Alesis SR-18 drum machine - I need the firmware update and can't find it on the Alesis site or anywhere else. Screen is backlit, but blank on startup. Pressing "save" + "erase" on startup has no effect. Pressing "Rec" on startup generates a prompt to upload firmware.
Apprently it's a sysex file called "ld32-app-1.02.syx". Anyone know where I can find it or download it. Thanks!
Dave_t
"To check if the system is still operating, press and hold the REC button while turning on the drum machine. If the underlying hardware is working you should see "Download Ready" on the screen. In which case you can proceed to try either the OS update or the Factory reset.If you still see nothing, your drum machine is in need of repair."
SR18 Reset ProcedureHold the SAVE / COPY button and ERASE button simultaneously while turning on the SR18.
You should be able to reset and check firmware version if the "Download Ready" screen shows...If the SR18 will not reset you may have other problems.
The v1.02 download was a few website designs ago (
2008) when Alesis required you to login with an email address in order to get downloads.
Your best bet/faster may be check with
Alesis support...otherwise hope someone kept a copy of a 13 year old update for the old SR18 that still had v1.01.
Hellfire has all the info on his site from 2008 and the instructions had to be translated from Japanese as Alesis did not included any instructions on how to update.
http://www.hellfiredrums.com/alesis-sr18-firmware-update-problems/ALESIS SR18 ARCHIVEDEDIT:I went through my old data bases and found the file...attached..
Make sure you check version number of your SR18 ..
FIRST....
To check what version of the firmware you have just hold down the “System Setup” button while powering on the unit. If you do the update follow the instructions as I have read where some users have had issues and over the years I have seen users update or force an update when it wasn't necessary and bricked their module/hardware.