Buttons And Windows; Three Mode Buttons - Alesis SR-16 Getting Started

GETTING
STARTED WITH TTIE SR.16
The SR-15 can be used on many levels, from simply playing preset Pattems to cr€atint your own
complex polyrhythms in odd time signatureg' As a restrlt, thele are two rumuals.
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.
Please read the reference manual at sorne point to urderstand iust how much power thele is ln
this deceptively simplelooking liftle box.
First, here are a few basic facts about the SR-16.
BUTTONS AND WINDOWS
The UplDown arrow butbns (to tlre right of the 0 and 5 number buttons) incnease or decase
values rrspectively. Press only one button at a time.
The display has several
"windows" that inforrn you of the SR-16 s status. If the instructions
mmtion that a particular word should or should not show up in a particular window, check the
window to see which is the case befor,e proceeding.
WHAT THE THREE MODE BUTTONS DO
There are three mode buttons that select basic operational modes. These buttons toggle between
the two options (press for one option, press again for the other option)'
PRESET/USER: This selects between two banks of drum sets and rhythm Patterru, herct ald
User. Preset drum sets and rhythm Patterns are pernunently etched into the SR-16 s little sllicon
brain and cannot be altered. User drum sets and rhythm Patterns can be programrrcd, eras€d,
and otherwise edited by the user.
PATTERN/SONG: ln Pattem Mode, you can play back (and with User Pattens, reclDrd)
individual rhythm Pafterns. These are uzually fairly short---say, 4 to 16 beab-and form the
basic elemmts of a Song. In Song mode you create a'Plaflist" of Patterns, which plays various
Patbrns in the desired order.
PERFORM/COMI€sE: In the case of either Pattem or Song mode, Perform mode is designed
for playback, and Compose for recordlng.
DONT
PANICT
lf you're stuck in a situation and you don't know how b 8et out of it, Press the STOP button.
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