
SR-16 Studio
Hey everyone — I made SR-16 Studio, a small free web app for working with an Alesis SR-16 from a desktop browser.
It lets you:
- Import MIDI drum loops and edit them in a 16-step sequencer
- Build one- or two-bar patterns directly in the browser
- Preview patterns on the actual SR-16 via MIDI
- Select SR-16 drum kits, send test notes, and monitor MIDI messages
- Send a compatible pattern to an empty User Pattern slot
- Load, send, receive, and save SysEx messages
- Keep a local pattern library in your browser — nothing is uploaded; import and export backups as JSON.
It is still early and made primarily around my own SR-16 setup, so I’d really welcome feedback from other SR-16 users.
I’d love feedback, bug reports, and ideas for where to take it next — especially around safely browsing memory dumps, longer arrangements, and kit mappings.
The SysEx pattern-transfer work is based on captures from a real SR-16 and has been tested with controlled writes to an empty User Pattern.
The app runs entirely in the browser and needs desktop Chrome or Edge for Web MIDI/SysEx.
Try it here:
https://deladriere.github.io/SR-16-Studio/
Source code:
https://github.com/deladriere/SR-16-Studio