Alesis SR-16 Getting Started
16 bit stereo drum machine
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- Page 1 0pen this lint to start playing immediately... Getting Started A preliminary guide to playing and creating: rPattems oSongs oDrum Kits with the...
- Page 2 16 B'T SIENEO DNUT fr'ACH'}IE A preliminary guide @ 1990 Alesis Corporation...
- Page 3 This mini-manual will acquaint you with a few of the SR-16 s most important functions. Many musicians will only need b know as much about the SR-16 as is presenbd in this- manual. Tte Refermce Manualis a complete self-teaching couNe that explains every aspect of the sR-16.
- Page 4 Hook It Up! As you hook up the SR-16 the rrclurne conurol on )lour power amp ard the SR-16 should be dl the waydown,ard ponm toboth unitsshould beoff. 3 nugthe ACadapercord inb the 9VAClrckand the adapEr itseu into a convenient wall socket.
- Page 5 Check Out Some Patterns The SR-16 has a library of preset pa.ttems for all kinds of mwia-rock, blues, reggae, fusiory R&8, rap, country, even polka. Many musicians will find the grooves they need here and will not have to worry about programming their own programs until they become more familiar with the SR-16' 1 f tn"...
- Page 6 Playing Sequences of Patterns Each Pattern number, Preset and ueer, indudes A and B "subpatterns." The preset A and B vaniations complement each other. For example, in a Rock pattern, A crould play the verse, and B the chorus. ln fact, you may constmct many songs just by switching back and fbrth between the A and B variations.
- Page 7 Fun With Fills Each A and B variation also includes associad Ftll Patterns, which can play expressive transitions between the A and B variations. You can push a button to have a Fill take over from its associated rnain Pattern and hansition to the alternate Pattern. 2 ftu*t "rd t"t""se the FILL button while the main A Pattem is (preferably somewhere around beat...
- Page 8 7 Whun you'* finished creatint the Song, pressSTOP. 10 fo erase tt e Song you must have the Song rlecbd. Tl€ SR-16 should be stopped and in Perform rnode. I,ress ERASE ard while holding tt down, press PLAY. - The Song will be erased.
- Page 9 Count/A/B/Filt footswitch. If you press the footswitch before the fill has finished plalng and hold it down until after the fill has played (i.e, past the downbeat of the next PatErn), the SR-16 \,yill r€tum to the original MainA or B Pattem.
- Page 10 Record a Pattern The SR-16 offers very flo<ible and musical recordingopions. This iust gives a taste ofwhafs available* manual for more inforrnation. 1 f m" airpt ys upper right window shows SONG, pre*s the PATTERN,/SONG button onc€ to select Pattem rnode. (Pressing this button "toggles"...
- Page 11 IheTEMPO,/PAGE uPbutton sel€cts adiffer€r* kind of panmeter (drum sound, tuning, volumq,etc.) Tapthepadbbeedibd,thanantatherrlvpanmeFvalrrwiththeI,JPIDOWN,aIrcw,or numberhrttons. Toedttmorepads,tapamth€rFdardenteranewvalrr. Aftereditingthepad(s),Press tlE TBTPO/PAGE LJP h*bn to ace$ tl€ nod tne of paranetd. The SR-16 should be sto@' L n."onuuSrf. Sdect a number from fi149 with the number buftons,...
- Page 12 Tho* with electronic drum pads or a gequencer can use the SR-16 as a tone modulq where dffferent.drums wiU sound in response to different MIDI notes receirred at the sR-16 s MIDI fuL You mugt run a MIDI cable from the gequencEr or elec{ronic drum sefs MIDI out b the SR-15 s MIDI in The SR-16 has a special 'exparder module"...