Document Outline

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
  • WELCOME TO THE SR18 DRUM MACHINE
  • GROUND RULES
    • The Pattern/Song Recording Method
    • The Two Types of Patterns
    • The Four Types of Sub-Patterns
    • How "Looping" Simplifies Recording
    • What's a Voice?
• CONNECTION DIAGRAM
• TOP PANEL PHYSICAL LAYOUT
  • GENERAL CONTROLS
  • NAVIGATION BUTTONS
  • MODE BUTTONS
  • SETUP BUTTONS
  • TRANSPORT CONTROL BUTTONS
• REAR PANEL PHYSICAL LAYOUT
• DISPLAY LAYOUT
• BASICS
  • HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SR18
  • 10 STEPS TO INSTANT GRATIFICATION (SETUP AND CHECKOUT)
  • THE INSTRUMENT LAYERS
  • PLAYBACK / RECORD BASICS
    • Using the Transport Controls
    • Preset and User Patterns
    • Playing Patterns
    • Selecting the Next Pattern to be Played
    • Selecting Individual Patterns
    • Changing Pattern Tempo
    • Selecting Fill Patterns
    • Using the Start/Stop Footswitch
    • The ROLL Button
    • Using Roll
    • The MUTE Button
    • Playing Songs
• RECORDING PATTERNS
  • STEPS TO RECORDING A PATTERN
  • PRACTICE MODE
  • RECORDING OTHER PARTS (PERCUSSION AND BASS)
• PATTERN PLAY MODE
  • PLAYING PATTERN SEQUENCES WITH THE PADS
  • RECORDING PATTERN SEQUENCES INTO A SONG
  • ASSIGNING PATTERNS TO THE PADS
• SELECTING, EDITING AND CREATING DRUM SETS
  • What is a Drum Set?
  • SELECTING A DRUM SET
  • CREATING AND EDITING DRUM SETS
    • PAGE 2: INSTRUMENT LAYER VOLUME
    • PAGE 3: ASSIGNING SOUNDS TO PADS
    • PAGE 4: PAD VOLUME
    • PAGE 5: PANNING
    • PAGE 6: TUNING
    • PAGE 7: ATTACK ENVELOPE (BASS ONLY)
    • PAGE 8: DECAY ENVELOPE
    • PAGE 9: RELEASE ENVELOPE (BASS ONLY)
    • PAGE 10: FILTER
    • PAGE 11: TRIGGERING MODE (ASN MODE)
    • PAGE 12: OUTPUT
    • PAGE 13: DRUM SET NAME
  • EFFECTS
  • SAVING YOUR DRUM SETS
• RECORD SETUP
  • PAGE 1: SELECT THE QUANTIZATION VALUE (QUANTIZE SELECT)
  • PAGE 2: GATE
  • PAGE 3: SELECT THE SWING VALUE (SWING SELECT)
  • PAGE 4: ENABLE CLICK AND SET RHYTHM (CLICK SELECT)
  • PAGE 5: SET CLICK VOLUME (CLICK VOL)
  • PAGE 6: VELOCITY SENSITIVITY
  • PAGE 7: BEAT VALUE
  • PAGE 8: NOTE VALUE
  • PAGE 9: PATTERN LENGTH
  • PAGE 10: OFFSET A PATTERN OR DRUM PART
  • PAGE 11: NAME THE PATTERN (NAME)
• EDITING PATTERNS – ERASE FUNCTIONS
  • ERASING DRUM EVENTS WHILE RECORDING
  • ERASING AN ENTIRE PATTERN
  • ERASE ALL EVENTS PLAYED BY A PARTICULAR DRUM PAD
  • ERASE ALL INSTRUMENT EVENTS IN SUB-PATTERN
• EDITING PATTERNS – COPY/SAVE FUNCTIONS
  • SAVING A PATTERN
  • COPYING A PATTERN
