ALESIS SR-16 User Manual
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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 (SoundStacking™)....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 PAGE 1: SELECT DRUM SET (DRUMSET SELECT)......................................................28
4.2 PAGE 2: ASSIGN SOUNDS TO PADS...........................................................................29
4.3 PAGE 3: SET PAD VOLUME (VOLUME).......................................................................29
4.4 PAGE 4: SET PAD STEREO POSITION (PANNING).......................................................30
4.5 PAGE 5: SET PAD TUNING (TUNING)............................................................................31
4.6 PAGE 6: SET TRIGGERING MODE (ASN MODE)............................................................31
4.7 PAGE 7: CHOOSE OUTPUT JACKS (OUTPUT).............................................................32
4.8 PAGE 8: SAVE DRUM SET (SAVE SET).......................................................................33
4.9 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 PAGE 1: SELECT MIDI CHANNEL (MIDI CH)..................................................................41
6.2 PAGE 2: RECEIVE MIDI DRUM NOTES (DRUM IN).........................................................42
6.3 PAGE 3: TRANSMIT MIDI DRUM NOTES (DRUM OUT)...................................................42
6.4 PAGE 4: ASSIGN MIDI NOTE NUMBERS TO DRUM PADS (NOTE).................................43