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... 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...
... 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...
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.... 1.2E About Defaults A default is a setting that assigns particular drum sounds to particular voices (pads), at certain level and pan settings. Each of pad volume resolution, from soft to loud. However, when using the SR-16 as a drum sound expander and triggering sounds via MIDI, they respond to all 8 beats again. Example: When you can...
.... 1.2E About Defaults A default is a setting that assigns particular drum sounds to particular voices (pads), at certain level and pan settings. Each of pad volume resolution, from soft to loud. However, when using the SR-16 as a drum sound expander and triggering sounds via MIDI, they respond to all 8 beats again. Example: When you can...
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... INC) and down arrow (decrement, or DEC). The control groups (see diagram) are: • Pads (play buttons) 5 Tapping each button triggers an SR-16 voice. • Function buttons. Display Data entry buttons "Tape recorder" buttons Pattern select buttons Mode buttons VOLUME 1 2 3 6 7 8 PLAY STOP 4 5 9 0 A B FILL PATTERN / SONG DRUM SET PRESET / USER RECORD SETUP PERFORM / COMPOSE...
... INC) and down arrow (decrement, or DEC). The control groups (see diagram) are: • Pads (play buttons) 5 Tapping each button triggers an SR-16 voice. • Function buttons. Display Data entry buttons "Tape recorder" buttons Pattern select buttons Mode buttons VOLUME 1 2 3 6 7 8 PLAY STOP 4 5 9 0 A B FILL PATTERN / SONG DRUM SET PRESET / USER RECORD SETUP PERFORM / COMPOSE...
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... CHECKOUT) 1. Start tapping the pads. Example: Press the PATTERN/SONG button once to change from Pattern to get out of the display should be all the way down (counter-clockwise). 2. Plug the SR-16's AC adapter into the wall. The LCD will show PATTERN. Adjust the volume control for now. 3. EMPTY... buttons, FILL button, and several function buttons (DRUM SET, RECORD SETUP, MIDI SETUP, and BACKUP) "toggle" between two states. The amp and SR-16 volume controls should say PATTERN and not SONG; The smaller plug inserts in the 9V AC Power jack on message. Turn on the rear panel On...
... CHECKOUT) 1. Start tapping the pads. Example: Press the PATTERN/SONG button once to change from Pattern to get out of the display should be all the way down (counter-clockwise). 2. Plug the SR-16's AC adapter into the wall. The LCD will show PATTERN. Adjust the volume control for now. 3. EMPTY... buttons, FILL button, and several function buttons (DRUM SET, RECORD SETUP, MIDI SETUP, and BACKUP) "toggle" between two states. The amp and SR-16 volume controls should say PATTERN and not SONG; The smaller plug inserts in the 9V AC Power jack on message. Turn on the rear panel On...
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Medium can respond to the force with which a pad's output level can be selected only with the INC/DEC buttons. With Fixed Volume 1, all drums assume the level of the loudest possible tap, regardless of how hard you tap it: soft, medium, loud, and eight fixed ... sounds. loud response weights the response toward softer sounds; 2.5 PAGE 5: ADJUST VELOCITY RESPONSE (VELOCITY) There are 11 ways in which you tap the pads. Fixed Volumes 2-7 provide the levels between the softest and loudest extremes, with a heavier or lighter touch. To select the desired dynamic response, use the INC/DEC...
Medium can respond to the force with which a pad's output level can be selected only with the INC/DEC buttons. With Fixed Volume 1, all drums assume the level of the loudest possible tap, regardless of how hard you tap it: soft, medium, loud, and eight fixed ... sounds. loud response weights the response toward softer sounds; 2.5 PAGE 5: ADJUST VELOCITY RESPONSE (VELOCITY) There are 11 ways in which you tap the pads. Fixed Volumes 2-7 provide the levels between the softest and loudest extremes, with a heavier or lighter touch. To select the desired dynamic response, use the INC/DEC...
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.... Because a beat was removed, the Pattern will add the difference, in beats, from the beginning of the Pattern. to enter this number into the SR-16. Drums offset to before the first beat "wrap around " to the end of the Pattern. 2.9 PAGE 9: STEP MODE RECORDING (STEP MODE) The.... The SR-16 should be a three digit number; If you exit the function. To enter the step editor, press PLAY. Background An example will now be 0 0 / 3 8 4 (no offset). 2. The default is your "gateway" to 007 will also show the drum pad that played the event and the event volume. Notes:...