  • APPENDING A PATTERN
• EDITING PATTERNS – ERASE FUNCTIONS
  • ERASING DRUM EVENTS WHILE RECORDING
  • ERASING AN ENTIRE PATTERN
  • ERASE ALL EVENTS PLAYED BY A PARTICULAR DRUM PAD
  • ERASE ALL INSTRUMENT EVENTS IN SUB-PATTERN
• EDITING PATTERNS – COPY/SAVE FUNCTIONS
  • SAVING A PATTERN
  • COPYING A PATTERN
  • APPENDING A PATTERN
• EDITING PATTERNS – TRANSPOSITION
• PATTERN STEP EDITING (STEP EDIT MODE)
  • ADDING A NEW DRUM TO A STEP
  • ERASE A DRUM SOUND FROM A STEP
  • CHANGE A DRUM SOUND'S VOLUME IN A GIVEN STEP
  • EXIT STEP EDIT MODE
• SONG MODE
  • PLAYING SONGS
  • RECORDING A SONG IN REAL-TIME
  • MANUAL SONG CREATION (SONG STEP EDIT MODE)
    • Adding a Fill to Your Song
    • Removing a Fill from Your Song
    • Inserting a New Step Between Two Existing Song Steps
    • Deleting a Step
    • Replacing a Step
  • SETTING SONG TEMPO
  • INSERTING A TEMPO CHANGE IN A SONG
  • CONTROLLING PLAYBACK POSITION
  • LOOP A PATTERN INDEFINITELY
  • START FROM THE MIDDLE OF A SONG
  • ERASING AN ENTIRE SONG
  • SAVING YOUR SONG
  • APPEND A SONG
  • NAME A SONG (NAME)
• SYSTEM SETUP
  • Page 1 / MIDI CHANNEL (MIDI CH)
  • Page 2 / RECEIVE MIDI NOTES (DRUM IN, PERC IN, BASS IN)
  • Page 3 / TRANSMIT MIDI NOTES (DRUM OUT, PERC OUT, BASS OUT)
  • Page 4 / ASSIGN MIDI NOTE NUMBERS TO DRUM PADS (NOTE)
  • Page 5 / ACCEPT EXTERNAL CLOCK VALUE (CLOCK IN)
  • Page 6 / SEND CLOCK VALUE TO OTHER DEVICES (CLOCKOUT)
  • Page 7 / MERGE MIDI IN WITH MIDI OUT (MIDITHRU)
  • Page 8 / SELECT DRUM SETS VIA MIDI PROGRAM CHANGES (PRG CHNG)
  • Page 9 / TEMPO SELECTION (TEMPO)
  • Page 10 / MAP DRUM NOTES (NOTE MAP)
  • PAGE 11 / MANUAL DRUMSET OVERRIDE (SET MODE)
  • Page 12 / LEDs (LEDS OFF)
  • Page 13 / BACKLIGHT BRIGHTNESS (BACKLITE)
  • Page 14 / BATTERY LEVEL (BATT LVL)
  • Page 15 / LOW BATTERY WARNING (LO BATT)
  • Page 16 / CHECK AVAILABLE MEMORY (MEM FREE)
  • Page 17 / SEND SONG AND PATTERN DATA TO MIDI SYS EX STORAGE DEVICE (SENDOUT MIDI?)
  • SENDING MIDI SYSEX SONG AND PATTERN DATA TO THE SR18
• APPLICATIONS
  • MIDI SYNC APPLICATIONS
    • SR18 As MIDI Timing Master
    • SR18 As MIDI Timing Slave
  • STRATEGIES FOR ASSEMBLING PATTERNS AND SONGS
    • Create Fills Quickly with the Copy Function
    • Assemble Short Patterns into Longer Patterns with the Copy Function
    • Save Memory Through Song Steps
    • Odd Time Signatures
  • UNDERSTANDING RHYTHMIC NOTATION
• MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART
• FACTORY RESET
• KEY FEATURES
• TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS