
Alesis Rap Techno Dance Q Card audio demos in mp3
Programs
Program name with audio demo | My Comments |
00 ClubQuadra | Excellent ensemble of classic dance sounds of the 1990s |
01 AmberTranz | Cool synth loop and classy orchestral strings |
02 Phat Beat | Yep |
03 SteviesBss | Influenced by Stevie Wonder's analog synth bass perhaps? |
04 RavinSplit | Happy, bouncy synths |
05 Hi Hi Hi ! | Ominous synth and a four-on-the-floor |
06 Phunky Wah | Groovy wah-wah guitar |
06 TranceLoop | Acid'y line |
07 GosplSngrs | Sampled vox |
09 The 9 Kit | The classic Roland TR-909 |
10 FatFunkFun | Late 1970s coolness |
100 TekSloDown | Funk |
103 33 1-3Bass | Ka-boom contrabass |
105 London1982 | Last dance... |
11 BookumDano | Hawaii Five-O cops :-D |
110 FastBubbl | Morse code |
112 SoFlyGruve | Nice jungle beat |
12 Jimmy Hat | Classic late 1980s |
121 HousePiano | The always-wonderful, hyper-famous Korg M1 piano, king of 1990s House |
125 BraynWayvz | A psychedelic trip |
13 Hyperactiv | Warm and soft synth... to the stars! |
14 AnalogueSp | Plenty of analog goodness |
15 Rezo Heck | Huge resonant filter sound |
17 HisBoyLRoy | Classic "Stax" brass hits |
19 The 8 Kit | The classic Roland TR-808 |
20 SoulFinger | Late '80s / early '90s British Acid Jazz!!! |
21 TrippyTrnc | Yeah |
22 Jeep Beat | Groovy bass and beat |
27 Kick It!! | Yes |
29 Dis Kit 1 | Juicy Dis(torted) drum kit |
30 Bubble Kit | Happening beat, and heavily processed Dance sounds |
32 VinylGruve | Da biz |
39 Vinyl Kit1 | Groovy sounds from the 1970s' vinyl records |
40 VeryStreet | Classic early 1990s rap |
46 SugarGlide | Classic Minimoog rap whistle sound |
49 TeknoDrums | Great drums that use the internal Alesis effect processor engine |
54 FloydianSp | Tasty Sp(lit) that combines Pink Floyd style sequenced analog synth on the left, and electric organ on the right |
57 Fat Albert | Yep |
61 JJ's Theme | Jumpy beat |
64 Scaaaaary! | Sci-fi monster |
65 SandTrance | Great to lay on top of a beat |
69 Vinyl Kit2 | NIce, solid mixed drums |
72 70sCopShow | Great '70s drum loop plus timpani |
73 Pulse Bass | Yes |
76 SpaceRezLp | Huge sampled analog synth resonance filter rising |
79 SloppyDrms | Great drums, very 1970s |
80 CitySummer | Slow groove, very nice |
81 Hyper FIVE | Probably sampled from the Prophet-5? |
82 ChicosGruv | Fast beat + percussion |
91 HouseChord | Mega-classic, M1-style House piano, sampled in chords |
97 D R O N E | Yay |
Mixes
Mix name with audio demo | My Comments |
00 House!!!!! | All the usual suspects |
01 AwesomeTek | Nice delayed synth |
02 QuadZilla! | Bouncy |
03 Dune | Spacey |
05 So.Central | Great hip-hop setup, with scratch simulator on the right |
09 Esquivel! | Inspired by the great "Space Age Pop" lounge music arranger of the 1950s and 60s |
27 LipoSucker | Fast and furious |
34 HigherLows | Curiously "James Bondian" House |
39 Loop-Bass5 | Nod, nod, nod |
46 Disco Diva | Straight pumping beat and heavy toms |
51 Droll Day | Beautiful Trip-Hop setup |
66 Ambient 2 | Kind of scary... |
73 DncinQueen | Elektronic... |
80 DJ Split10 | Mid 1990s Happy Hardcore House |
90 ThatsCrazy | Very good, psychedelic setup |
91 WenzDaGig | Spacey |
98 MachinTalk | Work being performed on the space station |
Features at a glance | |
Year of release: | 1998 |
Polyphony: | n/a |
Presets: | 128 Programs & 100 Mixes |
Rhythms: | yes |
Keyboard: | n/a |
Responds to velocity: | yes |
Sound generation method: | PCM |
MIDI: | n/a |
Sound expansion capabilities: | n/a |
Effects: | on host synth |
Controls: | n/a |
Outputs: | n/a |
Display: | n/a |
Misc: | 4MB of ROM |
SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
www.alesis.com | ||
Alesis Rap Techno Dance Q Card review with audio demos - May 23, 2009