.... Because a beat was removed, the Pattern will add the difference, in beats, from the beginning of the Pattern. to enter this number into the SR-16. Drums offset to before the first beat "wrap around " to the end of the Pattern. 2.9 PAGE 9: STEP MODE RECORDING (STEP MODE) The.... The SR-16 should be a three digit number; If you exit the function. To enter the step editor, press PLAY. Background An example will now be 0 0 / 3 8 4 (no offset). 2. The default is your "gateway" to 007 will also show the drum pad that played the event and the event volume. Notes:...
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...TRIPLET= 64 = EIGHTH NOTE = 48 3 = EIGHTH NOTE TRIPLET = 32 = 16th NOTE = 24 3 = 16th NOTE TRIPLET = 16 = 32nd NOTE = 12 3 = 32nd NOTE TRIPLET = 8 16 If swing is 1/96th of volume data. While occasionally somewhat tedious, Step Edit mode allows editing drum parts to the steps in duration, so at various... delete the event, add an event, or change an event's volume. The following chart relates the number of 24 sub-beats, so setting the quantization value to Song steps, but the display will show no pad number, and EMPTY in place of a beat in a Pattern that...
...TRIPLET= 64 = EIGHTH NOTE = 48 3 = EIGHTH NOTE TRIPLET = 32 = 16th NOTE = 24 3 = 16th NOTE TRIPLET = 16 = 32nd NOTE = 12 3 = 32nd NOTE TRIPLET = 8 16 If swing is 1/96th of volume data. While occasionally somewhat tedious, Step Edit mode allows editing drum parts to the steps in duration, so at various... delete the event, add an event, or change an event's volume. The following chart relates the number of 24 sub-beats, so setting the quantization value to Song steps, but the display will show no pad number, and EMPTY in place of a beat in a Pattern that...
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... drum, along with its volume (how hard the pad was being displayed will be changed . While holding down the ERASE button, press PLAY. select the desired character with the number buttons. 18 If you want to be changed ; The drum that corresponds to the sound you play a pad to change the level and... PAGE buttons to locate the step containing the drum to be added. You can also enter numbers with the INC/DEC buttons. Press the pad that was hit), will be erased. 2.9C Change a Drum Sound's Volume in a Given Step Use the PAGE buttons to select the step containing the drum whose...
... drum, along with its volume (how hard the pad was being displayed will be changed . While holding down the ERASE button, press PLAY. select the desired character with the number buttons. 18 If you want to be changed ; The drum that corresponds to the sound you play a pad to change the level and... PAGE buttons to locate the step containing the drum to be added. You can also enter numbers with the INC/DEC buttons. Press the pad that was hit), will be erased. 2.9C Change a Drum Sound's Volume in a Given Step Use the PAGE buttons to select the step containing the drum whose...
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... they cannot be changed while the SR-16 is stopped or already playing. 20 While the SR-16 is in Pattern mode, the tempo remains as you wish to 255 beats per minute. You can change Pattern quantization, swing, click rhythm and volume, pad velocity response, name, drumset, drumset...). 3. If a footswitch is stopped. • Use the TEMPO/PAGE up and down buttons. Press PRESET/USER to recording another part. The SR-16 will assume the Song's tempo-even if you make adjustments prior to select either manually, or by selecting a different Song). 3.1D Select Individual ...
... they cannot be changed while the SR-16 is stopped or already playing. 20 While the SR-16 is in Pattern mode, the tempo remains as you wish to 255 beats per minute. You can change Pattern quantization, swing, click rhythm and volume, pad velocity response, name, drumset, drumset...). 3. If a footswitch is stopped. • Use the TEMPO/PAGE up and down buttons. Press PRESET/USER to recording another part. The SR-16 will assume the Song's tempo-even if you make adjustments prior to select either manually, or by selecting a different Song). 3.1D Select Individual ...
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3.1K Using Fill to repeatedly press the pads, and is inactive) and swing value. if quantization is off, though, this function is typically used to use the FILL button for Pattern selection, however, it down . The SR-16 should be retriggered at the current quantization rate (e.g., eighth notes, 16th ...you don't hit the drum first, pressing the FILL button will be at the same volume as the pad and FILL buttons are held down . 3. All hits will be in Compose mode and recording. 2. Press a pad on the first beat of what will select a Fill Pattern. 24 Immediately after pressing...
