ALESIS SR-16 Reference Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ........................................................1 1.1 WELCOME TO THE SR-16 DRUM MACHINE!................................................................1 1.1A If You Just Can't Wait......................................................................................1 1.1B SR-16 Quick Description................................................................................1 1.1C About this Manual..........................................................................................1 1.1D Return Your Warranty Card Now!.....................................................................2 1.2 GROUND RULES.........................................................................................................2 1.2A The Pattern/Song Recording Method.............................................................2 1.2B The Four Different Types of Patterns...............................................................3 1.2C How "Looping" Simplifies Recording...............................................................4 1.2D What's a Voice?..............................................................................................4 1.2E About Defaults...............................................................................................4 1.2F Physical Layout..............................................................................................5 1.2G Display Layout...............................................................................................6 1.2H Text Protocols...............................................................................................6 1.3 IMPORTANT HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SR-16.............................................................7 1.3A Entering Numbers..........................................................................................7 1.3B The Cursor....................................................................................................7 1.3C Leading Zeroes.............................................................................................7 1.3D Automatic Revert...........................................................................................7 1.3E The INC/DEC Buttons....................................................................................7 1.3F Buttons that Toggle........................................................................................8 1.4 10 STEPS TO INSTANT GRATIFICATION (SETUP AND CHECKOUT).............................8 CHAPTER 2: RECORD SETUP ......................................................10 PAGE 1: SELECT THE QUANTIZATION VALUE (QUANTIZE SELECT)...........................10 PAGE 2: SELECT THE SWING VALUE (SWING SELECT)..............................................11 PAGE 3: ENABLE CLICK (METRONOME) AND SET RHYTHM (CLICK SELECT).............12 PAGE 4: SET CLICK (METRONOME) VOLUME (CLICK VOL).........................................12 PAGE 5: ADJUST VELOCITY RESPONSE (VELOCITY)................................................13 PAGE 6: ADD/REMOVE BEATS FROM PATTERN END (LENGTH).................................14 PAGE 7: ADD/REMOVE BEATS FROM PATTERN BEGINNING (`START)........................14 PAGE 8: OFFSET A PATTERN OR DRUM PART...........................................................15 PAGE 9: STEP MODE RECORDING (STEP MODE).......................................................15 2.9A Add a New Drum to a Step..............................................................................17 2.9B Erase a Drum Sound From a Step....................................................................17 2.9C Change a Drum Sound's Volume in a Given Step.............................................17 2.9D Exit Step Mode..............................................................................................17 2.10 PAGE 10: NAME THE PATTERN (NAME)....................................................................17 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 CHAPTER 3: PLAYING BACK/RECORDING PATTERNS.................18 3.1 PLAYBACK/RECORD BASICS.....................................................................................18 3.1A The Dual-Purpose Fill Button..........................................................................18 3.1B Perform/Compose Modes..............................................................................18 3.1C Set Pattern Tempo.........................................................................................19 3.1D Select Individual Patterns...............................................................................19 3.1E Stop/Restart a Pattern....................................................................................19 3.1F Using the Start/Stop Footswitch......................................................................20 3.1G Select New Patterns While in Perform (Playback) Mode....................................20 3.1H Select Fill Patterns in Perform (Playback) Mode................................................21 3.1I Record a Pattern..............................................................................................22 3.1J Select New Patterns and Fills While in Compose (Record) Mode........................22 3.1K Using Fill to Create Repetitive Drum Hits..........................................................23 3.2 ERASE FUNCTIONS....................................................................................................24 3.2A Erase Mistakes While Recording.....................................................................24 3.2B Erase an Entire Pattern...................................................................................24 3.2C Erase All Events Played by a Particular Drum Pad.........................................................24 3.3 COPY FUNCTIONS......................................................................................................25 3.3A Copy, Append, and Double Patterns...............................................................25 3.3B Copy (Merge) One Drum Pad's Part to Another Drum Pad (SoundStackingTM)....25 3.3C Copy a Single Drum Pad's Part to a Drum Pad in a Different Pattern....................26 3.3D Copy a Pattern to Another SR-16 Via MIDI........................................................26 3.3E Copy a Single Drum Pad's Part to a Drum Pad in Another SR-16 Via MIDI............27 3.3F Copy a Drum Set to Another SR-16 Via