Alesis SR-16 - Manual

Alesis SR-16

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Page 5 – CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; . 1 W E L C O M E T O T H E S R - 1 6 D R U M M A C H I N E !
  • Page 7 – . 2 B T h e F o u r D i f f e r e n t T y p e s o f P a t t e r n s
  • Page 9 – . 2 F P h y s i c a l L a y o u t
  • Page 10 – . 2 G D i s p l a y L a y o u t; . 2 H T e x t P r o t o c o l s
  • Page 13 – • Press the TEMPO/PAGE buttons to change the tempo.
  • Page 14 – CHAPTER 2: RECORD SETUP; . 1 P A G E 1 : S E L E C T T H E Q U A N T I Z A T I O N V A L U E ( Q U A N T I Z E S E L E C T )
  • Page 15 – . 2 P A G E 2 : S E L E C T T H E S W I N G V A L U E ( S W I N G S E L E C T ); SWING; SELECT
  • Page 16 – . 3 P A G E 3 : E N A B L E C L I C K ( M E T R O N O M E ) A N D S E T R H Y T H M ( C L I C K S E L E C T ); The click is audible only in Compose mode.
  • Page 17 – . 5 P A G E 5 : A D J U S T V E L O C I T Y R E S P O N S E ( V E L O C I T Y ); e d
  • Page 18 – . 6 P A G E 6 : A D D / R E M O V E B E A T S F R O M P A T T E R N E N D ( L E N G T H ); LENGTH; . 7 P A G E 7 : A D D / R E M O V E B E A T S F R O M P A T T E R N B E G I N N I N G (; START
  • Page 19 – S T A R T . This indicates a Pattern's length in beats; . 8 P A G E 8 : O F F S E T A P A T T E R N O R D R U M P A R T
  • Page 21 – The following page summarizes the step edit options.
  • Page 22 – NO NAME; NAME
  • Page 23 – CHAPTER 3: PLAYING BACK/RECORDING PATTERNS; . 1 P L A Y B A C K / R E C O R D B A S I C S; . 1 A T h e D u a l - P u r p o s e F i l l B u t t o n
  • Page 26 – . 1 H S e l e c t F i l l P a t t e r n s i n P e r f o r m ( P l a y b a c k ) M o d e
  • Page 28 – . 1 K U s i n g F i l l t o C r e a t e R e p e t i t i v e D r u m H i t s
  • Page 32 – . 3 F C o p y a D r u m S e t t o A n o t h e r S R - 1 6 V i a M I D I
  • Page 33 – CHAPTER 4: CREATING DRUM SETS; General instructions for Drum Set construction are:
  • Page 34 – . 2 P A G E 2 : A S S I G N S O U N D S T O P A D S; FATSNARE; To assign a sound to a pad:
  • Page 35 – To change the pan position associated with a given pad:
  • Page 36 – TUNING; To change the tuning associated with a given pad:; To change the mode associated with a given pad:
  • Page 37 – . 7 P A G E 7 : C H O O S E O U T P U T J A C K S ( O U T P U T ); OUTPUT; To change the output assignment:
  • Page 39 – . 9 P A G E 9 : M A N U A L D R U M S E T O V E R R I D E ( S E T M O D E ); SET MODE; PATT
  • Page 40 – C H A P T E R 5 : S O N G M O D E; . 1 S O N G M O D E B A S I C S
  • Page 44 – . 3 E D e l e t e a S t e p; . Release the ERASE and PLAY buttons.; . 3 F R e p l a c e a S t e p; C O P Y T O S O N G with the number of the currently selected Song.
  • Page 46 – CHAPTER 6: MIDI SETUP; . 1 P A G E 1 : S E L E C T M I D I C H A N N E L ( M I D I C H )
  • Page 47 – . 2 P A G E 2 : R E C E I V E M I D I D R U M N O T E S ( D R U M I N ); DRUM IN; . 3 P A G E 3 : T R A N S M I T M I D I D R U M N O T E S ( D R U M O U T ); DRUM OUT
  • Page 48 – . 4 P A G E 4 : A S S I G N M I D I N O T E N U M B E R S T O D R U M P A D S ( N O T E ); M I D I N o t e; D r u m P a d