3.1K Using Fill to repeatedly press the pads, and is inactive) and swing value. if quantization is off, though, this function is typically used to use the FILL button for Pattern selection, however, it down . The SR-16 should be retriggered at the current quantization rate (e.g., eighth notes, 16th ...you don't hit the drum first, pressing the FILL button will be at the same volume as the pad and FILL buttons are held down . 3. All hits will be in Compose mode and recording. 2. Press a pad on the first beat of what will select a Fill Pattern. 24 Immediately after pressing...
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... SR-16's sounds to any of the over 230 drum sounds. 3. 4.2 PAGE 2: ASSIGN SOUNDS TO PADS The display shows the currently selected pad number and the sound assigned to more assignments by tapping another pad to select it, and assigning a drum sound to it. 4.3 PAGE 3: SET PAD VOLUME (VOLUME) The display shows VOLUME, the currently selected pad number, and the volume...
... SR-16's sounds to any of the over 230 drum sounds. 3. 4.2 PAGE 2: ASSIGN SOUNDS TO PADS The display shows the currently selected pad number and the sound assigned to more assignments by tapping another pad to select it, and assigning a drum sound to it. 4.3 PAGE 3: SET PAD VOLUME (VOLUME) The display shows VOLUME, the currently selected pad number, and the volume...
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... sound.) PANNING DRUM DRUM SET PAGE To change the volume associated with a given pad: 1. Of course, one of the advantages of electronic drum sets is that pad. (Note the cute little arrows indicating pan position; Press the pad (the display will show the pad number). 2. Background The SR-16 has two pairs of stereo outputs. Press the...
... sound.) PANNING DRUM DRUM SET PAGE To change the volume associated with a given pad: 1. Of course, one of the advantages of electronic drum sets is that pad. (Note the cute little arrows indicating pan position; Press the pad (the display will show the pad number). 2. Background The SR-16 has two pairs of stereo outputs. Press the...
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...SR-16 as an expander module, or want the SR-16 to transmit note data. To have the SR-16 receive note messages at full volume without having to send full velocity from pad... hits or when playing a Pattern/Song, use the INC/DEC buttons to select ON. For keyboards that Clock In (page 5) must be played at its MIDI input, use the INC/DEC buttons to select ON V1 or ON V2. If the SR-16... a full range of velocity (such as a drum machine slaved to have the SR-16 ignore note messages. 6.2 PAGE 2: RECEIVE MIDI DRUM NOTES (DRUM IN) DRUM IN...
...SR-16 as an expander module, or want the SR-16 to transmit note data. To have the SR-16 receive note messages at full volume without having to send full velocity from pad... hits or when playing a Pattern/Song, use the INC/DEC buttons to select ON. For keyboards that Clock In (page 5) must be played at its MIDI input, use the INC/DEC buttons to select ON V1 or ON V2. If the SR-16... a full range of velocity (such as a drum machine slaved to have the SR-16 ignore note messages. 6.2 PAGE 2: RECEIVE MIDI DRUM NOTES (DRUM IN) DRUM IN...
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.... As with known good cables. Reinitialize software. Pads set correctly. Turn knob clockwise. Check Drum Set and decrease mix volume(s) if necessary. Quantize values not set to fixed volume. Mix volume(s) set to the SR-16. Effects processors or mixing consoles being used in ...nonsense, all lights on . Pads not touch sensitive. Try known good power supply. Check cables by errors during tape loads or corrupted MIDI sys ex loads. Other sequencers won 't harm the unit. ALESIS SR-16 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART No display. Volume knob at minimum. LCD reads...
.... As with known good cables. Reinitialize software. Pads set correctly. Turn knob clockwise. Check Drum Set and decrease mix volume(s) if necessary. Quantize values not set to fixed volume. Mix volume(s) set to the SR-16. Effects processors or mixing consoles being used in ...nonsense, all lights on . Pads not touch sensitive. Try known good power supply. Check cables by errors during tape loads or corrupted MIDI sys ex loads. Other sequencers won 't harm the unit. ALESIS SR-16 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART No display. Volume knob at minimum. LCD reads...
