Alesis SR18 Support and Manuals
Get Help and Manuals for this Alesis item
Most Recent Alesis SR18 Questions
What Key Are These Songs Written In
(Posted by alexanderbruce1957 1 year ago)
Sr-18 Firmware
How can I update my SR-18 to the newest version? I have 1.02 now.
How can I update my SR-18 to the newest version? I have 1.02 now.
(Posted by DJGSax1 3 years ago)
Alesis Sr18 - Programming The Bass For Song?
Hi,On which page is the Bass Programming that I am able to program the Bass to song that I can play ...
Hi,On which page is the Bass Programming that I am able to program the Bass to song that I can play ...
(Posted by stratcastor9696 3 years ago)
Alesis SR18 Videos
Korg Z1 + Alesis SR18 "The Funky Clavinova"
Duration: 1:58
Total Views: 234
Duration: 1:58
Total Views: 234
Alesis SR18 Part 3 "Song Mode"
Duration: 16:40
Total Views: 15,167
Duration: 16:40
Total Views: 15,167
Alesis SR18 - FACTS about the BASS layer that YOU need to know
Duration: 4:52
Total Views: 4,156
Duration: 4:52
Total Views: 4,156
Creating drum patterns for Alesis SR18 Drum Machine
Duration: 12:21
Total Views: 34,716
Duration: 12:21
Total Views: 34,716
Popular Alesis SR18 Manual Pages
Quick Start Guide - Page 5
... type of associated FILL Patterns (A Fill and B Fill, selected by their Main Patterns (e.g., if A is 16 beats, A Fill is to the SR18 Professional Drum Machine.
The key to a verse, chorus, bridge, instrumental, intro, etc.
When recording with drum machines. The SR18 holds 100 Preset (i.e., can be 8,16, or 32 beats long, and correspond to using these rather than record an...
Quick Start Guide - Page 6
... drum parts, snare rolls, etc. Selects the Percussion sounds associated with the numeric keypad.
3 While programming Patterns, hold down the TAP TEMPO button and using the VALUE dial, the INC / DEC buttons or entering a value with the current Drum Set. 4. The timing of the roll is typically used to trigger sounds on the SR18. Selects the Bass sounds associated with the current Drum Set...
Quick Start Guide - Page 17
... be found on the SR18. (NOTE: This will cause that we have the basics down until past the downbeat of a Song Step will erase all user data, including User Drum Sets, Patterns, Songs, etc.)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For more bars. For technical support: EMAIL: support@alesis.com / PHONE: 1-401-658-5760 (U.S.)
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Main and Aux outputs:
Samples: Pads: MIDI: Power:
Weight...
User Manual - Page 3
... FOR ASSEMBLING PATTERNS AND SONGS 55 UNDERSTANDING RHYTHMIC NOTATION .......56
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART 57 FACTORY RESET 58 KEY FEATURES 58 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 58
f TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 5 WELCOME TO THE SR18 DRUM MACHINE!.....5 GROUND RULES 5
CONNECTION DIAGRAM 8 TOP PANEL PHYSICAL LAYOUT 9
GENERAL CONTROLS 9 NAVIGATION BUTTONS 10 MODE BUTTONS 10 SETUP BUTTONS 11...
User Manual - Page 5
.... After perfecting these Patterns, the SR18 will be played.
ƒ Select Patterns in real time, and the SR18 will remember your sequences and edit them in high-resolution multi-sample stereo format.
The SR18 includes high-fidelity drum, percussion and bass sounds, and is turned off. Rather than record an entire song.
INTRODUCTION
WELCOME TO THE SR18 DRUM MACHINE!
If the...
User Manual - Page 6
... or while improvising. The reason for pairing the two different A and B Patterns together is simply so that a Pattern's A, B and FILL Sub-Patterns have equal lengths and use the same Drum Set (collection of drum, percussion and bass sounds, as well as their respective buttons).
ƒ A pair of Patterns
The SR18 introduces exciting new Song construction techniques.
Note that even though...
User Manual - Page 8
... be all the way down, and power to both units should be setup to output sounds through the Main or Aux connections (Main by default). The SR-18 can switch among the three different sound categories for more information.
8 CONNECTION DIAGRAM
As you hook up the SR18, the volume control on your instrument to the INSTRUMENT INPUT...
User Manual - Page 9
... The display helps you keep track of sounds: drums, percussion and bass. The pads can also change the tempo by holding down . In addition, you use this button and press a pad to trigger entire Patterns while in a tempo. Selects the Drum sounds associated with the current Drum Set. 4. Selects the Percussion sounds associated with the current Drum Set. This lets you hit the pads...
User Manual - Page 13
... parenthesis-for example, step (4)-to save your changes if you know whether the sounds are controlling bass sounds, while the OCTAVE indicators (+1/-1) let you monitor the SR18's status, and/or indicates what type of steps, the step number will be in a set of data should be able to be edited (e.g., MIDI channel and the channel number).
2. This...
User Manual - Page 18
... SR18 will update the tempo with each Pattern or whether the unit will return to the A Main Pattern.
18 If a footswitch is plugged into the B Main Pattern. ƒ Conversely, if B Main is stopped or running. Note that requires some explanation. ƒ Fills are the key to creating expressive drum parts. Example: Suppose an 8-beat A Main Pattern is equivalent to be changed while...
User Manual - Page 23
... the Drum Set is the Bass sound which will forget any Pattern using that if you edit a Drum Set, any assignment you would for the Drums.
23 Each Drum Set includes the following:
ƒ DRUM / PERCUSSION SOUNDS - Preset Patterns have their own dedicated memory and can use in a User Drum Set location. Drum Set assignments have fixed Drum Set assignments; General instructions for...
User Manual - Page 45
... to play other parts). Select the desired MIDI channel for each page. 4. General instructions are described below. 3. The pages are :
1. After making all 16 Channels simultaneously (Omni Mode).
1.
when OFF, the SR18 follows the sequencer timing data but not note data (you want it to play real time drum controllers into the SR18 as a drum machine slaved to...
User Manual - Page 46
... 059
KEY NAME
C2 C#2 D2 D#2 E2 F2 F#2 G2 G#2 A2 A#2 B2
46
Enter the note number/name with a given pad. Page 3 / TRANSMIT MIDI NOTES (DRUM OUT, PERC OUT, BASS OUT)
The SR18 can output MIDI data from pad hits or when playing a Pattern/Song, use the INC/DEC buttons or the VALUE dial to select ON.
Note: The Bass part cannot...
User Manual - Page 54
... accepting MIDI in) use a 5-pin MIDI cable to connect the MIDI OUT of the master clock device to the MIDI IN of the SR18.
54 This allows you can start at the same time, and progress at the same tempo. Press PLAY on the SR18. APPLICATIONS
MIDI SYNC APPLICATIONS
SR18 As MIDI Timing Master
The SR18 can control several other slave MIDI drum machines or...
User Manual - Page 58
... all user data, including User Drum Sets, Patterns, Songs, etc. KEY FEATURES
„ Professional drum machine so you can record and play back your playing „ Large LCD display with easy-to-navigate interface „ Instrument input for connecting a guitar or bass „ MIDI output to play external MIDI devices „ MIDI input for using the SR18 as a drum expander module „ 2 Footswitch...
Alesis SR18 Reviews
We have not received any reviews for Alesis yet.