The Sound on Sound DM10 coverage on YouTube said September in a way that implied that was factoring in unforseen delays, but the Sweetwater site says there has been an "unusually long shipping delay"... but then it also says "worth waiting for"
. The Australian distributor I contacted said "at least a couple of months off" in July. At the time I contacted him I did not realise that Alesis had only just announced the kit themselves.
As for my drum recordings, as I said I mostly use the tools as a nice sounding uber-metronome so there is nothing online. I may use some of the DrumTracker/SD2.0 replacements I mentioned, but those songs are still unfinished so not available.
There was one project a couple of years ago where a friend and I intended to use some ultra fast drum programming but there was only ever one rough song written using DFH Superior. The track is Supreme Reprisal at
http://www.myspace.com/hatredreigning. Did I mention I play mostly death metal?
The other track on there was done much earlier with a GM drum library of some description. I can't remember which one. Also I did not program the drums on this song - those brutal stylings can be credited to my partner in crime. I'm just a lowly guitarist and the gearslut who has the home recording rig. =D