  • Page 49 – . 5 P A G E 5 : A C C E P T E X T E R N A L C L O C K D A T A ( C L O C K I N ); . 6 P A G E 6 : S E N D C L O C K D A T A T O O T H E R D E V I C E S ( C L O C K O U T )
  • Page 50 – . 7 P A G E 7 : M E R G E M I D I I N W I T H M I D I O U T ( M I D I T H R U ); MIDITHRU; OFF
  • Page 51 – . 8 P A G E 8 : S E L E C T D R U M S E T S V I A M I D I P R O G R A M C H A N G E S ( P R G C H N G )
  • Page 52 – Drum note map in M U L T I - D R U M S E T mode
  • Page 53 – . 1 B A C K U P B A S I C S
  • Page 54 – . 2 T A P E I N T E R F A C E H O O K U P
  • Page 55 – . 4 R E C E I V E D A T A D I R E C T L Y F R O M A N O T H E R M I D I D E V I C E
  • Page 56 – . 5 P A G E 2 : S A V E A L L M E M O R Y C O N T E N T S T O T A P E ( S T O R E T O T A P E ? ); . 6 P A G E 3 : V E R I F Y D A T A R E C O R D E D O N T A P E ( V E R I F Y T A P E ? ); VERIFY
  • Page 57 – LOAD IN
  • Page 58 – . 8 P A G E 5 : L O A D O N E P A T T E R N F R O M T A P E ( L O A D I N P A T T ); . 9 P A G E 6 : L O A D O N E S O N G F R O M T A P E ( L O A D I N S O N G )
  • Page 59 – . 1 0 P A G E 7 : C H E C K A V A I L A B L E M E M O R Y ( F R E E M E M ); FREE MEM
  • Page 61 – CHAPTER 8: APPLICATIONS; . 1 M I D I S Y N C A P P L I C A T I O N S; . 1 B S R - 1 6 a s M I D I T i m i n g S l a v e
  • Page 62 – . 1 C S y n c h i n g t o S y n t h e s i z e r S e q u e n c e r s
  • Page 65 – . 4 U N D E R S T A N D I N G R H Y T H M I C N O T A T I O N
  • Page 66 – CHAPTER 9: MIDI SUPPLEMENT; . 1 M I D I B A S I C S
  • Page 67 – N o t e O f f This indicates the end of the note.
  • Page 68 – S t a r t Signals all rhythmically-based units when to start playing.; . 4 B O O K S O N M I D I
  • Page 69 – . 5 V I D E O S O N M I D I
  • Page 70 – ALESIS SR-16 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART
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Summary

Page 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS C H A P T E R 1 : I N T R O D U C T I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 WELCOME TO THE SR-16 DRUM MACHINE!................................................................1 1.1A If You Just Can't...

Page 5 - CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; . 1 W E L C O M E T O T H E S R - 1 6 D R U M M A C H I N E !

1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 . 1 W E L C O M E T O T H E S R - 1 6 D R U M M A C H I N E ! 1 . 1 A I f Y o u J u s t C a n ' t W a i t … Turn to section 1.4, 10 Steps to Instant Gratification, and start making sounds. Some of theterms in that section may not make sense, but just follow the instructio...

Page 7 - . 2 B T h e F o u r D i f f e r e n t T y p e s o f P a t t e r n s

3 After perfecting these Patterns, Song mode offers two ways to create a song: • Program a list of Patterns, in the order in which they are to be played.• Select Patterns in real time, and the SR-16 will remember your performance. The SR-16 stores up to 100 User-programmable Songs. Breaking a song i...

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