ALESIS SR-18 Portable Drum Machine - Manual (Page 35)

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EDITING PATTERNS – COPY/SAVE FUNCTIONS
SAVING A PATTERN
The following operation will save the selected Pattern, including all sub-patterns (A, B and FILL) to a
specific location, overwriting any data which may already exist. Please note that you need to save your
Patterns if you wish to access them after you power-cycle the unit.
1.
The SR18 should be in Pattern mode and stopped.
2. Select the Pattern you wish to save.
3. Press and hold the SAVE / COPY button, and keep
holding it down until step (6). The display says
SAVE
TO PATT .
4. Enter the destination Pattern number with the INC /
DEC buttons, number buttons or the VALUE dial.
5. Press REC (ENTER). The display says SAVE DONE .
6. Release the SAVE / COPY and REC (ENTER)
buttons.
COPYING A PATTERN
The following operation will copy only the selected sub-pattern (A, B, or FILL) to another destination. If
the current Pattern is shorter than the destination, the part will be copied to the beginning, leaving the
remainder blank. Copying a sub-pattern longer than the destination Pattern will automatically lengthen
the destination Pattern (128 Beat maximum).
1. The SR18 should be in Pattern mode and stopped.
2. First, select a Pattern.
3. Then select A, B or FILL sub-pattern to be copied by
pressing the corresponding button.
4. Press and hold the SAVE / COPY button, and keep
holding it down until step (6).
5. While holding the SAVE / COPY button, press PAGE
UP. The display says
COPY TO PATT .
6. Enter the destination Pattern number into which the
current sub-pattern will be copied with the INC / DEC
buttons, number buttons or the VALUE dial.
7. Now select which sub-pattern you would like to copy
the data into by pressing A, B or FILL.
8. Press REC (ENTER). The display says COPY DONE .
9. Release the SAVE / COPY and REC (ENTER) buttons.
APPENDING A PATTERN
This operation adds the current Pattern, including all sub-patterns (A, B and FILL) to the end of a
selected Pattern. Note that Patterns can only be appended to Patterns of the same time signature (i.e. a
3 / 4 Pattern can only be appended to another 3 / 4 Pattern).
1. The SR18 should be in Pattern mode and stopped.
2. Select the Pattern you would like to append.
3. Press and hold the SAVE / COPY button, and keep
holding it down until step (6).
4. While holding the SAVE / COPY button, press PAGE
UP twice. The display should say
APPND TO PATT .
5. Enter the destination Pattern number where you would
like to append the original Pattern with the INC/DEC
buttons, number buttons or the VALUE dial.
6. Press REC (ENTER). The display says APPEND DONE .
7. Release the COPY and REC (ENTER) buttons.