MIDI.....................................................27 CHAPTER 4: CREATING DRUM SETS............................................28 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 PAGE 1: SELECT DRUM SET (DRUMSET SELECT)......................................................28 PAGE 2: ASSIGN SOUNDS TO PADS...........................................................................29 PAGE 3: SET PAD VOLUME (VOLUME).......................................................................29 PAGE 4: SET PAD STEREO POSITION (PANNING).......................................................30 PAGE 5: SET PAD TUNING (TUNING)............................................................................31 PAGE 6: SET TRIGGERING MODE (ASN MODE)............................................................31 PAGE 7: CHOOSE OUTPUT JACKS (OUTPUT).............................................................32 PAGE 8: SAVE DRUM SET (SAVE SET).......................................................................33 PAGE 9: MANUAL DRUM SET OVERRIDE (SET MODE)................................................34 CHAPTER 5: SONG MODE.............................................................35 5.1 SONG MODE BASICS..................................................................................................35 5.1A Select Songs and Enter/Exit Song Mode........................................................35 5.1B Set Song Tempo...........................................................................................35 5.1C Continue, Re-start, or Jump to Next Song Step................................................36 5.1D "Loop" a Pattern Indefinitely...........................................................................36 5.1E Start from the Middle of a Song.......................................................................36 5.1F Name a Song (NAME).....................................................................................36 5.1G Change Song Tempo as the SR-16 Plays........................................................37 5.2 REAL TIME SONG CREATION......................................................................................37 5.2A Real Time Song Editing..................................................................................37 5.3 MANUAL SONG CREATION.........................................................................................38 5.3A Enter a Pattern...............................................................................................38 5.3B Add a Fill........................................................................................................38 5.3C Remove a Fill.................................................................................................38 5.3D Insert a New Step Between Two Existing Song Steps......................................38 5.3E Delete a Step.................................................................................................38 5.3F Replace a Step...............................................................................................39 5.3G Erase an Entire Song.....................................................................................39 5.3H Copy a Song to Itself (Double Song Length)....................................................39 5.4I Copy a Song to Another Song (or to the End of Another Song If That Song is Not Empty).........................................39 5.4J Copy a Song to Another SR-16 Via MIDI...........................................................40 CHAPTER 6: MIDI SETUP .............................................................41 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 PAGE 1: SELECT MIDI CHANNEL (MIDI CH)..................................................................41 PAGE 2: RECEIVE MIDI DRUM NOTES (DRUM IN).........................................................42 PAGE 3: TRANSMIT MIDI DRUM NOTES (DRUM OUT)...................................................42 PAGE 4: ASSIGN MIDI NOTE NUMBERS TO DRUM PADS (NOTE).................................43 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 PAGE 5: ACCEPT EXTERNAL CLOCK DATA (CLOCK IN)..............................................44 PAGE 6: SEND CLOCK DATA TO OTHER DEVICES (CLOCKOUT)................................44 PAGE 7: MERGE MIDI IN WITH MIDI OUT (MIDITHRU)......................................................45 PAGE 8: SELECT DRUM SETS VIA MIDI PROGRAM CHANGES (PRG CHNG).................46 PAGE 9: MAP DRUM NOTES (NOTE MAP)....................................................................46 CHAPTER 7: BACKUP....................................................................48 7.1 BACKUP BASICS........................................................................................................48 7.2 TAPE INTERFACE HOOKUP........................................................................................49 7.3 PAGE 1: SEND DATA AS MIDI TO A MIDI SYS EX STORAGE DEVICE (SEND OUT MIDI?)..............................................................................................................49 7.4 RECEIVE DATA DIRECTLY FROM ANOTHER MIDI DEVICE...........................................50 7.5 PAGE 2: SAVE ALL MEMORY CONTENTS TO TAPE (STORE TO TAPE?).....................51 7.6 PAGE 3: VERIFY DATA RECORDED ON TAPE (VERIFY TAPE?)....................................51 7.7 PAGE 4: LOAD DATA FROM TAPE (LOAD IN TAPE?)....................................................52 7.8 PAGE 5: LOAD ONE PATTERN FROM TAPE (LOAD IN PATT).......................................53 7.9 PAGE 6: LOAD ONE SONG FROM TAPE (LOAD IN SONG)............................................53 7.10 PAGE 7: CHECK AVAILABLE MEMORY (FREE MEM).................................................54 7.11 CLEAR MEMORY/RE-INITIALIZE PARAMETERS........................................................55 7.12 CHECK SOFTWARE VERSION..................................................................................55 CHAPTER 8: APPLICATIONS.........................................................56 8.1 MIDI SYNC APPLICATIONS..........................................................................................56 8.1A SR-16 As MIDI Timing Master..........................................................................56 8.1B SR-16 as MIDI Timing Slave.............................................................................57 8.1C Synching to Synthesizer Sequencers.............................................................57 8.2 STRATEGIES FOR ASSEMBLING PATTERNS AND SONGS................. ...