oops..my bad
to answer your question. yes you can use a drum machine sequencer with the qs6.1. i don't use it in this manner but i could hook up my boss dr5 to drive my alesis. if you have a computer you can use this as a sequencer...even if it's a cheap computer. included in the alesis was some software for cubasis. try installing it if you have a computer. you'll need some way to transmit the midi data so install the driver on the cd for a direct serial conncetion.