Creating Drum Sets - Alesis SR-16 Quick Start Owner's Manual

Creating Drum Sets

The SR-16 has 50 Preset and 50 editable User Drum Sets (groups of sounds) which can be assigned to any of
the 100 Patterns. After pressing the DRUM SET button, each press of the TEMPO/PAGE UP button selects a
different kind of parameter (drum sound, tuning, volume, etc.) Tap the pad to be edited, then enter the new
parameter value with the UP/DOWN, arrow, or number buttons.
1
Press DRUM SET.
Select a number from 00-49 with the number buttons,
and Preset or User with the PRESET/USER button.
Preset Drum Sets can only be saved to User locations.
2
Press the TEMPO/PAGE UP
button
to choose Page 2 (see display
lower right), where you can
assign different drum sounds
to different pads. Press the
pad to be assigned
then use the Up/Down or
number buttons
to select one of the available
sounds (a three-digit number
– don't forget leading zeroes
if necessary).
3
Press the TEMPO/PAGE UP button to choose Page 3, where you
can assign different levels for each pad. Tap a pad, then use the UP/DOWN or
number buttons to select the level.
4
Press the TEMPO/PAGE UP button to choose Page 4, where you
can assign the panning for each pad. Tap a pad, then use the UP/DOWN buttons to
select the pan position.
5
Press the TEMPO/PAGE UP button to choose Page 5, where you
can assign the tuning for each pad. Tap a pad, then use the UP/DOWN or number
buttons to select the tuning.
6
To save the new Drum Set parameters, press the TEMPO/PAGE UP button
three times to choose Page 8, where you can save the drum set parameters you've selected.
Press PLAY to save, or DRUM SET to back out.
7
If you pressed PLAY, press DRUM SET to return to normal operation.
DRUMSET
SELECT U S E R
D R U M S E T
DRUM SET
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